The Oxy to Klonopin Question and maybe answer

[uphill7584]

So I have been prescribed Klonopin for anxiety for a long time. However, I have always found opiates to be my best when eliminating anxiety and panic. Which eventually led to my addiction to various forms of oxycodone. Luckily, I am pretty good with money, and would never risk money that I need on drugs. This leads me to my next point...I have to quit. I cannot afford this addiction any longer. When I look back at all the money I have spent on this ****. I could have traveled all over the world. A pretty disappointing memory when one is forced to evaluate their place in life.

So ON to the good stuff, the meat of my post. I have been off opiates for a couple days now, and have gotten back into my Klonopin regimine. And I FEEL AMAZING. It is pretty liberating to be able to take a drug, AS PRESCRIBED....and have satifactory results. Atleast for many of us thats the case.

I guess this is my suggestion for those looking for a way of opiate addiction....especially if you started using to self-medicate emotional problems. It has been working incredibly for me. Its like I have all the energy and charm that I thought the opiates were giving me, without all the nasty side affects of abuse....and without feeling doped up half the time.

I don't know....to each his own I suppose. I think my situation is pretty different than many peoples. You know how withdrawls feel....that is how I felt all of growing up, all through school, etc. Honestly, being in full blown anxiety and panic attack feels exactly like withdrawls. So naturally when I popped that first vicodin I was hooked. It all seemed to float away. Some of you probably know where I am coming from. I never used these drugs for fun, I used them to liberate emotion stress. And to be completely honest, I wish there were some doctors out their who would see that opiates, if dosed very carefully, could signigificantly help someone with severe anxiety and panic issues. Alas, this is never going to happen.

So it is back to benzos for folks like me and hopefully far far far away from any opiate for a long long long time.

Well this rambling has gone on for quite a while, and I have gone off on quite a few tangents. Regardless, I just wanted to update you guys regarding my Klonopin lead detox. So far it is going very well. Hopefully, the physical won't set in too bad. So, good luck to all. Adios.

[findhappiness]

thank you so much for responding to my oxy to klonopin question. will i get withdrawals from klonopin after taking 30 over a week and a half if i taper?

[Zillialee]

I know EXACTLY what you are talking about.  I took the opiates for anxiety too.  When I used to see shrinks and they would give me every drug in the book I would try and tell them how it was the narcotics that helped me and looked for something that would give me the same result (obviously never happened)  I did however take Klonopin several years ago.  That was the last drug I took from a shrink and I will never go see a shrink again either.  I just want to warn you that in all my years of drug use (and I have done almost all of them) the Klonopin messed me up far worse than any others.  It was like a gateway drug.  When I stopped taking it I would not crave drugs but as soon as I got back on I was back into whatever I could get my hands on.  I only took the prescribed dose of the Klonopin and when I realized what it was doing to me and wanted to stop I had to go into detox for 4 days and the withdrawals lasted for several months and were 10 times as bad as the narcotic withdrawals.  I do want to tell you (since it seems we have similar issues we self medicate for) that the clonidine I was given for my narcotic withdrawal has been AMAZING, it TOTALLY takes away my anxiety and I'm meeting with my doctor next week to see if I can continue it regularly  It is non-addictive and used to treat anxiety, add, panic attacks, etc. The only side effects too are it can cause some drowsiness (not too bad for me considering I'm 100 miles an hour all the time anyways, hahaaa), dry mouth, and it can lower your BP (My BP is usually about 90/65 or so and I have had no problems taking it)  It is the best thing that has come out of my latest addiction and recovery process.  I'm glad you are feeling good and just wanted to give you a heads up about what the Klonopin did to me (and several other people I ended up in inpatient treatment with had the same issues).  It's the first drug I have ever been prescribed to help with anxiety that did not have all those nasty side effects or was benzo. Anyways, this reply was meant to help you, not blah, blah, blah about benzos. Take care : )