Sailor_Saturn
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I take Clonazepam for help with anxiety; a maximum of 3 mg daily (3 mg can be taken at the same time). I only take the drug once a week - I have been doing this since February 2016. My doctor and I have tried other drugs, including other benzodiazepines (I have a prescription for Ativan, which is the one benzodiazepine that works for almost anything) and found that, except for Ativan, they would make me sick, even at the lowest dose. We tried other anti-anxiety drugs but I would either have bad side effects or be allergic.
My doctor decided to switch me to Clonazepam last year, but I take it as needed, and that is usually once a week. I have a extremely high anxiety level and he felt the Ativan wasn't doing much for it - this would happen when I would have to deal with anything medical, including medical appointments (such as blood tests).
Even though I only take Clonazepam once a week (and have not taken any other benzodiazepine other than Clonazepam; I am saving the Ativan for a dental appointment on May 29, 2017) I assume I built a tolerance to it, since I took it today but still had a panic attack. I am wondering if it is possible for the drug to stop working completely and for your body to reject the drug; I even increased my dose to see if that would help but it did nothing - it was as if someone game me a placebo. I had eaten the night before than took the pills twelve hours later so maybe the food was still in my stomach. Once I felt the drugs weren't working I got something to eat then a little while later decided to take some more pills but still found they did not work. I was not looking to get high, I just wanted anxiety reduction.
So if anyone could tell me if my body now rejects the Clonazepam and it won't work anymore that would be great; I don't want to bother getting any more prescriptions for a drug that doesn't work. I understand nobody has my body therefore cannot say for sure if it is rejecting it but if they have had experiences like this it would be great to know that I am not the only person dealing with this and worrying that the pills won't work - the Clonazepam has worked in the past for medical appointments, such as ophthalmologist appointment - I took Clonazepam and still panicked but did not try to leave the room - if I had not taken anything I would have probably left; I have done this in the past when I had a medical appointment that made me nervous. I have another ophthalmologist appointment in July 2017 and found the Clonazepam worked for it - except this time it is with a neuro ophthalmologist and is more invasive (this appointment will be in July 2017). I would like to take a sedative to help relax me for that but Ativan tends to work for a short period of time but Clonazepam tends to work for a longer period of time - the neuro ophthalmologist appointment is supposed to be a long appointment so that is why I was hoping the Clonazepam would work but because it has not been working lately I am afraid it will not.
I don't know if I will take any Clonazepam for my appointment in July and I will take Ativan May 29, 2017 so I will be free from using benzodiazepines during the month of June. Does anyone think this may reduce my tolerance to Clonazepam or has my body built a permanent tolerance to it so it will never work again?
My doctor decided to switch me to Clonazepam last year, but I take it as needed, and that is usually once a week. I have a extremely high anxiety level and he felt the Ativan wasn't doing much for it - this would happen when I would have to deal with anything medical, including medical appointments (such as blood tests).
Even though I only take Clonazepam once a week (and have not taken any other benzodiazepine other than Clonazepam; I am saving the Ativan for a dental appointment on May 29, 2017) I assume I built a tolerance to it, since I took it today but still had a panic attack. I am wondering if it is possible for the drug to stop working completely and for your body to reject the drug; I even increased my dose to see if that would help but it did nothing - it was as if someone game me a placebo. I had eaten the night before than took the pills twelve hours later so maybe the food was still in my stomach. Once I felt the drugs weren't working I got something to eat then a little while later decided to take some more pills but still found they did not work. I was not looking to get high, I just wanted anxiety reduction.
So if anyone could tell me if my body now rejects the Clonazepam and it won't work anymore that would be great; I don't want to bother getting any more prescriptions for a drug that doesn't work. I understand nobody has my body therefore cannot say for sure if it is rejecting it but if they have had experiences like this it would be great to know that I am not the only person dealing with this and worrying that the pills won't work - the Clonazepam has worked in the past for medical appointments, such as ophthalmologist appointment - I took Clonazepam and still panicked but did not try to leave the room - if I had not taken anything I would have probably left; I have done this in the past when I had a medical appointment that made me nervous. I have another ophthalmologist appointment in July 2017 and found the Clonazepam worked for it - except this time it is with a neuro ophthalmologist and is more invasive (this appointment will be in July 2017). I would like to take a sedative to help relax me for that but Ativan tends to work for a short period of time but Clonazepam tends to work for a longer period of time - the neuro ophthalmologist appointment is supposed to be a long appointment so that is why I was hoping the Clonazepam would work but because it has not been working lately I am afraid it will not.
I don't know if I will take any Clonazepam for my appointment in July and I will take Ativan May 29, 2017 so I will be free from using benzodiazepines during the month of June. Does anyone think this may reduce my tolerance to Clonazepam or has my body built a permanent tolerance to it so it will never work again?