Posted by Lofwyr on February 18, 2004, at 15:34:38
Hello all - first time caller, long time listener.
I'll keep this brief but I have suffered from GAD and SAD (this one is worse than the GAD) for most of my life. It has been getting worse and worse since college (I'm 24 now, so about the last 7 years). The disorder ruins my life and relationships. I've seen pdocs and been through the typical SSRI progression, the latest being Serzone, which helped with the depression caused by anxiety , but not the anxiety.
My insurance plan is limiting to the amount of times I can see my pdoc, so my next appointment is not till mid March. From spending countless hours of research I've decided that I needed to go with something that actually will work. Nardil and Klonopin seem like my 2 best options. I decided that Klonopin would be the first option. This was back Feb 1. I decided to aquire some Klonopin .5mg tabs from outside the US to give it a try at low dose before I go and speak to my pdoc, who is resistant to anything but SSRI type treatment. I received them last night and took my first .5mg pill today (I'm still taking 600mg of Serzone before bed, forgot to mention that). The difference in my level of anxiety today is nothing short of amazing. Not totally gone, but much improved. I took the pill at around 8:15AM this morning and the only side effect was that I felt groggy up till noontime or so.
My questions are: would it work to take the K before bed and if so would the effect last all the next day? Would doing this be dangerous interaction with Serzone as it already is knocking me out at night so I can sleep? Should I stick with the morning dose and see if the drowsiness goes away in a few weeks as others have suggested? Should I try a 1mg dose to see if this would work even better? I'm hoping that others will share their thoughts on these questions, as well as info I hadn't thought to ask. Any help is greatly appreciated!!!!
poster:Lofwyr
thread:315215
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