Hey I gotta an off-on-a-slight-tangent-type question, which is this; does clonazepam have the potential to actually cause agitation in some people who take it?
I ask because after years of being on diazepam, breaking from it every now and again with oxazepam, my psychiatrist has decided to give clonazepam a go. When I told my dad about this he said to be cautious. He is a professor of psychology and specializes in Asperger's Syndrome. He said he has seen some of his patients experience an almost inverted effect when taking clonazepam - they get agitated and restless. Bear in mind these are people who have Asperger's...
But since Asperger's is just a blip on a spectrum, my common sense tells me if dad's theory were true, others would have experienced this, Asperger's or not. Any insights appreciated.
Thanks
I have Asperger's and there was definitely a time when I was so depressed that my use (which spiralled into abuse) of benzodiazepines did have some unintended consequences. When you suffer from poor social skills and come to the realization that a high dose if benzos can remove your otherwise crippling social inhibitions, the end result may be highly inappropriate behavior - after all I'd given up on life, and since every possible course of action had seemed equally scary, I was basically free to say or do whatever.
But no, I didn't see a difference between Diazepam and Clonazepam, both of which I abused during my darkest days.
