klonopin and depression ? Posted: 07-06-08 12:09pm
hello everyone.
this past feb. i was placed on .25 mg 2x a
day of klonopin. i started to feel the
anxiety and panic return a few weeks ago
so i increased my dosage to .5 mg 2x a
day. today is day 12. since i increased,
i've been really moody and "snappy". im
very sluggish, dont feel like going
anywhere or even talking to anyone. im
trying to figure out if this is just
because i need to get use to the dosage
adjustment or if the klonopin is actually
causing me to become depressed? i've never
been depressed before so im not exactly
sure how it feels and if i have it?
when i was first diagnosed with GAD/panic
i was placed on klonopin along with a few
diff. antidep. each one of them made me
10x more anxious and i felt like i was
losing my mind, so i really dont want to
have to go on an antidep.
any thoughts, suggestions would be great!
thanks!-kay
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CarolDiane
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Posted: 07-06-08 17:33pm
Klonopin is one of the longer lasting
anti-depressents. It take awhile to get
into the blood stream giving you a blood
level. It's long lasting effects help you
stay in a more controled mood and helps
stop the not so severe attacks. If you
still have severe attacks. you doctor may
opt to give you something to help you
through that time. I am on two meds
myslef. One long term and one for the
onset of an extream attack that the other
med will not be able to handle. Some do
fine on justs Klonopin. I do'nt after
being on anti-depressent for about 5
years, mine has to be ajusted and
sometimes even changed.
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danielv
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Posted: 07-06-08 17:39pm
feeling depressed is a normal reaction to
the difficulties of life. at some point i
took anti-depressants, but found that they
made no difference on my outlook on
things, and that the things that disturbed
me continued to do so.
can you identify the things that make you
feel depressed?
do you have someone in your life that you
respect and feel free to talk to, without
feeling like you will be judged?
