I have been taking clonazepam for 30 years. I am 73 years old and I have multiple health issues. I’ve had CFS for 26 years along with arthritis in every joint, neuropathy, GI issues and anxiety and depression. We moved from Vermont to Pittsburgh hoping for better healthcare. My new doctor immediately told me that I had to get off the clonazepam. I was taking two.5mg pills in the morning and three more at bedtime. She cut me down to one pill in the morning and three at night. I’m just two days in and already the side effects of withdrawal are awful. I have ringing in my ears, a horrible headache, I can’t concentrate. I can’t do this. My medication schedule was worked out by a nationally recognized CFS specialist. Then five years later another CFS specialist at Harvard reviewed my medications and he too said they were completely appropriate. My doctors in Vermont had no problem with this. We lived there for 22 years.
How do I convince my new doctor to let me keep taking it? I get no support from my husband. My kids all live far away. Also I took medical marijuana in Vermont. We lived with my husband’s sister in Gloucester and all I could get was very low dose edible gummies. I have tried to register for it here in Pennsylvania but the website doesn’t recognize my address. We have had this problem since we moved into a 55+ community. It’s beyond annoying. What am I going to do?