Hi January,

Oh, ok, makes sense, re: Traz. Do you mind if I ask you how big a dose you are on? Glad to hear it helps you.

It's interesting.....different ppl I've talked to generally have contradicting opionions re: benzo's. Someone I know is currently on 2mg clonazepam and had previously been on as much as 6mg (and @ one time, 8 mg - which is hard to believe, but I'll give them the benefit of the doubt). He says that when on 6 & 8 mg's, his life was hell........major stomach probs, extreme anxiety, felt terrible. Even @ 2mg, he feels anxious, but feels a bit better (less dopey, too) @ 1 mg. However, he does say that when he hasn't taken it in a while, he feels "off", so I guess it helps him. However, this guy is an extremely anxious & stressed person....I feel so badly for him.

Anyway, my current dr. put me on 4mg of clonaz (as of Wed) (in addition to my 300 mg Manerix & 5 mg of dexedrine. I took only 2mg Wed eve (b/c I was so afraid of side effects after discussing w/ pharmacist), and I was up until 4 frickin a.m. Thurs a.m. All in all, I was up from Wed 10 a.m. - Thurs 4 a.m. - 40 hrs straight. I was crusty as HELL & felt like total crap, so finally, @ 4 a.m, I took the additional 2mg of clonaz. Fell asleep for 3.5 hrs, but felt even WORSE on Thurs.....so dizzy, feel down stairs, extremely nauseas, terrible migraine, extreme constipation, felt like a complete zombie, couldn't think properly, totally, totally lethargic........and finally passed out Thurs aft from 2:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. At 10 pm, I only took my 2mg of clonaz again - no way in hell I wanted to feel as crappy (to say the least as yesterday). I fell asleep for 3 hrs, then major broken sleep from 1 am - 7:30 am when I awoke. Still feel crappy today, but not as bad, I guess.

Saw my dr. today.......voiced my concerns, he told me I was the most incomplient pt he's ever had re: meds & said that he's putting me in hospital in 4 weeks if I don't get better. I was SO frickin upset.....hospital makes me worse, absolutely WORSE. LONG story, don't want to get into it, but I was crying pretty much all session b/c of that news. I'm trying so bloody hard to get better.......but he doesn't see that.

He told me to go off the 5 mg of dexedrine tomorrow a.m. (cold turkey) AND told me to go off the 2mg of clonazepam tonight (again, COLD TURKEY). I was so upset re: hospital threat, that I forgot to ask him re: dangers of going off these meds cold turkey, ESPEC 2 mg clonaz. So right after my appt, I remembered, called & left a message. But he won't call back...........only calls back like, 3% of the time. He's an absolute IDIOT. Currrently looking for new dr.

Sorry this reply is so crusty - I'm just EXTREMELY frustrated, angry & hopeless.

Thanks for your feedback, Jan.

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