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In all my years of benzo use, withdrawal and research have I ever come across a statement saying benzo withdrawal causes heart attack. Where did you get this info. I think a lot of us would like to know.
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I have read before about heart issues, and here is one place I just found.
I forgot I haven't been here long enough to post links so you can google it on PubMed, but this is the title of the article:
Clonazepam-associated Bradycardia in a Disabled Elderly Woman with Multiple Complications
Just to be clear, I am elderly and like @reese1 mentioned, I am weaning off the clonazepam and very carefully as I am 70 years old. I do believe some of my issues could come from the use of the drug.
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I did not mean to say that it causes a heart attack, but it CAN cause it if tapering is done "cold turkey." I do not remember which site it was, but I did read it and yes it can cause it if withdrawal is done suddenly (without weaning.) I will look again but I think it was on one of the rehab hospital sites. There were times that my palpitations were so bad that I did feel like I was having a heart attack, but I was weaning off of it. Sometimes, anxiety can make a person feel like they are having a heart attack also and that is why I wasn't sure what was happening to me at that time. I would never try to quit suddenly, especially if I was going to have a heart procedure and that is what I meant to express to her. Sorry about the misunderstanding.