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10 days on sertraline. My anxiety has increased..is this normal?

Last year I medicated myself with 0.5mg of clonazepam daily for anxiety and insomnia. About 3 months later I discovered that it was not the correct way to improve and decided to reduce my dose in a 4 month period. At the end of December 2017 I was off clonazepam, but started to have withdrawal... read more

Lamictal - Ototoxic medication or clonidine?

Can anyone tell me if Lamictal can cause hearing/ problems? I started clonidine and Lamictal at the same time and my ears keep plugging and unplugging and I don’t know why. I already have tinnitus but this is different and I am going crazy.

How to reduce clonazepam at .5mg/day?

I am currently taking Mirtazapine 15mg before bed at night. I’ve needed clonazepam .25mg 2xday for anxiety. I’d like to reduce to only .25 clonazepam a day. Is it advisable to reduce by .25 a day? I’ve taken this amount for a couple of months.

How to reduce clonazepam dose?

It’s been almost 14 weeks now, since end of January. My first attempt with Prozac led to higher anxiety and higher dosage of daily clonazepam, up to 1-1.5mg daily. Then, thankfully my GP put me on mirtazapine taking gradually up to 30mg/night. I’m trying to reduce the clonazepam and now... read more

Weaned off Clonazepam very slowly but insomnia is back!?

I normally take 1 mg at night. Every time I start sleeping better, I get off by doing a really slow taper using a liquid suspension, after a few months of successfully stopping, I get rebound insomnia so I always get back on it! I’ve tried numerous other drugs for the insomnia but nothing... read more

Switching from 2mg alprazolam ER to 1mg clonazepam?

Does anyone have any experience with this? My doctor told me that the clonazepam should last longer but my concern is with switching from 2mg to 1mg... I've gone a day before where I forgot to take the alprazolam and the withdrawals were the worst, I don't want to feel like that again.... read more

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