greenie Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 Brief description (This is my first post, i hope i am doing this right) I got off Paxil October 1st 2006, the paxil made my anxiety worse and i lost a lot of weight. I was at 130 then dropped to 112, i am 5 foot 8in. I was diagnosed with PPD and PPA. Well that is all done and over with. I had twin boys that are now 3 yrs old. I have been off and on Klonopin and Xanax at different times. I am currently taking Klonopin 1mg 4 times a day, sometimes i double or triple my dose cause i feel NO relief. I was wondering if beer has any effect on my Klonopin. However i do not get sleepy i actually get more agitated. I am a stay at home mom and do not get out of the house, due to anxiety and panic attacks. I am dealing with insomnia and taking Ambien CR, which i still wake up in the middle of the night sometimes. I see my DR in March. He is not a real fan off Antidepressants, thank god cause it gives me NO sex drive. And i do not feel depressed. I am just curious why i am not getting any relief from the Klonopin. I have tried Buspar (what a joke) i tried it for a month, and nothing. I know Klonopin is takes a while to hit you, and the Xanax hits fast, however it runs out of my system fast so i have to take more....Am i making any sense???? lol I will be posting a lot and i hope i can give advice as i would also like to get advice. Remember.....This is my first post so be easy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penny Century Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I was wondering if beer has any effect on my Klonopin. YES! booze+benzos=bad idea people are different, so some people get weird and agitated when they mix alcohol and benzos, but the reality is that it is not safe. esp. at the doses you're taking. have you talked to your doctor about how your dosage isn't working out? if antidepressants don't help, you may want to look at atypicals (seroquel, risperdal, zyprexa, abilify, etc.) or anticonvulsants (lamictal, lyrica, tegretol, etc.) to control your anxiety and help you sleep. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chimpmaster Posted March 6, 2007 Share Posted March 6, 2007 It sounds like you have built up tolerance to the klonopin. Here are a couple of tips: - waiting for it to kick in is important. It doesnt work instantly and sometimes a wait can be well worth it. - changing benzos may help. Talk to your dr about valium and atvian. Good luck Chimp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myevilme Posted March 7, 2007 Share Posted March 7, 2007 If my klonopin isn't working 2 hours after I take it I pop 200mg of seroquel. I don't know if you've tried atypical anti-psychotics, but they work pretty good for anxiety, for me anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LikeMinded Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 greenie-- a hearty (Burroughs?) welcome to you. If you really are concerned about your weight dropping, maybe an AAP (a la Seroquel or Zyprexa) may be right for you. They're both excellent knockout pills, for what it's worth. And they're both known for causing profound weight gain, and in Zyprexa's case, it's been well-researched that this weight gain is due to it dorking with your blood sugar, with extreme prejudice. That said, in my "panic packet" (a couple pills in my wallet that I keep *just in case*), there's a pill of 2.5mg Zyprexa, though not for insomnia, it's more for if I'm about to explode in somebody's face, which rarely has occurred. I didn't get along with regular-basis treatment with Zyprexa, since it caused me severe akathisia (a feeling best described by fear, disgust, panic, depression, and the worst God-awful impatience you can think of... all rolled into one dysphoria). There's also the risk of extrapyrmidal symptoms (akathisia is one of them), which also include shakiness and tremor, stuff similar to parkinsonian diseases. AAPs can be miracles to some people, but they're not drugs to dork around with freely. I used to use Klonopin for sleep, but the dose (4mg) required to give me a good night's worth also messed up my respiratory system and gave me "central sleep apnea" (which is when your breathing dramatically slows or even stops on occasion!), and therefore made me wake up every morning walking about as if I were drunk. This directly led to my Christmas Day present last year (which was a severe concussion). So for sleep I now use Dalmane (aka flurazepam), which at least judging by the clinical data (and my own pdoc's advice), is a relatively benign benzo that has a slow "on" and "off" effect. That is to say, it takes a couple days to start working (as it builds in your bloodstream), and takes often up to 2 weeks before you get that fun rebound insomnia. That's just my two cents, well okay, one cent, I'm short on cash at the moment, so talk to your psychiatrist about the suggestions mentioned above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scatty Posted March 8, 2007 Share Posted March 8, 2007 Klonopin doesn't totally knock out my anxiety. I have come to rely on risperdal to do that. I never knew how bad it was until it got better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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