Seroquel withdrawal or rebound anxiety?

cinrose - Thank you for replying to her about your klonopin withdrawal. She is not alone and I stopped klonopin cold turkey after 7 months because I noticed tremors, body buzzing while on it so assumed it was thje drug. I am now off for not quite 2 months and I am still experiencing some buzzing from time to time, although not as bad as it was. I read these protracted withdrawal symptoms can last for up to 12 months? Can you tell me how long you've been off your klonopin now, what dosage you took, and what minor symptoms your still having. I am now set to see a neurologist (my request as my doc doesn't understand) but maybe I'm just wasting my and his time? Thanks for any insight.

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Hello. I only took .75 mg a day of Klonopin for 3 mo. so a really small amount! Such an awful drug! It seemed to actually make my anxiety worse especially right before I needed the next dose. I have been off of it 3 months now and I still have a few bad days a week so... I had a sort of buzzing in my skull when I was taking the Klonopin however, and I rarely experience it any more. It can’t hurt to see a neurologist but most likely it is the remants of the Klonopin. Best of luck to you. Stay strong. Things will improve but it does take a long time and a lot of patience from what I have read. Addiction can happen in as little as three weeks so you are probably just in withdrawal still.

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Thank you so much for replying. I actually was only taking .5mg for 7 months but noticed body tremors after 4 to 6 weeks of being on the drug. Then the daytime body buzzing started in along with major eye nerve twiching which I could not see happening when looking in the mirror. Went to opthamologist and he said my eyes were perfect for guy of 65 in particular. The eye stuff stopped after discontinuing drug. Tremors seemed to mostly disappear but body buzzing still there from time to time although better than it was a month ago. I've been very healthy my entire life so this threw me for a loop. Sleep doc prescribed it for sleep disorder and my regular doc was not happy when I mentioned it to him. Neither doc understood the tremors although regular doc said it could be a result of that nasty benzo. A larger dose would have put me in a wheelchair I'm sure as it was doing a number on my central nervous system. Best to you!

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Believe me, I feel for you! I am in your age group and this was prescribed to me also for sleeping issues. Hopefully with time we can both get back to normal. Don’t know why they prescribe Klonopin without telling the patient all possible side effects not to mention the extreme difficulty to quit. It makes me very angry. I was also fairly healthy before all this.

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Thats exactly how I feel, angry at my sleep doc for prescribing this and not discussing possibile side effects, although he didn't think tremors were from drug when i brought it up. I found it's a potential side effect when researching. My regular doc (a young guy) looked at me and said my sleep doc must be an older guy if he was still prescribing this med. I laughed and said, yes, he's as old as me or older. He was spot on. I will never step foot in his office again and frankly want to write him a nasty letter telling him what he's doing to people. It's just not right. I have 3 docs in my family, all young nephews and a niece and two nephews told me a while back to be your own advocate when it comes to your health as medical malpractice is quite common. One of them told me it's frightening what he's seen. My nephews both practiced at Johns Hopkins so they are very bright and I respect what they say, although neither knows of my klonopin issue, lol.

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Hey there,
Although I have never been on Seroquel, I am currently withdrawing from Effexor. I have all the same symptoms you described. The sheer panic attacks out of nowhere, very fast and sudden heartbeat, diarrhea (tmi), and horrible fatigue. My psychiatrist told me that I am returning to my original condition as well, but my anxiety was never this bad before! I have read similar stories to ours, and I genuinely believe that these are all withdrawal symptoms. The “returning anxiety” excuse is not good enough for me because how are we all having the same exact symptoms? I have never had such intense panic attacks and my emotions are all over the place as well.

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