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Aug 31, 2010, 12:30 AM
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citalopram (celexa), buspirone (buspar), lamictal (lamotrigine), alprazolam (xanax), and NOW generic klonopin which i haven't tried to memorize the name for. this last one i started below the dr's dose (because i know me well) and have only taken 1/4 every 24 hours.... i wake up with a hang over. i sleep fairly well ( totally new) but then can't wake up during the day at all. I've been taking them at night and maybe i have these backwards? at this point, afraid to take them by day. I can barely get out of bed at 10am, and then am really not functional until evening. I'll have to shoot off an email to the doc and see what she says. I just took it an hour ago and am already delirous. any thoughts?
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Aug 31, 2010, 03:08 AM
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xanax AND klonopin? Why two benzo's? That does seem like overkill.
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Aug 31, 2010, 08:41 PM
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she wants me to take the klono morning and evening (not there yet) and have the xanax "in my back pocket" for super bad panic attacks - to put under the tongue and have it get in the system really fast. Today was the first day that i didn't feel like a zombie - but still felt like a mild hangover... and i did take another 4 hour nap. I do suppose i'll adjust at some point...
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Sep 02, 2010, 08:12 PM
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 (((((((((( Kiya ))))))))))))))
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Sep 03, 2010, 11:37 AM
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Kiya, I'm glad you're doing a little better and not so zombie-ish. Definitely keep in close contact with your pdoc and let her know what is happening. Can you call instead of emailing? Somehow using email to report bad drug reactions seems inadequate? BTW, I have had Xanax before and can only take it at night--one quarter of the very smallest dose available. It puts me to sleep immediately. If I took it during the day, I would be a zombie. (I rarely take it but have it for the "back pocket" reason.) Hang in there. If you do well on the klonopin, hopefully you can come off the buspar. I agree it is worrisome to be taking a lot of different meds!
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Sep 04, 2010, 04:05 PM
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Oh klonopin. I got off that baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad stuff. 0_o was on it 6 days and once i stopped being a zombie, i had wicked bad anxiety - first started 3 hours before my next pill (at dinnertime) then it was afternoon, then noon, then 10 am and I was taking xanax as much as I was before! So Thurs the whole day was panic, I couldn't concentrate, i nearly set the kitchen on fire the night before, burnt my hand, could no longer drive - didn't know where i was, stopped being able to make complete sentences (or even coherent). I was volunteering for the clinic kitchen thursday and said "don't give me anything to do that includes stoves or sharp objects". I washed potatoes... then sat in a chair holding them staring at the floor. Eventually some one asked me if i was ok and i burst into tears, saying i needed to go home. The acupuncturist asked me if i should be driving and i said probably not, but i wanted to get out before rush hour. she told me to sit tight and she'd give me a mini session to help. course, i cried there too - hate needles. but that got my brain back some. when she had me go sit in a quiet room, i had another panic attack, heard my T's voice in the hall, went to her and told her I was having a panic attack. Her 5pm apnt didn't show so she had me go with her to her office, talked to me some, got me a stuffy, had me stay there while she did emails n charts. i curled up on the couch for over an hour!!!! *whew* felt very well cared for by my crew. I've not taken it again. nor shall i.
((((((((((((And thanks for the replies all!!! ))))))))))))))))
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