Re Klonopin

[Cin224]

Klonopin are very addictive and taken daily for long periods of time  will be very hard to come off of and very painful.
I would advise anyone who has been told otherwise seek a doctors advise.
Its     a long road .

[Paxiled]

Guess I can't go the "ignorance is bliss" route with you.  I did that, and it pretty much killed me.  Better to know so you know what's happening and can deal with it.  How many times on this site do people write in with the same questions about muscle cramps, headaches, muscle spasms, and withdrawal because their docs aren't telling them anything but they're suffering extremely common side effects of their meds?  Every day pretty much there's at least one.  Perhaps we would be better off with Stalin or Mao or the Catholic Church in the Middle Ages or the American far right keeping us informed only of what they think we can handle, but I guess I'll stick with the Age of Enlightenment and cross my fingers.  By the way, where's that fish and chips you're supposed to be bringing me?

[MrGreen]

If you knew everything in advance you would take no medication at all. They all nearly come with the same end results. People can just as easily google things, as we see that they do from other posts, and end up in a state the second they find out certain things. Why not start a new forum on why medication is bad for you. I'm sure we could find bad accounts of every type of medication.

[Paxiled]

Right, no point in worrying.  No point in not knowing what one might be dealing with, either.

[MrGreen]

Bit like stating the obvious though. She is telling us all something we already know. And frightening others who may just want to try klonopin. I mean, I don't like xanxax. But I don't write that up in every post. The horrors of the medication. Because I know others use it. Works for them. So be it. When we have to face any withdrawls we will do so there and only then. No point in worrying years in advance.

[Paxiled]

Just to give some balance here, since the poster was greeted so harshly maybe for past reasons I know nothing about (and Teva doesn't have the salespeople Pfizer has since it only makes generics, at least so far), one of the foremost experts on benzos, a psychiatrist who now teaches in England but treated benzo addicts for many years, believes at least 10--15% of benzo users will suffer protracted withdrawals that can last for months, years, or forever.  She also cites studies that show that benzos interfere with the brain's ability to learn how to cope with stress, which is why those who quit them often find their anxiety returns and is often worse.  Now, I'm no expert, and I take klonopin myself, but just thought some balance was needed here.

[AnxietyGuy1976]

Ok, I was a bit rough. But at least I didn't accuse him/her of being a Pfizer or Teva salesperson.

[AnxietyGuy1976]

Pretty much all meds are addictive in some form, when taken daily for long periods of time.

Even sugar is highly addictive over time, and is one of the leading causes of many serious health conditions in North America and Europe, including its' influence on obesity. Of course, starvation is a leading cause of death in many other countries. Funny how that works.

Alcohol, easily purchased most places, is potentially far worse, hands down, than any other drug in existence. Not only for fatalities due to driving, but diseases and damage caused by long term exposure, not to mention the psychological repercussions.  

Do you have more to share with us about it? How much you took, how long, how you went about reducing your dosage to decrease the withdrawals?

I'm also addicted to my car. If I had to walk my 40 miles to work each way, I think my doctor and I would agree that it wouldn't make sense, even if it might be good exercise. Giving it up would be tough as hell, and a bicycle just won't cut it on the highways here. Plus, where would I fit my Big Mac, Fries, and 32oz Coke?