Posted by Mishal on April 29, 2003, at 4:20:11
In reply to Klonopin withdrawal (and a reckless pdoc), posted by cubbybear on April 25, 2003, at 2:17:45
Klonopin withdrawal can be helllike for those with marked personality disorders, or should I mean underlying psychologic disorders. If your anxiety is of some biological reasons, your chances to experience withdrawal symptoms are high. Yes the anxiety can be more severe than you first experienced that is because klonopin or drugs in this class reduces brain's ability to tolerate stress. But this is quite a transient process and once you are completely off the medication, brain will regain the enduring power. But with underlying disorders like generalized anxiety disorder or bipolar mood disorders, it will not be a nice idea to get off klonopin or similar drugs that helps you much.
There are many effective ways to minimize drug withdrawal symptoms. One is to substitute with another drug that will compensate the absence of the withdrawing drug. Mood stabilizers are widely used for this purpose and tegretol is the best studied drug. Take tegretol doses in order to develop effective tegretol blood levels and withdraw klonopin slowly. Maximum allowed tegretol dosage is 400 to 600 mg for this purpose. This should be done under the supervision of a psycdoc. I have a successful experience with tegretol.
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