I am trying my best to get off of Klonopin . I have been taking 2mg/day for the last 5 years. I asked my Dr how to get off. She made it sound simple. She just said for me to go to one pill a day. Then to go to one pill every other day. The problem is that I have been feeling like I'm going to die. I feel panic. I'm horrified of death, and that's all I obsess about. I am having problems speaking. I have been crying and feeling utterly hopeless throughout this experience. I feel like I'm literally crawling out of my skin. I have chest tightening and difficulty breathing. I have these horrible twitches all over my head. I am horrified of having eye problems, and now I feel like my eyes are going to pop out of their sockets. I don't know how to live like this. I can't even function. I'm morbidly depressed over this. I am thinking about checking myself into an emergency psychiatric care facility. I just feel like I am not going to be able to get through withdrawals. I'm still on Klonopin, and can't see how I'm ever going to get off.
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Rather than checking yourself in, you should go back to your doctor and have a talk with her. Explain to her that the method she described is ineffective for you and that you'd like to try it a different way if you can because it sounds to me that you are having panic attacks coming off of this. Panic attack symptoms can be dealt with, but you need professional help to get you through it. Please let us know how this turns out.
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Oh I can really relate to this one. I stopped my Klonopin abruptly & did not sleep for 7 days or 7 nights. I would have done the same as your doctor but it doesn't sound like that worked too well for you! I suffered shaking hands, sweating, fear, almost unbearable anxiety, wrote letters to my family about my suicidal thoughts (I would never do that!) & every day it just got a little better. I did have some painkillers in the house during this time & I wouldn't recommend it but I did take one or two when it got unbearable (the anxiety). I am disabled & not working so I just cleaned house all day & allnight until I finally started sleeping one or two h ours a night. I guess you just gotta get through it. You probably needed a longer "weaning" schedule. Oooh it was bad. I wish you luck.
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PS I had those obsessive death thoughts too & was telling people what I wanted them to inherit after I died! Don't worry--it does pass. Every day gets a little better.
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