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Hello, I'm a 27-year-old male. I was taking Clonazepam for over four years for my anxiety. I started off with .5 mg mostly as a stopgap measure when my anxiety got the best of me. By the time I decided to that it was no longer working for me In a beneficial way I was taking 3 mg a day sometimes more. My anxiety at that point was breaking through even still. I've been completely without clonazepam floor 2 months and I'm still Horribly debilitated in many ways, both physically and mentally.
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Hello gilbitron3001,

 

Welcome to Benzo Buddies!  You reached what is called "tolerance" to your original dose of clonazepam. That is where the dose is no longer effective requiring increases in dosage that with time lose their effectiveness as well. This is a characteristic of this class of drugs. Benzos are truly designed for short term use only, say 2-3 weeks. Did you stop suddenly, cold turkey?

 

Withdrawal can bring on some strong symptoms, especially if one stops cold turkey.  The central nervous system is in shock and is missing the "calming" medication. With time, these symptoms will ease up.  Two months out is still very early in terms of benzo withdrawal, I was very symptomatic at that point.

 

Recovery from benzo withdrawal is a waiting game, time is the healer.  The central nervous system will seek to find balance once again, and will work towards that goal. In my opinion, it is well worth the wait. Please do ask questions, we're here to help.

 

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I'm new to this forum as well I'm James and I'm 32 years of age, I've been off klonopin for about three months now, and it sucks I tapered off about 1.5 --.25 then just stopped after about a 6 month span, I was also on celexa and trileptol Which I just stopped, I am now hyper sensitive to caffeine ( I get super anxious, and irritated), I'm anxious all the time have also noted vision problems, I'm already nearsighted but now I'm worse, also and the worst is the constipation and bloating.

Feel free to talk to me about anything, we're going through similar things.

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hi all. Thanks for the responses. I'm not sure but I think maybe it was a pretty rapid taper period. I went down .5 mg once a week or so. Just moved to New Orleans from Seattle and being alone has taken a toll on me. Since the end of my Taper and the start of my withdrawals I've been pretty debilitated every day.

 

I haven't been able to eat much, my appetite is pretty much nonexistent. I've lost more than 10 pounds in last two months. I've experienced pretty much every side effect mentioned they seen associated with Benzo withdrawals. Blurred vision, Headaches, Confusion, Mental fogginess, Trouble With balance, Heart palpitations, Tingling and numbness in hands and feet, constipation, Muscle pain and soreness, fatigue, Inability to sleep. Was prescribed trazodone recently (but have yet to use it. Too scared.) Panic and anxiety attacks multiple times a day. As a result I've put off looking for a job. 

 

Been to the clinic multiple times and the emergency room twice. I was at the emergency room and my heart checked And blood drawn. I had some strange readings in my CBC And I'm now terrified I have something else as well. docs have said not to worry but since, I've been obsessing and I don't know how to stop which is only causing me more panic and anxiety. If I'm being honest, I don't think I can handle this much longer. I have the remainder of my Clonazepam And I've been thinking that life might just be easier if I stay on it. I just don't know anymore and I need help.

 

Thanks,

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Yea my sleep has been terrible, my neck and back hurts so bad it wakes me up as well as the bloating gets me up. The depression has also been debilitating being that when have a return in anxiety my ocd flares out of control. I'm working full time manual labor, married with a two year old it's hard
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