UtterlyConfused
Bluelighter
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- Jun 27, 2016
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Ahh, I found it. I was unsure whenever I made my new member introduction. I need some advice as I am in a "bit" of a predicament you could say. I have been on and off Clonazepam for 7 years. Originally for Agoraphobia/Anxiety w/motor tics.*Possible important note - Before I could afford Doctors visits I used to drink and have withdrawn from alcohol 4 times as well - I had not even had a referral to a neurologist until 2014, so my med management were GP's and Psychiatrists as they thought that it was just anxiety causing the muscle spasms and other motor tics. It's a long story but I'll try to keep it short but very specific. Before seeing my Neuro, I had been put on Clonazepam and taken off 4 times rapidly. Then In 2013 I was reinstated. I was taking Clonazepam 1 1/2 mg 3x Daily until 2015 whenever I was switched to 5mg 3x daily of Diazepam in Feb and Baclofen 10mg 3x Daily, (a medication that I am also getting nasty side effects from, but 2 attempts to taper have failed.). I am now taking Diazepam 10mg 3x (As of November 2015), daily but not really feeling like it is doing it's job. I'm not sure if it is my disorder progressing, if I am kindled, or if I am I am tolerant/developing tolerance. Now, my Doctor has discontinued my Diazepam and is putting me back on my Clonazepam 1 1/2 mg 3x Daily. No crossover. If I even need one? I am just going to have to start taking it once my prescription of Diazepam for this months runs out. So, literally, I'll be taking my night dose of Diazepam and in the morning starting back on the Clonazepam. To be honest, I am hopeful, but a bit scared. Actually, I am hopeful but very scared from stuff I've read elsewhere when it ranges to anything. "It won't work". "You'll have a paradoxical reaction". "You already have permanent brain damage.". "You'll just become tolerant to that too.". "You'll still have withdrawals from the Diazepam even though you're switching back.". <--- Only saw one person post that somewhere where someone was doing something similar. If anyone has any questions, I'd be more than happy to answer. But am I screwed, or am I just psyching myself out too much by obsessively researching this? My Doctor said I shouldn't have any problems, but there's always a chance it might not work the same, but that's with every med as he said, which is really vague, so.. Well, thanks in advance, and take care!