UtterlyConfused
Bluelighter
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- Jun 27, 2016
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I swear I'm about to lose my shit trying to figure this out. While I feel more mentally calm to a degree. My body? Not so much. It's been a week since I switched over from Diazepam 10mg 3x Daily to Clonazepam 1 1/2mg Daily. The last few days, while I haven't been as dizzy or panicky, I've been having a resurgence and array of very debilitating physical symptoms. I was on Clonazepam before going on Diazepam along with Propranalol and Cogentin. I'm no longer on those. It's now just my Clonazepam and Baclofen 10mg 3x Daily. But I feel like my body/muscles are in shock. I'm taking over half the equivalent daily dose of the V I was on. My morning dose of Clonazepam is almost my full daily dose of what I was getting on Diazepam.
However, I don't know if my brain and body is adjusting/stabilizing and whatnot or if I am royally screwed. One reason being my Doctor said that he won't change it again or put me on Diazepam 20-25 3x Daily. He said if he did either 15 or 20 would be as much as he'd prescribe. But perhaps I'm being impatient. Before I switched to Diazepam, I could take a Clonazepam and almost instantly, (20 - 30 min or so), feel it and not feel the need to take one for another 10 hours or so even though I was on less than I am now, which was 1mg 3x daily. Now I feel like I have Trigeminal Neuralgia. Stiff Jaw. Hearing weird shit but not hallucintions. Extremely hypertonic neck muscles. Muscles that are "moving around" and pulsating in different patterns and feeling like I am having rebound/increased spasticity. That and slower eye movements. Hard to read. Hard to walk or stand for two long. At the same time I'm just restless. Having to adjust the way I am either laying or sitting. Though, whenever I am laying down, the symptoms subside. Completely. I've heard that it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month to stabilize on it and get the desired benefits again from it. But what doesn't make sense is that I *am* also on Baclofen. I also get Botox shots that weaken and relax those muscles. I go to PT and also get massages. I even popped two flexerils and the other day a Toradol that I had from an ER visit. Still, nothing.
So....am I going to fucking just feel like this all of the time now or is my body just adjusting to the med? I know that no one can give me an exact answer or medical advice, but I'd appreciate your best educated guesses. The Myoclonus has slowed down a bit, but the spasms and stiffness ...I'm under some "superior firepower" from them. Again, can anyone guess what is going on? Should I ride it out and hope that it abates? Will it abate...? There's no way in Hell that I can take those many muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories and still be feeling like this. Or is it because I just rapidly switched up and it will even out? Please tell me that it should. If not, please just be honest and give me your opinion. Thanks.
However, I don't know if my brain and body is adjusting/stabilizing and whatnot or if I am royally screwed. One reason being my Doctor said that he won't change it again or put me on Diazepam 20-25 3x Daily. He said if he did either 15 or 20 would be as much as he'd prescribe. But perhaps I'm being impatient. Before I switched to Diazepam, I could take a Clonazepam and almost instantly, (20 - 30 min or so), feel it and not feel the need to take one for another 10 hours or so even though I was on less than I am now, which was 1mg 3x daily. Now I feel like I have Trigeminal Neuralgia. Stiff Jaw. Hearing weird shit but not hallucintions. Extremely hypertonic neck muscles. Muscles that are "moving around" and pulsating in different patterns and feeling like I am having rebound/increased spasticity. That and slower eye movements. Hard to read. Hard to walk or stand for two long. At the same time I'm just restless. Having to adjust the way I am either laying or sitting. Though, whenever I am laying down, the symptoms subside. Completely. I've heard that it can take anywhere from 2 weeks to a month to stabilize on it and get the desired benefits again from it. But what doesn't make sense is that I *am* also on Baclofen. I also get Botox shots that weaken and relax those muscles. I go to PT and also get massages. I even popped two flexerils and the other day a Toradol that I had from an ER visit. Still, nothing.
So....am I going to fucking just feel like this all of the time now or is my body just adjusting to the med? I know that no one can give me an exact answer or medical advice, but I'd appreciate your best educated guesses. The Myoclonus has slowed down a bit, but the spasms and stiffness ...I'm under some "superior firepower" from them. Again, can anyone guess what is going on? Should I ride it out and hope that it abates? Will it abate...? There's no way in Hell that I can take those many muscle relaxers and anti-inflammatories and still be feeling like this. Or is it because I just rapidly switched up and it will even out? Please tell me that it should. If not, please just be honest and give me your opinion. Thanks.