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Within the past month I've started up on lithium and klonopin. I have to nap during the day since starting these. I take all my lithium at night and 1 mg klonopin in the daytime because I am very anxious. Has anyone had this experience and how long did it take to get used to the med? I have no idea if it's the klonopin, but if it is will my body get used to it soon? I was on it before I was just taking .5 prn with no problems. Any ideas or stories of your own?
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 11:14 AM
Klonopin 1 mg did not make me tired during the day. Relaxed and anxiety-free, but not sleepy. But I have a healthy tolerance for benzos.
Have you tried splitting up the lithium dose to see if that helps? I know that if I get above 900 mg of lithium, I can't take it all at once. I have to split the dose, or it tires me out too much. When I took 1200 mg, 1200 at night would make me a zombie, but 600 in the morning and 600 at night worked great.
Just an idea.
Have you tried splitting up the lithium dose to see if that helps? I know that if I get above 900 mg of lithium, I can't take it all at once. I have to split the dose, or it tires me out too much. When I took 1200 mg, 1200 at night would make me a zombie, but 600 in the morning and 600 at night worked great.
Just an idea.
Diagnosis: BP I, Generalized Anxiety Disorder
Meds Currently On: Lithium 1200 mg, Topamax 300 mg, Zyprexa 10 mg, Risperdal 2 mg, Prozac 20 mg, Artane 4 mg, Xanax 2mg PRN
Main Problems Right Now: Twitchy legs are back. Too much AAPs and artane isn't fixing it. Gotta decide what I want to do about zyprexa before insurance co quits paying for it.
Meds Currently On: Lithium 1200 mg, Topamax 300 mg, Zyprexa 10 mg, Risperdal 2 mg, Prozac 20 mg, Artane 4 mg, Xanax 2mg PRN
Main Problems Right Now: Twitchy legs are back. Too much AAPs and artane isn't fixing it. Gotta decide what I want to do about zyprexa before insurance co quits paying for it.
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Posted 30 May 2009 - 03:28 PM
I only take .5 mg a day, but I've been taking that for about three or four months. And not even every single day. I think the sedation for me wore off after a few weeks and it didn't make me so tired anymore. Now it's a rare occasion that I would get really sleepy after taking one.
What the docs wrote down about my Crazy: GAD, Social Phobia, Panic Disorder, "Mood issues"
The pills they give me to fix this shit: Pristiq 50mg, Clonazepam 1mg 3x per day, Abilify 5mg, Valerian 350mg at bedtime
Pills that did NOT fix this shit: Sertraline, Buspirone, Mirtazipine, Paroxetine, Gabapentin, Effexor XR, Lorazepam, Fluoxetine, Cymbalta, Zolpidem, Bupropion XL
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I reckon I'll just lay here on the floor
And I've seen all my nightmares before" - Keller Williams
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The pills they give me to fix this shit: Pristiq 50mg, Clonazepam 1mg 3x per day, Abilify 5mg, Valerian 350mg at bedtime
Pills that did NOT fix this shit: Sertraline, Buspirone, Mirtazipine, Paroxetine, Gabapentin, Effexor XR, Lorazepam, Fluoxetine, Cymbalta, Zolpidem, Bupropion XL
sun moon stars rain
"My eyelashes are heavy
And my hands are unsteady
I reckon I'll just lay here on the floor
And I've seen all my nightmares before" - Keller Williams
"And I take the beauty of my chaos over any one else's perfection, I've still woken up on the wrong side of the bed every day since 1987" -Johnny the Hobo and the Frieght Trains
"I'll scream 'till I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out" -Avett Brothers
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