klonopin

[prplchknz]

anyone have experiences with this drug not working for them? I'm just as anxious when I take it as if I don't take it. luckily it's prescribed as needed I have other meds to prevent anxiety so I don't take the klonopin. The only thing is it makes me sleepy so I'm panicking and falling asleep at the same time.

 

[Octarine]

No, but just be aware, Klonopin is not the kind of drug that you can just 'stop taking', it's not a great choice if you have an addictive personality.

 

[prplchknz]

I took it twice maybe three times at most and i only took it when it absolutely needed it. experienced no withdrawl.

 

[mmhmm]

marketed as rivotril around these parts.
i was prescribed .5mg daily to sleep.
no hangovers.

 

[prplchknz]

I need something that actualy works for acute anxiety.

 

[King sns]

anyone have experiences with this drug not working for them? I'm just as anxious when I take it as if I don't take it. luckily it's prescribed as needed I have other meds to prevent anxiety so I don't take the klonopin. The only thing is it makes me sleepy so I'm panicking and falling asleep at the same time.

Oh my gosh. I hate this experience. (I never took klonopin, during my panic attack era I had them but was too anxious to take them... :rolli But used to wake up in the middle of sleep to panic attacks. Then I'd be falling back asleep during a panic attack.

 

[King sns]

I need something that actualy works for acute anxiety.

Klonopin or ativan should work with that.. What's your dose? Maybe ask for an increase?

 

[prplchknz]

yes, I feel ya, It's terrifying to say the least.

 

[prplchknz]

Klonopin or ativan should work with that.. What's your dose? Maybe ask for an increase?

.25-.5mg I'm gonna try one now and see if it works because I am panicking at the moment I doubt it will but maybe this time it'll work

 

[King sns]

.25-.5mg I'm gonna try one now and see if it works because I am panicking at the moment I doubt it will but maybe this time it'll work

Hmm.. The .5 doesn't work? Certainly let the doc know. There are a couple of different things you can try.

 

[prplchknz]

I did she decided not to give me anything else.

 

[King sns]

I did she decided not to give me anything else.

Grrrrr... healthcare professionals and their skepticism.

 

[prplchknz]

I one time came in and was shaking so bad i could barely write the sign in sheet. and of course the anti-depressant I take also helps with anxiety but I need something for the acute anxiety.

 

[King sns]

The downfall of klonopin is that it takes 10 minutes to work. Panic attacks are practically over by then. Do you find it kicking in after the panic attack stops? Or never at all?

 

[prplchknz]

never at all.I don't do anything for anxiety unless it lasts longer than 10 minutes i've been panicking today for 2 hours. it's a low level panic attack but at one point i was crying because i was so anxious

 

[Gish]

A cocktail of antipsychotics and antidepressants and ADD medications once left me in a panic-like state for 5 days unable to sleep before, so that might be possible, too, how long are your panic attacks?

 

[prplchknz]

a couple of hours usually

 

[King sns]

never at all.I don't do anything for anxiety unless it lasts longer than 10 minutes i've been panicking today for 2 hours. it's a low level panic attack but at one point i was crying because i was so anxious

Ohhhh.... That's a terrible, awful feeling. You've got to be persistent in trying to get a change. If .5 klonopin doesn't work at all.... and also this sounds like more than an acute panic attack. It's a persistent high level of anxiety, no?

 

[Gish]

Do you take Welbutrin?

 

[prplchknz]

no 40 mg celexa, 20mg ablify