I am using clonotril for last nine months. 1 mg at bed time and .5 mg in the morning. I start tapping my dose .25 mg every two weeks. At present, I am taking .25 mg before dinner. Though I sleep avg 4 to 5 hours but I feel very uneasy, nervous, difficult in breathing anxiety .is it for tapping my dose. How long will this uneasiness continue? I find very difficult to bear this .i do not want to increase my dose of this deadly medicine clonotril. Is there any alternative?
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If clonotril is used for long period it cause dependence and that's what happened with you as well. Now when you trying to tapper down the doses it causing withdrawal and anxiety symptoms are back. Its never a good choice to use such medication for long periods, it should only be used as sos. There many other good options available to treat anxiety per se which can be selected based on your diagnosis of your illness, past history, family history, previous treatment history etc. Consult a psychiatrist for detail discussion and evaluation so that proper solution can be provided. All the best.
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I am not sure who got you hooked onto clonazepam, even though it reduces anxiety, it shouldn't be used on a longer run. On a longer run they will shrink your brain, resulting in early onset dementia, personality changes, memory changes, even withdrawal seizures. Kindly consult a psychiatrist, get your anxiety evaluated, and he will gradually wane you off it and give pills for primary anxiety like ssri, snri or tca for longer run. All the best.
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