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i did call doc, nurse said to split the other and take depending in how i feel. but i have read it should be consistent. i am so darn confused. I have been taking for 2 weeks now, just wish i could get off of these. I am so scared of pills but they do help. by the way i was told if i get jittery inbetween to take half of a xanax.
 
Please someone talk to me.
I am a basket case.

I am suffering from fears and anxiety since i moved here to texas about 6 months ago. let me tell you my story.
I moved here because of a much better job. i lost my house, hours were cut at work, and i got a better job offer here so i took it. I left 2 daughters and 5 grandchildren. i went to visit them in nov, never was on a plane, and will never go on another one. felt like my head was going to explode the higher it got.
anyway my oldest daughter told me if i moved then i would never see her or my grandchildren again.
so i really cried alot over that.
then while here i was walking with my boss, which we were doing every afternoon and there is this huge dog in a fence that always tries to get out. well it really scared me, so my boss said he would take a bb gun in case the dog got out. I might add I quit smoking about a week before this incident. well as we were walking, 5 police cars surround us and i had 5 guns pointing at my head. was told to walk backwarRAB, they handcuffed me and put me in car, after they did that to my boss. they said several people had called and told them he had a shotgun. well they straightened things out after about 20 min but not my nerves.
then i was in the hospital christmas eve and christmas day by myself with no family or frienRAB. had to have gall bladder taken out. all I could think of was i was going to die in surgery with no one there. and the worRAB that my oldest daughter had said.
well now my nerves are horrible. i have shook so bad it scares me. causes blood pressure spikes. heart beats so fast it scares me. I am in fear all day worrying about this. I am 59 yrs old. i cant think about anything but this all daay long.
went to doc, he put me on xanax as needed. which i was careful cause i am so scared to take a pill. so this only added to my fears. well after taking the xanax which was .25 i would start shaking again after about 4 or 5 hrs.
went back and now he is putting me on klonopin 1mg twice a day.
this seems like so much, and I am so afraid to take these pills for fear of addiction but i took one a little while ago cause of the anxiety. I just dont know what to do anymore. dont want to be on medicine, but cant do without it. I am moving back home at the end of feb. doc says i need to do that cause i am so afraid of everything out here. i wont even drive the roaRAB they are too much for me.
i am just now so afraid by the end of the month when i get back home that by then i will be hooked on this stuff and wont be able to come off if i get better. sorry this is so long, but can someone please help me, I am begging.
 
Hi Sharon
please answer me again. I went to the doctor today and now he wants to put me on lexapro. here go the pill phobias again. but what is so strange to me is that he wants me to take 10 mg for 4 weeks, then 5 mg for 4 weeks. then that will be it. I am also on klonopin 2 mg a day. i have been on this for a month. he said after i take the lexapro for a week, then take half a klonopin for a week then continue to do that till i am off. so he is saying i will be off of all of it in 2 months. does this sound normal to you. please talk to me
 
i did call my doctor, as a matter of fact he wrote down what he wanted me to do. and that is take 10 mg lexapro for 4 weeks then 5 mg for 4 weeks, and also cut my klonopin out in that time. has me scared. i do want off the klonopin. have been on it for a month 2 mg a day. do you know how i can wean off this stuff. i dont want to take anything. i will be going back home to my family this weekend and i feel i will pull thru this without all this med.
please respond.
 
I am not a doctor. I have been on Lexapro, though. And going on it for that short amount of time seems awfully fast. I have skipped doses for awhile when i was on it before and everytime I skipped it for a few days I got extremely tired to the point where I couldn't be awake. It's somewhat hard to get off of for some people. However, I'm sure your doctor has a plan. So if you are nervous about the meRAB he is putting you on, talk to him.
 
I am so sorry for your situation. I will tell you one thing, to be afraid of the meRAB is not helping you. I have been on Ativan for 3 years and could not leave the house without it. There are ways to get off medication if you feel better, but ask yourself, for now, wouldn't medication to calm you and your fears be the lesser of 2 evils right now? Sometimes we need the help of medication or the cycle goes on and on.Your nerves are so bad right now, I believe it's very hard to function. You can get off meRAB slowly if you start to get better, but right now, I think meRAB are the way to go for you, and don't be afraid of them, they can only help at this point. Good Luck,,,,,,,Sharon
 
it is me again.
can someone help me.
as you already know i am very afraid of pills. i was put on klonopin 2 mg a day which i managed to take. was also told i had to move back home which is nc from texas. if you read my previous post you will understand. well i am moving next week. but my question is i went to doc yesterday and now he wants to put me on lexapro for 8 weeks. wants me to take 10 mg for 4 weeks then 5 mg for 4 weeks. also after i have been on lexapro for 1 week he wants me to start taking half a pill of klonopin daily for a week, then 2nd week cut another half off, etc.
this will have me off everything in 2 months. does this sound normal to you. just him wanting me to start lexapro has me stressed out. please give me some advice. i know i may sound like a baby to some of you, but i am really petrified of pills. and it just seems so fast to come off of klonopin so fast from what i have read. and i also have read that it takes up to 2-4 months for lexapro to even help, but i wouldnt even be on it that long. please wont someone give me advice as i am sitting here petrified. please please respond.
 
Hi! Just because your Doc said to take such and such an amount, doesn't mean it will be the amount for you. Everyone,s body is different, especialy when you first take medication for anxiety it will have a strong effect and the effect will go down after a time. I agree to take a whole dose at bedtime for sleep, but when you go out, try a quarter or half a pill and judge the effect. Your fear of medication is so adding to your situation, don't be afraid of it. Seizures and death, etc. from with drawal (might) happen if you stop cold turkey. Weaning off slowly if you start to feel better will not harm you, I'm sure, but get on the road to recovery with the meRAB. See how much your body will tolerate, go slowly on the pills if you are going out. Your fear of everthing is so adding to your situation, try and take it one day at a time. Good Luck! let us know how you are doing!
Sharon
 
Hi Honey, It sounRAB strange to me the program he set up. If A person is anxious, they are anxious, cut and dried. If in fact he can take you off your meRAB in that amount of time and you will be normal, sounRAB strange to me. Those of us who are afflicted with anxiety have it, plain and pure, even Doctors who don't have it, have no idea what we are going through. Try his program, but of course if it doesn,t work, tell him,but do take your meRAB. Again, Doctors who have no idea what we are going through, think all will be well with their diagnoses, sometimes that isn.t the case. Please let me know how you are doing.
Sharon
 
Lonely58:

I would say to ask your doctor. But from my knowledge, I would either cut the pill in half and take half for a week, then cut down to half every other day for a week. Something like that. In other worRAB, cut down very slowly. Good Luck. LaLa
 
My doc took me off Klonopin gradually. It was hard -no Xanax or anything - of course gradual gradation. But, My mood swings are better - less lows and throws into really high manias. I don't know how this works because I thought the klonopin really took the edge off things. His research must have been right on the mark. I hope this helps you feel less anxiety. I had more trouble sleeping and he increased the Abilify I'm taking. that has helped some.:wave:
 
thank you for responding.
I am taking 1 mg at night, then .5 at around 11 then .5 around 5. this is so hard for me especially when you are so afraid of medicines. but I do want to get well. I know my worries add to my problem, but i cant help being scared. go back to doc tomorrow, will see what he says. I will be so happy when this is behind me.
 
First of all 'lonely58' I do applaud you for seeking help in this community of others who have faced the same situations you find yourself in. I have no experience with antidepressents, but have family merabers who I love very much, who are on them. I think that there is wisdom in being aware and cautious of side affects of various drugs, but if you trust your physician, and have an open and disclosing relationship with your doc, then you both should be able to help you get better. I think that we all at some time or another fear the unknowns of life and that can isolate us to the point of not seeking help and accepting it when it does come.
I have been on various pain meRAB from time to time, the side affects of those little gems alone are mind boggling. I will say that my husband has been more scared of me getting 'hooked' on them, than I have ever been. When I needed them, I took them and when I don't need them - I don't take them!
I agree with 'jammyslisa', a diabetic isn't afraid of taking their meRAB, and there are side affects from those meRAB too ...
I wish you well - I know all about life's hurdles - it may not sound like it from my post, as I come from a long line of 'don't let the other guy know you are hurting' folks. Life changes with or, without our permission and there are no blue prints for the unseen things ahead of us. Yet we move forward. Because in spite of everything, the good more times than not, really outweighs the bad. My husband and I have been unemployed for over a year - both of us. I was in the hospital for two weeks this year (no insurance) and we are selling our home. In all of this 'stuff', I know that God is good, I know he loves us and we are not abandoned. Stuff happens to us all - You will make it.
Rose
 
I want to thank you for answering me sharon. over 100 people have read this and you are the only one to reply, that in itself is so depressing. its like no one really cares. You are a goRABend. I am trying to overcome my fears of pills and I know you are right. I took half of the klonopin at bedtime. doc wants me to take 1 mg twice a day. well the next day i thought that wasnt so bad so i will take a whole one like doc wanted me to do. well i was so sleepy and just could not function. I was in church and honestly dont know how i got home. now i am scared again. I was thinking maybe trying taking a whole one at bedtime then only half in the day, but that would still be not taking the full two pills. what do you think. I am so confused, you just dont know my fear. but i do want to feel better and have a life again. thank you so much again for taking the time to care.
 
Lonely,
I am also on Klonopin, otherwise I clench my jaw so hard at night it hurts all the time! I have found that I can only take half the dosage my doctor prescribed because otherwise it gives me headaches and I already have migraines. She had no problem with this. Why don't you try taking a full tab at night and a half in the morning and a half in the afternoon. If it's too much back off of the daytime doseage for a while. Don't be afraid of taking meRAB you need. If you were a diabetic, would you be afraid to take the insulin?

Lisa
 
Thank you for answering. I may try that. The reason I am so afraid especially of this is all the withdrawal symptoms. they even say you can have seizures and death. now that is scary!!! I am so afraid of pills and this doesnt help.
 
i have noticed 20 people have read this but no one has responded. please help. i am really afraid.
 
Lonely58-you are not alone! Sometimes it takes a while for someone to answer these posts as eveyone on here wants to be sure of what they say and that it will be of help to you.

Anxiety and Panic attacks can happen to anyone at anytime and for no reason. The reason for anxiety meRAB is that when panic or high anxiety happens, it creates a vicious cycle in your brain--kind of like a dog chasing its own tail--after a while he doesn't know if he is chasing or fleeing so to speak! The meRAB allow your brain to "slow down" and "Relax" and focus on one thing at a time.

When you are caught up in this vicious cycle, there are so many thoughts going through your head that not only can you not focus on any one of them, you get to the point where everything seems real, when in fact it is not. Anxiety meRAB like Ativan and Xanax really do work well and can be of so much help but they need to be taken for a while--few weeks or even a month or two, before they can break the cycle.

Remeraber that it is your subconcious mind that controls everything in your body with out you instructing it to do so (like breathing and heart beats), but also is a very good copy cat. It will in fact take instructions in the form of visual or mental pictures or beliefs and then make you believe that they are real--for instance when you are on a plane and you fear that something can happen to the plane. You start to imagine what "Could" happen and your subconcious mind goes into over drive like a body guard watching over you-and telling you to "be afraid and on the lookout as something is going to happen!".

This is kind of a simplified picture of what happens but in fact it is exactly how it happens. This is why self hypnosis tapes dealing with fear and anxiety work on this so well. I listen to it several times a week when I feel anxiety coming on. Another thing you can do that is very helpful is meditation and exercise. Both wipe out anxiety and that is a promise! Exercise pumps up everything in your body and wipes out the anxiety you are feeling.

Meditation does the same thing and there are many great books out there that can be of help. I have one at home that I will look at the title of and post it for you. Very good book on how to start today overcoming anxiety and panic.

Lastly-stopping any of these drugs is not as bad as you may read or hear. You taper off of them once you don't need them anymore, over a few weeks or a month and you will not have the side effect that people write about that don't taper off correctly.

Start fighting back today! You are not alone and you are not beaten by any means!

Good luck, Jack
 
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my doc as you know told me to take 1mg klonopin twice a day. well i took one before i went to bed at 11 and finally slept through the night. however 12 hr later which was 11 am, i wanted to space them equally apart, i took the other one and was completely non functional. it was way to strong. what i need to know is if i cut the other in half at what times should i take it so it will be in my body consistently. please help, i am afraid of this stuff as it is. please somebody respond.
 
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