I started taking klonopin for anxiety. But back in April I guess it stopped working because I have been taking it for so long. I was prescribed it from my Mitral Valve Prolapse doctor originally. She and my internal meds doc were both able to do my refills. Been taking it for years until I started having issues last month. Moody, depressed, sleeping a lot. Not wanting to do anything. I thought I was under a lot of stress. I started having suicidal thoughts and was admitted into the hospital. A psychiatrist tapered me off in the hospital. For years I took 1mg. They gave me .75 for 2 days and then .5 for 1 day and that was it. All the while giving me 25mg of Zoloft for 2 days then the 3rd day 50 mg. I went home on a Monday with a prescription for Zoloft. I took it Monday night and immediately got sick. Couldn’t hold anything down. That Thursday I was headed to a doctor appointment but never made it. I remember being at a light and put my car in park and woke up in the ER. All my tests came back fine so I went home but that Saturday I ended up passing out at the house. My heart rate was bottoming out. So by the time I went to the doctor I felt like I was about to fall over. Couldn’t even brush my teeth without the room spinning. Stomach pains, shakes, hot/cold flashes, the shakes, you name it I had it.

My doc told me that 3 days wasn’t enough time to take me off the klonopin and that I probably had a seizure from stopping the way I did. She put me back on it at .5mg until I go to my psychiatrist. I just want to be off the meds for good if this is what I have to go though. Apparently I built up a tolerance for it and it was like I was going through withdrawals before I went to the hospital if that makes any sense