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Took Klonopin last night, woke up bad anxiety
Ryan, I took 1/4 of a 0.5 Clonazepam ast night along with my half of a Flexeril,(5.0) and woke up with really big bang anxiety. So I this morning I had to go back and take a .05 Ativan and I also took half a 0.5 Clonazepam. Should I take both for a while? For how long? Or jus increase the Clonazepam and stop the Ativan. I get such pains in my back and shoulders and neck. I think it's from no Ativan. What should I do?
I think you meant "antagonize above? not agonize . Sorry you missed your regular dose of Klonopin, but don't worry, you have good steady state and the half life is long, and after all, it is not habit forming. Try taking your usual dose at bedtime tonight and I think you will be fine. Whatever you do, don't double up.
Ryan, It's7:00 PM hyper time!!! Does Klonopin hit other neurotransmitters besides GABA?I it's sort of like a Wellbutrin - Everyready bunny feeling. I wish I could just sit down and relax. I'm scared if I tell the psychiatrist this tomorow, he'll start on his bipolar bandwagon. See how I worry about everything?
Had a stupid panic attack about something stupid around 2 PM. Thank goodness it was close time to my .25. I MADE myself go work out around 4:00. This IS HARD!!! It had gotten so bad that I was even scared to go work out because I'd do something to my body and that would set off obsessing about what is wrong with me now!!!
Ryan, the back aches or spasms that come and go that I've been dealing with are much diminished today. I pray, I mean pray that they will continue to fade. I think it was the Ativan withdrawal. I read somewhere they can last for up to a week. I had a long talk with my neighbor down street who happens to be a psychologist, very intelligent- into holisitc, integrative approaches as well. She said the same thing you've been repeating for me to get it in my mental tape recorder - that there's an adjustment window, and that the receptors from the Ativan are saying,"Heck, you've been doing all the work for me!" and that the back, neck pains are where a lot of the switch. She could not believe that the psychiatrist told me that I could not get addicted on the amount I was taking.
I read one of your old posts about driving - Before summer, you should have seen me driving toschool. I don't know what it is about the fastness. You have been great. Thank you agian. Mary
Had a stupid panic attack about something stupid around 2 PM. Thank goodness it was close time to my .25. I MADE myself go work out around 4:00. This IS HARD!!! It had gotten so bad that I was even scared to go work out because I'd do something to my body and that would set off obsessing about what is wrong with me now!!!
Ryan, the back aches or spasms that come and go that I've been dealing with are much diminished today. I pray, I mean pray that they will continue to fade. I think it was the Ativan withdrawal. I read somewhere they can last for up to a week. I had a long talk with my neighbor down street who happens to be a psychologist, very intelligent- into holisitc, integrative approaches as well. She said the same thing you've been repeating for me to get it in my mental tape recorder - that there's an adjustment window, and that the receptors from the Ativan are saying,"Heck, you've been doing all the work for me!" and that the back, neck pains are where a lot of the switch. She could not believe that the psychiatrist told me that I could not get addicted on the amount I was taking.
I read one of your old posts about driving - Before summer, you should have seen me driving toschool. I don't know what it is about the fastness. You have been great. Thank you agian. Mary
Bad morning. It's 11:00. I feel like I'm inwardly shaking and jittery. I am so worked up. I'll take .50 tomorrow morning. It's too late now. I just feel dreadful. I am getting tired of fighting this. Mary
Sunday, August 5, Day 5. Mornings sure are rough. I tried not to let the muscle aches get to me, but at dinner I just broke down. I took a half of Flexril and there better. I am not planning on making a habit out of this. I just couldn't stand it. I am beginning to notice weird evening edginess and energy. My psychiatrist I thinks thinks I have bipolar tendencies in me. I just think I'm a bag of nerves. Would the Klonopin trigger anything? I don't even want to go there with him, he'll send me home with more psychotic drugs like the ones he already told me to try and I didn't like Seroquel and Resperidol and Lamictal and then there's the time he tried Lyrica. When I tried the Lyrica, he had me do 50 mgs. for the first 3 nights at bed, 100 mgs, the next three nights, and finally 150 mgs. thereafter and try and not do any Ativan. I had muscle aches in my back too, come to think of it. By the way, I see the internist after him on Tuesday and then I see a Rheumatologist on the 9th. I have fresh MRI's lumbar, thoracic, and cervical, nothing significant. I would think that since Klonopi is a beno, like you said, it's not the Klonopin, but Ativlan withdrawal??? I'm worried he'll suggest Remeron. He tried Remeron 30 mgs. in March, talk about being flattened by a freight train. Last time he wrote me a script for Remeron and told me to try 7.5 mgs., I never filled it. I just want to achieve a steady state of no anxiety and then go from there. Thank goodness he had given me the Klonopin to try in February becaue I'm this much ahead of the game. The mind is not your friend in times like this. It wants to fight you from telling yourself you are getting better, that's why every time you tell me I'll reach a steady state, it keeps me hopeful. Thanks I'll keep you posted tomorrow.
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Ativan & Klonopin are both Benzo's, as well as Xanax.
Didn't take any Vicodin. I'm hanging in there. I'll take anothe hot shower instead and I've got 2 hours to go until 10:00 dosage. My husband rubs Arnica cream on my back when I get a pain. He says, "Now where?"
I was so active until this summer. I noticed needing more in February. I used to take .25 of Ativan when I was driving home from school some days and even be able to run 2 miles and lift weights. Then I started needing more this summer and I know, like Ryan said, I was only taking it to feed the withdrawal symptoms. I guess I should be grateful I've only got the muscle aches in my back. take all sorts of vitamins, don't eat red meat, don't drink soda, and only eat nonprocessed foods. I am going to see the psychiatrist and internist on Tuesday.
I was so active until this summer. I noticed needing more in February. I used to take .25 of Ativan when I was driving home from school some days and even be able to run 2 miles and lift weights. Then I started needing more this summer and I know, like Ryan said, I was only taking it to feed the withdrawal symptoms. I guess I should be grateful I've only got the muscle aches in my back. take all sorts of vitamins, don't eat red meat, don't drink soda, and only eat nonprocessed foods. I am going to see the psychiatrist and internist on Tuesday.
I got over the break through anxiety, but it hsn't been a good day. Muscle spasms in my back, mostlly in the thoracic area. They travel, sometimes on the right side, sometimes on the left. I have resisted taking anything but rubbing on some Arnica cream and I just came back from buying some Hylands Homeopathic Mag Phos (Magnesia Phosphorica). You put 4 under your tongue. I'm ready to take a tiny bit of Vicodin, 1/4 of a tablet, but I don't thing it's a good idea. Need your advice. It hasn't been easy today. What's with all this muscle aching in my back? Mary
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