Kenalog (corticosteroid) injections & benzos?

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I was reinstated to 1.5 mg klonopin until stable enough to taper, and surgical recovery was still a bit bumpy, then I went back east to get another round of steroid injections to the muscles I'd had surgery on (sensitive area already). I was immediately thrown into a state of feeling intense pain, vertigo and dizziness, and the symptoms have just progressed and progressed. I just wanted to post because it feels like acute benzo w/d, but I'm ON the benzo still! And a painkiller now, my specialist who is handling the Ashton benzo taper is tapering me off that as well.

 

Vertigo, dizziness, feeling like I'm in a bubble (DP/DR?), severe depression and inability to concentrate, pressure in the head and constant headache, and muscles have all gone into spasm and burning pain. Joints as well, the one I had surgery on is flared so bad I feel like I did BEFORE surgery when I was injured and in protracted benzo w/d (and likely central sensitivity as well). These are injections that are meant to be long acting and stay in the muscles a LONG time, and I'm rather upset about it.....all of the warnings are on the package insert, my pharmacist was able to pull up these reactions, all reported. I even ended up with a mouth infection because my immune system is so trashed, am losing weight, BP all over the place, it just feels like acute w/d but with more symptoms than I had with that, but similar to what others describe from the benzo.

 

Anyone have this reaction, ever? I can't even eat, nauseated all the time, have dropped below 100 lbs. This was 2 weeks ago, these injections....every doc who has examined me couldn't believe the amount of steroid I was given, two rounds in a month's time and said it's just steroid overload or toxicity, that that is why it's not recommended to give so many shots in a short period. It's just unbearable to live with. I went to get the injections because all the local docs wanted me on some drug like gabapentin for pain, or opiate painkillers (which I notice they love to prescribe, but won't taper you off of, so I was wary of that).

 

It's like it somehow brought back acute w/d times 100. Except with a drug that has all of these side effects listed and I was just not warned against.