Posted by Ritch on June 22, 2003, at 10:56:02
In reply to Re: My med appointment-not alot of options » Ritch, posted by chloe on June 21, 2003, at 21:46:44
> Hi Mitch
> So far I really like the clonazapam. I have less of a hair trigger, I think...Pdoc wanted me to take 1mg for every 5mgs of Valium, but I took just .5 clonaz. and that was plenty. I want to slowly work my way up. I tend to have nasty reactions to new meds. And I couldn't find any conversions close to 1K=5V! As psuedonym pointed out that is quadrupelling the dose... I guess it all how it makes me feel. .5K seems to be equal to 5 V for me so far. Do you take a total of .5/day?
> Yeah, I can't wait for the endo appointment. It sure can't hurt.
> Hope you are doing ok
> ChloeYep, .5mg at bedtime (occasionally more). I'm really accustomed to taking it and don't feel much sedation from it anymore. If I'm needing to sleep-it doesn't help much to increase it. However, it still provides a definite antipanic effect despite other things wearing off. Yeah.. I think .5mg of Klon is more equivalent to 5mg of Valium.. from my experience with both anyhow (although at different times). Hey, the colors of the tabs match too! ;0) Valium would make me paradoxically hostile at times-never had that with clonazepam... perhaps at worst a "grumbly sullenness" if I was already depressed (not from the clon), but not sparky hostile. Oh... right now I've been having non-stop night after night sleep disruption since I started a little Buspar (I suggested it to my pdoc of course) a couple of weeks ago. I thought it might start to fade, but it is getting worse-I'm dropping the stuff as of today and return to what I was on before I added it-Depakote ER 250mg+Klon .5mg + tiny Effexor. It (buspirone) seemed to add a little energy during the day and I could pick out words better, but on balance it just seemed to make me a little shorter fused and sleep-deprived. I'm carefully logging all of this stuff one step at a time. I'll probably end up trying Lamictal (with the Depakote), OR adding some verapamil. I think I would like to try the verapamil first-because I seem to respond well to meds that affect Calcium channels for some reason. I'm already starting to switch gears mood-wise. It is a slow change from bubbly to tired-mixed-wired feelings. Maybe returning to my last combo (slight change) will fix this. I think if you can get an endo that will aggressively work with you on your thyroid stuff you'll feel much better. I would be interested to see if he adds T4 or switches to T4 instead. Let us know--take care----- Mitch
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