Posted by Squiggles on December 24, 2002, at 8:59:23
In reply to Re: Squiggles and K withdrawals » Squiggles, posted by J. Wesley on December 24, 2002, at 8:47:07
Hi J. Wesley,
I don't rightly know what it was, nor did any
of the doctors who saw me.But this is what happened: after a year and a half
of withdrawing from 1.0 mg Klonopin, in very minute
decrements, and finally reaching 0.125, i was sitting
at the computer and i felt something like electric
cable climbing up my spine/head area. They then seemed
to catch on fire and a boomerang like strike on the
back middle of the head hit me. After that,
the whole head was on fire, it seemed.I lost memory for a while, and could not walk straight
for a week. My blood pressure seemed to go up and down
wildly and i was sweating. I had terrible pain and
disorientation. I became quite ill and took to my bed
for about a month. Sleep was very strange as i would
fall into and out of consciousness/sleep at strange
intervals. My pupils were contracted and stayed that
way. The pain in my head was excruciating.It took a month to get better.
I don't know what that was but i guess a seizure or
stroke or aneurysm, because the year before while
still withdrawing, my head started bobbing, and i had
become very dehydrated. At that time i went to
an emergency doctor who said i was having myoclonic
seizures and advised me not to withdraw on the net
as i could get a real seizure, and then what would
i do? Indeed, i should have taken his advice.I am still feeling the heat waves from that incident;
i know something happened but i am not sure what.
Anyway, i am better, but it was probably the worst
period of my life - getting of Klonopin. I did not
by the way, i had to raise it.Squiggles
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