Benzos Can skipping klonopin doses cause hormonal/mood swings?

[Intenselife]

Hey, ok so I have been prescribed klonopin for over a year now at 2mg's a day, one in the morning and one in the evening. However ever since it hasn't worked as good for me (like the first 6 months) I started to skip doses here and their. I also did that was because I felt like I couldn't go to job interviews, classes at school and other important things without having a few extra klonopins. So because I didn't wanna increase my tolerance etc, I would skip doses once in awhile and have extra saved up which I rarely use these days. However i'm starting to notice that even as a male I have a lot of emotions and mood swings similar to when a girl is pmsing. Physically I get cramps, real tired at random times of the month, and like today was in a pretty good mood earlier in the day, and then I started screaming about how much I hate my father to my mom for like 30 minutes and even knocked over something before I finally just forced myself to get away.

Anyways it never occured to me that some of these body aches and extra mood swings/random increases in depression etc could be because I have been skipping my evening doses probably 3-5 times out of the week to just 1mg instead of 2mg! Now I have heard that is a good reason and very possible for how I feel sometimes since my body is used to and dependent on 2mg's and while skipping a day here and there won't hurt but skipping 3-5 weekly will sure. But I can't no for 100% sure if it's because of my hormonal imbalances from extreme long term depression that I have, or because of skipping my evening dose of klonopin frequently or a bit of both?

Someone help.

 

[sekio]

If you take benzodiazepines of any sort continuously for a long time (>2 weeks) you can expect to get withdrawal symptoms when you don't take them or take less than your "normal" dose. (people experience anxiety, irritation, etc) It's probably entirely the Klonopin.

If you feel klonopin isn't working for you at 2mg and you want to stop taking it, the best option is to reduce your dose slowly, like 0.5mg a week or something. If you suddenly reduce your dose by 50% one day then you can expect to be a little... edgy.

 

[AlphaMethylPhenyl]

I'd honestly do .5mg/month; I was on it and getting off seemed easy but there were a lot of residual effects i.e. stuttering and sweating

 

[Intenselife]

I don't plan on coming off of it, I was just wondering if that was the reason I feel so moody/emotional/depressed sometimes, although I don't get to the point of hallucinating, or not being able to asleep, etc so it was hard to tell what was causing the physical body aches and mental mood swings. But yeah I think i'm putting my body in a constant state of semi withdrawal so I am going to try and continue my regular dose more often and see if I feel better.

 

[belfort]

skipping benzo doses can cause all sorts of weird/bad effects..