Posted by spriggy on November 25, 2005, at 14:25:50
So I've been doing well on Klonopin- anxiety very bearable ( not totally gone but MUCH better).
Well, situation happened with my son at school- he's autistic, can't defend himself, and another kid really beat up on him pretty badly. I took pictures of his face, it was pitiful. It got me very, very, very upset.
I contacted the District superintendent. Meet with him this week- they will definitely think of me as a neurotic mom when they get done dealing with me. This is SOO not okay with me.Anyway, I think the stress/anxiety of this got to me; felt a serious panic attack coming- couldn't swallow, etc..
I breathed my way through it and didn't ever have one (thank you Jesus) but since I was so amped up, instead of taking half of .5 of my Klonopin, I took 3/4 of .5 ( mind you my doctor wants me to taking .5 TWICE per day).
So I suppose I took around .35 mg.
Within 2-3 hours, I felt a horrible depression. I felt drugged/tired/sleepy but also very, very dark/depressed/hopeless. It wasn't just the "blah's" it was the, " I want to die" feeling.
I assume it was the increase in dosage??
WHY? It scares me that it can make me feel that depressed so quickly..
The only thing I new to do was drink a few cups of coffee and take half a hydrocodone. I raelize this is not the best way to go but it was bad enough that I didn't care how I had to make myself feel better; I have two kids' to care for.
After I drank the coffee and took the hydrocodone, I felt better.
Any explanations?
poster:spriggy
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