@merbreb -Hi Merry-These episodes happen a couple of times a day almost every day. Thanks for the heads-up about drug interactions and alcohol. I am a non-drinker so that's not an issue but I will definitely check with my Dr. about drug interactions as I am on other medications as well. But this just started when I was about half way through my taper.
I am so glad that you brought this up, hearing someone call your name. I too have had the same thing happen to me but I was so I was so scared, I thought I was really going crazy. I have been tapering off of klonopin for the last 4months. I have been on it for 30yrs.
Klonopin has the longest half life of any other benzodiazepine. It takes over 24 hrs for half of it to leave your system, another 24 hrs for half of that to leave your system and so forth. Speak with the prescribing physician on how to do this SAFELY, PLEASE. I was a detox nurse for over 20 yrs.
In reply to rose bookays comment. I DO know what I'm talking about. As a nurse in the field of addiction and detox for over 25 yrs, I'm well aware about benzos and detoxing from them...it's similar to detoxing from alcohol. Do your research.
I'm weaning off Klonopin, about half way through now. I've started hearing voices, which is to say (for example) that I'm in the kitchen or somewhere else in the house and I hear my husband calling me from another room. However I know that my husband is at work. No one else is in the house. It seems very real to me, so much so that I go looking where I think the voice is coming from. Anyone else have this or am I just crazy?
The same thing happened to me. Very scary stuff. I was afraid to tell anyone about it, not even my Dr. I have been on klonopin for 30plus yrs. The Dr wanted me to get off of it so I tried for months. Nothing really worked and I tried everything! So my new Dr a neurologist told me I didn't need to. I look at it this way almost all drugs are addictive so I'm sticking with klonopin. My choce.
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I am so glad that you brought this up, hearing someone call your name. I too have had the same thing happen to me but I was so I was so scared, I thought I was really going crazy. I have been tapering off of klonopin for the last 4months. I have been on it for 30yrs.
That is absolutely not true. The longest half-life Ben is are Valium, Librium and clorazepate. Please be factual.
In reply to rose bookays comment. I DO know what I'm talking about. As a nurse in the field of addiction and detox for over 25 yrs, I'm well aware about benzos and detoxing from them...it's similar to detoxing from alcohol. Do your research.
The same thing happened to me. Very scary stuff. I was afraid to tell anyone about it, not even my Dr. I have been on klonopin for 30plus yrs. The Dr wanted me to get off of it so I tried for months. Nothing really worked and I tried everything! So my new Dr a neurologist told me I didn't need to. I look at it this way almost all drugs are addictive so I'm sticking with klonopin. My choce.