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Benzos Can tricyclic Antideprerssants potentiate withdrawal from benzos?

bdomihizayka

bdomihizayka

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I have been on Anafranil (tricyclic antidepressant) and 1 mg of klonopin 2xs a day for about a 5 weeks. Last Thursday I took 4 mg of Klonopin at night, for fun, and the next day, Friday, only took 1mg Klonopin in the morning. Saturday, I woke up completely out of it, confused, depersonalized, dizzy, had no balance, my perception was dream like. I went to the hospital and they just told me to take my benzos.... and I have felt odd ever since.

I stopped taking the Anafranil Saturday, the day I felt out of it.

All week has been hell and I have been on 1/2 mg klonopin since, trying to taper off.


My main question is: can Anfranil exasperate the effects of a benzo withdrawal? The tricyclic antidepressants most certainly potentiate the benzos, but can they also potentiate the withdrawal? And was a withdrawal even what I was going through? It was the most frightening experience of my life and I still feel all messed up...and theres so many variables at play since (me now getting off the antidepressant, the lowering of the klonopin....etc....)

But my dose wasn't that high and the time on them not that long...take that in mind.... so none of this makes any sense to me...

I need any input. I'm scared to death of what I've experienced and need any input yous may have....thank you so much!!!
 
bdomihizayka said:
I stopped taking the Anafranil Saturday, the day I felt out of it. All week has been hell and I have been on 1/2 mg klonopin since, trying to taper off.
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I wouldn't just stop Anafranil.
Especially if you are trying to taper off benzos.
You might have felt strange that day, but you can't know what caused it, so it might not have been either of the two.
Not taking your AD meds cold turkey can easily be the cause of the "hell week" you experienced.
 
I figured so..... but I never felt any of these symptoms any other time of my life, and ive abused uppers and downers and have been bitten by fire before but have NEVER felt so out of it and shitty as i have on that saturday so my mindset was flush my body from all these shitty psychriatric substances.... I was scared to death and felt both, the combo, or a minor withdrawal did this to me and I had to stop it alltogether.
 
I mean, these types of antidpressants exasperate the effects of benzos, alcohol and opioids. So do they also potentiate any withdrawal involved with these substances too?
 
Sounds a bit wierd considering they have there own withdrawal symptoms so unless your saying the antidepressant withdrawal on top of the benzo withdrawal will be worse then this makes no sense to me. Of course it will efect it :P

FYI i take antiderpressant's namely fluoxetine and benzos namley diazepam lorazepam and pyrazolam and etizolam which is not technically a benzo with no trubs.

Taper off the benzos keep taking the Anti-d when ur cool with no benzos taper of the anti-d
 
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Well I wasn't withdrawling from my antidepressant as the day I felt weird and totally out of it and crazy was the day I actually stopped taking them because I thought maybe it was an adverse effect I was having with the antidepressant or the antidepressant, benzo combo.

I just want to know if being on a tricyclic antidepressant can make the withdrawal symptoms of a benzo worse.
 
Being on them, no, surely not otherwise your doc would never perscribe ssris along with benzos. Im 95% sure. Imo they could only enchance (make it easier to withdrawal as opposed to making it worse assuming you continue your anti-d routine. This is the route my doc is taking to try get me to lower my benzo intake so defo no. Withdrawing from clonaz is a cunt switch to diaz.
 
It's not an SSRI.... it's a tricyclic; a totally different class of antidepressant. I couldnt even take my usual dose of benzo because it potentiated to benzo so much it would knock me out. So I dont know if it has anything to do with it while having the mild withdrawal I had.... and potentiated that as well....

And I know it's a bitch.... I want Valium but the doctors not cooperating at all... :-(
 
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