Posted by harry b. on May 1, 2000, at 15:32:50
In reply to Re: Celexa, Anxiety and Feeling Tired (Cam W?), posted by tina on May 1, 2000, at 14:17:42
Can you give me some infor on side effects of clonazepam taken with celexa, cuz I'm taking both and having a hell of a time with anxiety attacks too. thanks Mr. Info!
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harry here,
I too take Celexa and Klonopin. The Celexa seems to
be kicking in gradually. My mood has improved
noticebly. Celexa doesn't have nearly the sedating
effect as other meds but I am still VERY lethargic and
can easily stay in bed all day. I just came from
a visit to a new doc and got a script for Ritalin.
I took it about 10 min ago and am waiting, with
hope and trepidation, for the effects to arrive.I've been taking Klonopin for about 5 yrs, first
for some facial tics I was having. It helped those.
I've continued taking it for anxiety. I was up
to 4mg per day and am now taking 2.5mg. About 15 yrs
ago I had panic attacks. They began in the hospital
after having had 3 surgeries in less than a month.
Each time I had one I thought I was dying. The
docs and nurses thought it was my heart, jackhammering
away, and had me taken to the cardiac unit. My heart
was and is fine. Thanks to my gp, I was put on
Elavil which absolutely controlled the panic attacks.
I have not had one since. When I began taking Klonopin I stopped
the Elavil. My current Klonopin use is .5mg in the
am and 2mg at bedtime.
I don't know what dosage you are taking, but you
might want to ask your doc about increasing it. I
know you've probably read the posts about Klonopin
here, a lot of them frightening and derogatory,
but it has helped me.Best of luck
PS-should add that I also take Lithium
poster:harry b.
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