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Originally Posted by Iloveanimals25
Until I was about 30 I exercised every other day. Then when I was 34 my mom passed away. When I was 35 I had back surgery, then at 36 I had that psychotic break. Since then I've been pretty sedatary.
About 3 months ago I was doing a big about 25 min physical therapy work out. Then I got the flu and haven't went back. But I went to the Dr and I had lost 12 lbs in 4 months. I'm not eating much since I took myself off doxepin. Idk what I'm going to do when I'm taken off clonazapam. I guess go back on doxepin.
Before I was medicated for bipolar I was in an avid reader. I would even read like 5 books at a time. A lot of non-fiction. I read my history book from college about the beginning of America to right before the Civil War. It was horrible what we did to the the natives and blacks and indentured servants. I read it like 4 times. I'm hoping getting off clonazapam gives me the ability to read again.
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Definitely getting off clonazepam gave me the ability to read again. It didn't happen until I was completely off the clonazepam maybe a couple of months beyond that. But then, suddenly, I could read again! I'd always been an avid reader, and it was as if a large part of who I was had been stripped away from me when I couldn't read for years and years. Being able to reconnect with my love of reading is perhaps the BEST benefit I've had from getting off benzos!
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Bipolar 1, PTSD, anorexia, panic disorder, ADHD
Seroquel, Cymbalta, propanolol, buspirone, Trazodone, gabapentin, lamotrigine, hydroxyzine,
There's a crack in everything. That is how the light gets in.
--Leonard Cohen
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