Posted by cache-monkey on February 21, 2007, at 11:46:07
In reply to Campral, posted by greenline on January 24, 2007, at 19:40:57
[I'm going to cross-post this here because the topic is actually more germame to withdrawal than substance abuse.]
Green,
My pdoc prescribed me Campral as well. This is for both benzo withdrawal and as a potential mood stabilizer (I'm bipolar II and allergic to most of the usual mood stabilizers). So you're not alone, although my situation is a little more complicated.
I've just started it (2 x 333mg) my only complaint is some tiredness and maybe a little push downward in mood. Too early to tell as far as mood stabilization.
Anyway, there's some pharmacological basis to thinking that it might be good for withdrawal/tapering of benzos. I'm going to try to cut my Klonopin a bit and see if it helps, but again it'll take a while to know whether the Campral helps.
Have you started the Campral? If so, have you been able to reduce your Ativan without major issues?
Let me know,
cache-monkey
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