Posted by tendency on April 14, 2005, at 17:17:35
In reply to Re: klonopin and mood stabilizing, posted by notfeelingthebest on April 14, 2005, at 16:41:02
thought of a few more comments..
> - the feeling of absolute relief: wears off.
this would be expected. no state will last forever - and if it did (thank god they don't) you'd probably burn your brain out.
> - the diminished anxiety that is making you more outgoing: wore off for me.are you / were you in therapy during this time? my therapist made a good point. often, when these meds are taken they will remove the physical cause of symptoms but not the psychological ones. At first, the removal of the physical symptoms is so novel and welcome that there effectively is no 'room' for the psychological conditions that contribute. Over time, however, as the novelty wears off, the psychological patterns will re-assert themselves which in turn can bring about a return of symptoms. Meds alone will never remove all the symptoms in my opinion, the physical and psychological are so intertwined. I don't mean to sound patronizing..just wanted to share some thoughts that I've seen to be true in my case.
> The unfortunate thing about benzos for most people is that they are a kind of "flowers for algernon" type drug. Wouldn't it be great if all the bad side effects (memory, clumbsiness)
only been on the 10 days but so far ive no side effects..
> You get so used to it, and you don't actually "feel" it, so you begin to think that it is having no effect anymore. This was my experience so I decided to quit. Others find it hard, I didn't - although my life affords me the time to take holidays where I can taper off meds in peace.glad to hear it was not difficult for you to wean from.
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