hey

     As you all probably know by now I am withdrawing off Ativan(What a horrible pill) I am tapering at a rate of 5%/week and I am getting Tinnitus,Depression,becoming antisocial, lightheaded, feelings like I am almost out of my body... Should I cross my Clonazepam 0.75mg twice daily over to Valium, man is this hard....  I was told by a Pharmacist that the Clonazepam(Klonopin) should buffer the Ativan withdrawl (withdrawal), I just want off the Ativan F#%^ SAKE....


                                                     Take Care sorry for the blow up at the end there.....

                                                               These pills are horrible, I used to think I was

                                                      a smart person, but a smart person would have done research

                                                             on these pills I never did I trusted a doc, now I fear the worst

                                                                 Insanity or death....................................... or permanent brain                                                  damage ....

[nursegirl6572]

I know you are having such a rough time, and for that I'm sorry.  Your pharmacist was right...the Klonopin should really help with the Ativan w/d's.  As to the Valium?  Valium and Klonopin are BOTH long-term benzos....so unless the Klonopin really isn't effective for you...I can't see a major benefit to switching.

Have you tried posting in the substance abuse forum?  They have some GREAT tips on how to get thru benzo w/d's...things you can do to ease the symptoms a bit.  

Unfortunately...you are going to be uncomfortable for a while...but it will gradually start improving.  I know you're frustrated, and I don't blame you...I would be too.

Lastly....no...this will not harm you, or cause any kind of permanent injury.  Just temporary discomfort.  Try to be patient and hang in there....it really WILL get better, I promise.

Try the S.A forum....they have some awesome suggestions.  You may be pleasantly surprised!

Hang in there, nate.....I'm feelin for you!  :0(

[nateTHEgreat]

  Thank you I just hope I will make it through this wow is this hard!!! Like I have mentioned so many times....  Lol Thank you for responding.... It's just hard when you get put down your whole life, Made fun in school, beaten on every day by your brother, 14 years old get put on Paxil which was just in my experience a horrible drug.... Your parents divorce when you are 14... You are adopted when you are 10 months old and you have a feeling of being abandoned, so when your parents divorce you feel a sense of abandonement again.... All of this "S#I&" you turn eighteen you end up in a psych ward because of OCD you get tested for Schizophrenia which comes back negative.....  After you get out of hospital you feel better on a low dose of Klonopin 0.5mg twice daily and 20mg of Celexa... You go see a Psychiatrist who is super nice, every time you are not comfortable on a med, you are taking off no questions asked...
You have a gambling addiction(which I overcame) you get off the Celexa because you have a fiancee and cannot achieve erection, so you go off it(I never had a problem getting off SSRI's never)... So you go back to your doctor, he puts you on Ativan as needed with the Klonopin because of horrible Anxiety Attacks and you end up worse than you have ever been in your life.....  Wow(sorry for venting) Now you look at your friends living there lives and you envy them......  I am also on he fence in believing in god, I prayed to him to get on the right meds......  I guess those prayers fell on deaf ears.... I am so worried that the withdrawl (withdrawal) is going to get bad and I am goign to end up in a mental asylum........


                                      Take Care       Nate(+)