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Benzos Does anyone else have this issue?

Next time take it sublingually a half hour before. It's not meant to be sedation, but to help you not have anxiety or fear going into it, which is really all in your head. You should've just gone to the appointment, but it sounds like you just want to feel the effects of klonopin, which if that's the case you shouldn't use the dose meant to deal with appointment anxiety like that.... I'd be surprised if you got another dose for the next appointment. They wouldn't want you "feeling sick" again.
 
Never heard of a dentist EVER giving out benzos to patients. Lucky to get a Tyco#3 after wisdom tooth extraction.

No idea otherwise, except when I've taken Klonopin, seems a lot stronger than your alprazolams or lorazepams, but like all benzos for me, it's nothing . . . nothing . . . .nothing . . . OUT for eight straight hours.

Worthless addictive nasty meds. Bring back the damn barbiturates, get a little relief before you pass out, possibly OD.
 
Snort it. People say it doesn't do shit but I swear it does, been doin it for years. Kicks in within the half hr.... As far as waking up with a panic and/or anxiety attack, ofcourse its happened to me. You need to wake up S.l.o.w.l.yyy. Naturally we feel anxiety levels skyrocket for those few moments after we wake. And if you're in a hurry... Well, u can do the math.
 
I can also tell you that, if you swap out "booze" for "benzo" in the OP, it would just be called a hangover.

What I mean is, if you drank a fair bit, passed out/fell asleep, and then woke up abruptly, it would be a bit expected, as a mild withdrawal. It's why you're advised not to drink before bed, since you'll probably just wake up in a few hours and really be an insomniac.

Benzos work the same way. If you have a benzo habit and wake up most mornings with anxiety? Yeah, that's how it is with alcoholics--withdrawal. Maybe milder, maybe there's a better word for it, either way it's the rebound anxiety that must come as your GABA levels readjust and your NMDA receptors spark.

Otherwise no, it's not normal to wake up anxious, fast or slow (I mean, unless it's some explosion destroying your bedroom, that'd be anxiety-producing).
 
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Sailor_Saturn said:
Yesterday I took Clonazepam for my dental appointment. It takes at least two hours for the drug to work for me so I took it three hours (sometimes it can take longer than two hours to work) prior to the appointment. I fell asleep after taking the pills; my plan was to go on the computer to avoid falling asleep (since that usually keeps me awake), but right after I took them I decided I didn't want to wake anyone else up so I stayed in bed and watched TV. I ended up falling asleep and when I woke up, it was ninety minutes later. I still had lots of time to get to the dentist appointment (the dentist appointment was not for another thirty minutes) but I felt really scared; it was as if I never took the pills at all. I ended up calling the clinic and telling them I was sick and rescheduling it to June 13, 2017 at 9:00 a.m. I'm wondering if anyone else has ever taken a benzodiazepine before and fallen asleep and if they fell asleep did they feel that the pill was no longer working when they woke up? Specifically, did you feel anxious when you woke up? I had a panic attack when I woke up. I would have taken more pills if I had them but I didn't. I have to pick up a refill later this week and hope that the pills will work for the appointment on June 13, 2017. I have tried various benzodiazepines and have found Ativan to be effective, but only sometimes - it would help me with my dental appointments but only sometimes. It never helped with needle situations; I would still have panic attacks if I had to have a needle. It never worked for MRIs either. I used Clonazepam for an appointment that causes me a lot of anxiety (an ophthalmologist appointment) and it did help, but it didn't help with the dentist (I didn't even go, I cancelled) because I fell asleep and the effects wore off. Another question: Has anyone ever or do you know someone who has taken Clonazepam for the dentist and if they did take it, did the Clonazepam work? My dentist won't prescribe anything and my doctor won't prescribe anything else besides Clonazepam.
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You should not be taking that much benzo's when they make you pass out its dangerous and irresponsible not only that but you could become addicted and benzo withdrawal is worse than crack withdrawal IE you can DIE further more instead of relying on the internet you should be discussing this with a proffesionally trained doctor just make sure you follow the dosage instructions of the medications he or she may give you and stay safe
 
OP you possibly just don't react well to kpins, possibly try Valium or Xanax next time. I've heard of people who just don't respond well to benzos in general. For me kpins are great as long as I keep doses lower than 1mg a day I have yet to build a tolerance after 6 years.

How many mg total did you take?

If only asleep for 90 minutes you shouldn't be feeling any sort of panic, unless it was just anxiety for the appointment and kpin wasn't strong enough.

Sounds like you have some pretty serious panic reactions to any sort of operations/injections. I would try and get over that without the use of benzos if at all possible.






and lol @ some of the replies in this thread. You don't even know how much he took, let alone a one time dose is not going to cause any withdrawal or risk for issues, unless he is taking a very high amount of mgs.

Scrofula said:
Never heard of a dentist EVER giving out benzos to patients. Lucky to get a Tyco#3 after wisdom tooth extraction.

No idea otherwise, except when I've taken Klonopin, seems a lot stronger than your alprazolams or lorazepams, but like all benzos for me, it's nothing . . . nothing . . . .nothing . . . OUT for eight straight hours.

Worthless addictive nasty meds. Bring back the damn barbiturates, get a little relief before you pass out, possibly OD.
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Scrofula said:
I can also tell you that, if you swap out "booze" for "benzo" in the OP, it would just be called a hangover.

What I mean is, if you drank a fair bit, passed out/fell asleep, and then woke up abruptly, it would be a bit expected, as a mild withdrawal. It's why you're advised not to drink before bed, since you'll probably just wake up in a few hours and really be an insomniac.

Benzos work the same way. If you have a benzo habit and wake up most mornings with anxiety? Yeah, that's how it is with alcoholics--withdrawal. Maybe milder, maybe there's a better word for it, either way it's the rebound anxiety that must come as your GABA levels readjust and your NMDA receptors spark.

Otherwise no, it's not normal to wake up anxious, fast or slow (I mean, unless it's some explosion destroying your bedroom, that'd be anxiety-producing).
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Of course they prescribe one or two benzos before an operation or sometimes even a cleaning. That's pretty common, same as nitrous is common if requested.


He fell asleep for 90 minutes.. not sure if you're even being serious or not with your silly ass posts. The half life of kpins would far exceed any sort of withdrawal after sleeping 90 minutes.
 
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Snort it. People say it doesn't do shit but I swear it does, been doin it for years. Kicks in within the half hr.... As far as waking up with a panic and/or anxiety attack, ofcourse its happened to me. You need to wake up S.l.o.w.l.yyy. Naturally we feel anxiety levels skyrocket for those few moments after we wake. And if you're in a hurry... Well, u can do the math.
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Do not listen to this advice. Benzos are not water soluble so don't absorb through the nasal cavity well.... Once it drops down the back to your stomach it will absorb, but then you might as well eat the pill.

Crush it into a powder and let it sit under your tongue as I said as sublingual will absorb fastest
 
tacodude said:
Next time take it sublingually a half hour before. It's not meant to be sedation, but to help you not have anxiety or fear going into it, which is really all in your head. You should've just gone to the appointment, but it sounds like you just want to feel the effects of klonopin, which if that's the case you shouldn't use the dose meant to deal with appointment anxiety like that.... I'd be surprised if you got another dose for the next appointment. They wouldn't want you "feeling sick" again.
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This advice is on the money. Doctors normally will give their patient the anxiolytic medication about 30 minutes before they're scheduled to do any work. Taking it orally will be fine if you find it easier to take.

siq said:
Snort it. People say it doesn't do shit but I swear it does, been doin it for years. Kicks in within the half hr.... As far as waking up with a panic and/or anxiety attack, ofcourse its happened to me. You need to wake up S.l.o.w.l.yyy. Naturally we feel anxiety levels skyrocket for those few moments after we wake. And if you're in a hurry... Well, u can do the math.
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If you want to get the most therapeutic benefits from the medication, it should definitely be taken as directed in the case of clonazepam (and most benzos). In this case that means using it sublingually or orally.

Sailor_Saturn said:
I can't take Clonazepam sublingually; where I live they don't have sublingual tablets. I tried sublingual Ativan before and it made me sick. I can't handle dissolving anything under my tongue for some reason.

Has anyone here ever taken Clonazepam for a medical appointment? I know it's not usually prescribed for that but the other medications I have tried that are prescribed either made me sick or didn't work. I even tried Hydroxyzine and that didn't do a thing.
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As I mentioned, taking it orally is fine. Just make sure you wait until about 30 minutes prior to your appointment to take it (and don't drive after you take it! Get to your dentist's 30 or 40 minutes early and take it once you're there; if they try and take you before it kicks in just explain to them you need to wait that 30 minutes or whatever).

I've taken clonazepam for this purpose before. It's actually not at all uncommon. Lorazepam is also commonly used for this purpose. If you struggle with anxiety chances are things like antihystamines/hydroxyzine probably won't be very helpful.

Do use benzodiazepines outside of this too? I believe you mentioned you struggle with anxiety or some such.
 
@Intense:
Of course they prescribe one or two benzos before an operation or sometimes even a cleaning. That's pretty common, same as nitrous is common if requested.
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And I said, I've never heard of a dentist doing that. Not at all common. You realize regulations differ between states and countries, right? Not all dental offices where I am have nitrous available, and you sure don't just get it at request. I mean, why even have triple-priced "oral surgeons" to do your cleaning here if you can get drugs from the damn dentist?



He fell asleep for 90 minutes.. not sure if you're even being serious or not with your silly ass posts. The half life of kpins would far exceed any sort of withdrawal after sleeping 90 minutes.
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I was responding to the guy who said it's normal to wake up anxious and to just start railing benzos. I don't think he was being silly-ass.
 
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Ms. Saturn, and @Intense I noticed the half life of clonazepam is actually pretty damn long, and "action" is reported to last 6-12 hours (ideal for producing morning hangovers and then major dependence, imo).

So yeah, why wouldn't you take it three hours before the appointment? You say all these other meds "make you sick" or don't work, but this one knocked you out, which is sort of the idea. Maybe ask the dentist if you can come early, occupy the chair you'll be in a good 20-30min before the appointment, so you get relaxed where you'll be? Klonopin comes as a "orally disintegrating tablet" rather than explicitly sublingual, so I think if you got that you could just leave it on TOP of your tongue and be OK.

(I also saw that dysphoria can happen at "high doses". But that happens to me sober if I take a nap and wake up suddenly, so it might just be you realizing you're late, and not a side effect)
 
Well, Ms. Saturn, it sounds like you need more than a dentist and a pharmacist.

You're seeing a psychiatrist, right? It's not normal to be up all night, (doing stuff like typing out "advice" to strangers on the internet about drugs at 2am, but I AM on drugs) and not also be on some kind of stimulant.

That kind of anxiety needs more than just the occasional pill.

If you do this a lot (stay up overnight) you also know that can cause some weird hallucinations and dysphoria, which mixed with a benzo might give you a pretty weird feeling.

And if so many things "make you sick" then you've also talked to a physician, right?
 
Yes, I'd recommend going back on the anxiety med that worked for you.
I noticed that being on buspirone, you can still take benzos for acute problems, like dentists' appointments, and at a lower dose.

My aunt has a similar intolerance for meds, but for her it's a mysterious constant pain. It works for me, because she has pounds of leftover pain pills from all the things she's tried, like I didn't know they even made dilaudid in pill form (and overdose amounts did nothing for cluster headaches). Anyway, now she gets steroid shots, which she likes somehow. So there are solutions, if you're patient.

Just thought, I don't know the manner in which these pills affect you, but if they make you sick, you could maybe consider a very short-acting one, rather than a loooong one like clonazepam. Midazolam/Versed is the favorite in children's hospitals (at least the one I worked at) for pre-surgery sedation. If it made you sick, at least it'd be out of your system in a couple hours, rather than days.

Good luck.
 
have you tried explaining your medical condition that produces the anxiety to your dentist, and asking if its possible to give you something to ease your anxiety before the procedure?

i've never heard of a dentist giving you a take-home script before the appointment, but i have been to two seperate dentists that could tell by the terrible condition of my teeth that i was terrified of dental work and one gave me xanax, the other valium, while sitting in the office 30mins before the procedure. this was before a tooth extraction though - doubt it would happen for a filling or cleaning or something.

if kpin is your only option, crushing the pill and letting the powder dissolve under your tongue is the way to go. my wife is RXd sublingual kpin tablets, they kick in in 5mins but i dont know if all kpin would work that way.
 
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