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Originally Posted by BethRags
Weird day. I awoke before dawn and instead of staying up for just an hour or so, foolishly stayed awake for several hours making bureaucratic phone calls. But I was so tired and felt rotten. I went back to bed and slept for 45 minutes, felt like yuck. Had a telehealth appointment with my pdoc - I still get wound up about telehealth, it requires so much set-up for minimal reward. After that I had chores to do, but didn't do any of them, which is unusual for me. All I could do was lie down and sleep. Now it's 8p.m. and I will read some, then sleep. Stupid day.
Ironically, however, could be a day that actually changes my life. My pdoc gave me the nod to begin to decrease Klonopin. I've been taking 2mg/day for 20-plus years. It isn't helping me anymore, not for so many years, but my body is entirely dependent upon it. I truly want to get off the stuff.
Dr. W. is (fortunately) extremely cautious about stopping a benzo. She told me pick one day of the week, then to cut down by 1/4 my bedtime dose on that day, each week. Do that for a month, or two months even, more if necessary, and see how I'm feeling. And so on.
I feel like I have a goal, some hope to drop a med I no longer need. And maybe the titration down will go a bit more quickly than I expect.
Cool, I hope your son called. He's probably knocked out on meds.
Hugs all 'round 
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I agree about the telehealth/video sessions. They give me a lot less, too. Today I spoke with my tdoc. Basically it was just me speeding through stuff, or her laughing or saying "Oh, that sounds good." Nothing else. At least something is said as a service with my pdoc: "stay as is", "add 50 mg", or the like.
I think that is great that you are finally reducing your Klonopin. All the best with that! I wish I was. Like you, I have been on it for years and it serves little purpose, though I've been on only 0.5 mg for most of the 10 years. If only I could reduce even as you are! But my pdoc would definitely say no because of my move. He'll have to finagle some way of getting me enough for 3 months right before I leave. I assume it's the same for you that 90 day supplies are not possible? I think Czech pdocs will prescribe it for me. My sister-in-law takes a benzo and she lives there.