Clonopine

[michellesings]

Hi there.  Am new to this, but found this site while looking up some info, 'cause I had great concerns for my neice-she just borrowed some clonopine from me while I was out of town. She herself takes zanax but ran out.  Her Dad's a Dr.
and he was also out of town. Anyway, I trust her completely, so said, "sure..I'll get it when I come back.  When I went
to get it, she ended up admitting to me that 1) zanax is stronger, so she had to take more... and 2) because of her body weight, she had to take even moooore!  She admitted to me that she took 8!!!!
My first response was, "oh", figuring I'm not a Dr. so I don't really know doses.  After thinking more logically about this,
I thought, "What the hell, what if she could have killed herself!!!" Obviously somethin's up here.  Can anyone help me.
I just wrote to her telling her of my concern.  She wrote back begging me not to tell her folks and apologized for even asking.  She said this is "being dealt with"...I have nooo idea if this means she has been abusing, or is addicted.  Heeeelp! Thank you so much, in advance!  :-) PS, she doesn't drink at least

[margypops]

I think your neice could use some help here,. the best advice would be if she spoke to her  father and Mother,, and perhaps a counsellor, it does sound as If there is a problem .,and is trying to cover it up now, you dont give her age but if shes a minor I strongly suggest to you to speak to her father.

[michellesings]

Hi, thank you so much for answering, and so quickly.  She's in her 30's, not yet married.  I'm really trying to figure out the right thing to do.  I haven't out and out told her that I would not tell her folks.  I want to know what she meant when she said she was "dealing with it"...Am waiting for an answer.  Have asked if I could meet with her.
Do you know the potential of taking 8?  I love my (actually, I just realized I said "neice" in my first post) cousin very much, and I don't want her to be upset with me, but I also don't want her ending up hurting HERSELF even moreso.  I know she'll not trust m anymore, which makes me anxious, but...
Thanks again!  :-)  will keep you updated

[kathy434]

I couldn't find this medication in my pill book as you have spelled it.

However, her behavior is suspicious.  Why does she not get a prescription for herself from her own doctor?

Why did she take more than what you agreed upon in the first place?

Xanax is very addictive medication.  Is she addicted to this medication?  Adding to it?

For her to ask you not to tell her father about this incident, is suspicion enough that she is having a drug problem.

You can tell her that she has this opportunity to tell her father about this and that he is to call you to confirm that she has spoken to you about the medication "stealing".  She has a week to do this.  If you don't hear from her father that she informed him she took your medication, the 8 pills, then you are obligated to inform him yourself.  The choice is up to her.  And if you don't get that call, then you need to follow through with calling him.

Also, I think you need to call a Pharmacist about what happened and what she said about her taking Xanax.  Listen to his imput.

At 30 years old, she is an adult agewise.  It is up to her to get the treatment for dependence she may need.  I don't know if there is anything you can do to help her with this, but you had better not give out another pill of any kind to this young lady.  Don't be her enabler.

You should not be concerned about her liking you or not.  Right now her health is more important than social cues, and she likely won't like being put in the position of owning up to the drug issue with her father, or you will, but it is of her own doing, not yours.  Keep your meds locked up where she cannot get them.

[kathy434]

Klonopin.  Is this what you have and gave her?

It is a known abused street drug.  Look up this med in Wikopedia.com.  It is used for pharmacutical reasons, but it is also known to be used illegally as a street drug.

All the more reason to discuss this with her father.  AND lock up your medicines so she cannot get to them at all.

[margypops]

I do agree that she sounds as if she needs some help here , perhaps having a serious talk with her, you can only advise her as she is an adult but as you care for her, she may listen to you, the fact she took 8 shows she needs some help, it may be something you will be forever glad you did , Good Luck let us know how it went .

[michellesings]

Hey you guys, I never saw these last posts till just tonight.    Wanted to let you know that I went ahead and spoke to her brother and sister and law.  Her Dad is actually her Dr. who normally prescribes her Xanax. She had run out, and her parents were in Uganda at the time.  So, she knew that I took some sort of anxiety medicine, so came to OUR house.  We, however, were ALSO out of town, so my daughter called and then my cousin told me her situation about being out. I told her that of course she could use some of mine.  Never in a million yrs, would I have expected her to have a prob., I knew that when (at one time) she struggled with Insomnia, and took only a 1/2 of a sleeping, so she of all people I would have thought wouldn't overdue meds.  So, all this to say, that I've called to see how she was.  And I spoke to her Mom and told her that I was concerned for her, and asked how she was doing.  Her Mom sighed and admitted she was going through some "issue's". So, I didn't say my experience, but I think that her son might have.  Having read your posts, I'm going to go ahead and calling my cousin and having a serious talk. I saw her at church today, and she gave me a hug, and it was an extra tight hug, which was sweet and a little tellling.  Anyway, thank you for taking your time to help me and to hold me accountable!!!  Sincerely, michelle  :-)