Clonopin symptoms and conditions

3 years ago i had the mirena inserted, 6 week's after giving birth to my daughter.....At first i had the heavy bleeding for 2 months but other than that thing's seemed to be ok, that didn't last for very long.about 3 months after getting mirena i started to notice some weight gain and acne on my face and arms.. I called my doctor and he said it could not be the mirena and that it was probably just pregnancy hormones still in my body..So i believed him,BIG MISTAKE!!As time went on i started to notice more symptoms ANXIETY,DECREASE IN SEX DRIVE,PANIC ATTACKS, HEADACHES,FATIGUE,DEPRESSION,INSOMNIA,IRREGULAR SWEATING,FUNNY SMELLING DISCHARGE ,and the most recent thing is itching around vagina area.I was a perfectly healthy 20 year old when i had mirena put in,I never had any of these things before not even acne as a teen.I have been thinking this whole time that i am loosing my mind....I went to my primary care Physician to see if he had any answers.He did blood tests and tested my thyroid and of course nothing was wrong.....So he put me on klonopin and lexapro,neither of those worked.I was ready to give up and try to accept that this is just the way my life is going to be...That is until i was watching Oprah and they happened to be talking about hormone changes in women and how not having a monthly cycle can stop the production of hormones women need to be mentally and physically balanced....A light bulb went off in my head!!!... that's when i decided to google mirena and it's side effect's,and thank god i found this website all the symptoms i'm having are the same as everyone else.....I cried when i read them it was like hearing myself...I FEEL SOOO MUCH BETTER TO KNOW THAT I'M NOT GOING CRAZY,AND THAT THERE MIGHT BE A CHANCE FOR ME TO GET MYSELF BACK, NOT JUST FOR ME BUT FOR MY FAMILY AS WELL!!!!! I AM MAKING A APPOINTMENT WITH ANOTHER DOCTOR ASAP TO HAVE THIS THING REMOVED...I JUST HOPE THAT ALL OF YOU THAT ARE HAVING THESE PROBLEMS WILL REPORT THEM TO THE FDA AS I AM....THAT IS THE ONLY WAY WE CAN HELP TO PREVENT THIS FROM CONTINUING TO HAPPEN...I WILL BE PRAYING FOR ALL OF YOU, AND I HOPE THAT ANYONE WHO IS CONSIDERING THE MIRENA WILL MAKE THE RIGHT DECISION AND DON'T DO IT!!!!!!! I WILL POST AGAIN TO UPDATE ON HOW LIFE AFTER MIRENA IS GOING!!!!!!

For about eight months or so I have been experiencing pretty intense anxiety. Thus, I was prescribed the generic Clonopin (Clonozepam). After building a tolerance to the increasing dosages I was prescribed, I found myself needing to take up to 10 mg daily. I became as many people told me, "a zombie". I developed extreme depression and constant bad thoughts. After talking to my doctor i was prescribed Paxil. I did not like this whatsoever so about two months ago I stopped taking the Clonopin abruptly. I experienced pretty severe withdrawals, or what i thought to be withdrawals (shaking, sweating, very irritable, constant pain, and anxiety). It was absolute torture. After talking to my doctor i was then prescribed Xanax, which i am currently on. My depression seems to have stayed constant. It was suggested to me to take Wellbutrin rather than Paxil, which of course i would have to wean off from my 100mg a day. Two weeks ago, or so, i started taking the Wellbutrin at 150mg once a day in the morning. After the first week or so i felt "up" more or less, in comparison to how i had been feeling. I began to research about possible side effects. I didn't really find many except mildy vivid dreams and anxiety, which threw me for a loop since i was trying to fight that, right? Well, after the first week i had been lowered on the Paxil to 50mg daily and raised to 300mg of Wellbutrin, once a day in the morning around 7am. I am now on my second week of the anti-depressant, but ironically i feel as if i am more depressed, just in other ways. I feel very lethargic, and i feel as if i am to be very "spacey". I'm not quite sure if it is the mixture of the medications or one in particular. But the most noticeable side effects of the Wellbutrin have been IRRITABILITY!!, veryyyyy indecisive, and ridiculously vivid dreams with little to no meaning. They seem to last for weeks on end at times, and i often find it hard to differentiate what is a dream and what is reality. By no means am i trying to say that this medication will not work for you. Anything to make someone feel better. Whatever works for you is great and you should persue it! Any suggestions or comments to this would be great. And is anyone feeling the same side effects??

Cameron

I was scribed aricept for a mild nuerocognitive disorder. The second day I was on it I has seizure like symptoms. I stopped for a day and the symptoms got better. I took it again for one night and the seizures came back. I went to the emergency room and they said that I was having a severe Migraine.

My nuerologist scribed clonopin which seemed to clear up the post symproms after about a week.

I have had extrapyramydal symptoms before on medications like cymbalta and Elavil. I have been scribed clonopin for that as well and that has cleared up the EPS as well over time.

I have a friend who mom had pre-parkinson symptoms and I was told she had very similar reactions to aricept.

I took my first Cymbalta this am and it is like nightmare starting all over again. I took Wellbutrin for about 6 years and several times a week, when I tried to go to sleep, my hips, feet and legs would begin to hurt. Then every time about 3 seconds after I'd actually fall asleep I would have a severe myoclonic jerk and scream out. This showed up on a sleep study. The doctor showed me and my husband the video. He said it was the strangest thing he'd ever seen and planned to take the video to the next conference he went to. Everyone, pharmacists, doctors and neurologist said it couldn't be coming from medication. The sleep doctor put me on Ambien CR, but after almost pulling out in front of a car that I swear wasn't there a split second ago, no more ambien. Another doctor put me on Clonopin which has helped. After going on Lacmictal as a hormone/mood stabilizer and tapering off Wellbutrin, after almost instantly six the myoclonic jerks totally stopped. Was doing well until increased the dose of Lamictal from 100 to 200mg. Followed package increased as instructed. At 200mg felt like ants were crawling all over me. Immediately came back down to 100, then to 50 then to 25mg. No lunch. Stayed off of Lamicatal for about a month, and tried 50 mgs. Still itching almost as soon as I took it. Am doing pretty good on Clonopin for complex PTSD and Concerta for ADD but still have depression severe mood swings. My new Doctor insisted Cymbalta was exactly what I needed. After just one dose the myoclonic jerks started again. Had 5 in about 30 minutes, again, 3 to 4 seconds after I go sleep. And my feet, legs and hips hurt again, every time I lay down. Is there no end to this misery? It seems you just cannot win. I just need to vent and find another sympathetic soul who has been there. I think my husband has had about all he can take, and I can't say as I blame him. Thanks for letting me express my frustration.

I started having panic attacks while taking Percocet. I am a chronic alcohol user, and I am saying this just in case it rings a bell for anyone. I have since stopped taking Percocet (about 3 days). I was a habitual/recreational user ... meaning that I took them when available, but I did not always have them. Since my last dose, I have been having recurrent panic attacks that are very scary. They include physical symptoms (heart pounding, cold and hot flashes, feeling of difficulty breathing, sweating, shaking) - and the much more scary mental symptoms (fear of death, walls closing in, inability to think or concentrate, vivid dreaming, fear of people, etc.). It appears that some other people have had issues like this, but not everyone. Can someone share their story with me. Has anyone had similar experiences ? Do they go away at some point ? Is it withdraw (I am not sure since they started while I was using them - but continued after I stopped) ? I have heard that it just takes some time, but it is very scary. I get some relief by drinking ... in fact almost complete freedom from most of the symptoms, but I can't just drink all day. Please help.

Geodon - Weight Loss, Mania Anyone?
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I've been on Geodon for 5 wx & have lost 15 #'s. I usually weigh 130, now 115. looking anorexic, but my depression is a lot better now, I'm happy, first time in ovr a yr. nothing else could break the barrier except the Geodon, but it makes me manic, on top of already being manic…can't sleep. as I was about to crash & burn (thu), before I went running to the ER, i found my stash of 4 mg Risperdal that I just weened myself off of 3 mos ago, due to the long term side effects I was having (td, slurring, twitching, sexual dysfunction...). it took the edge off, til I can talk to the pdoc on tue.

like many of you, i’ve tried everything. i’m at my wit’s end. This bizarre combo seems to work for me. It puts a muzzle on the mania, allowing me a more hypomanic state where I can function & still feel really happy. although I’m going to try 40 vs 60 mg geodon. & try going down to 2 mg risperdal or try another a/p. adding the risperdal allowed me to sleep, along w/the lorazepam. but, I prefer not to be on risperdal

So, as of now…i'm on 60 mg geodon, 675 mg lithium, 4 mg risperdal & 1 mg lorazepam X 2/day.

has anyone else had this experience? Especially w/the mania & weight loss?

PLZ HELP! QUEENIE

Have been on Lexapro 20 mg and Elavil 50 mg since January 2005 and Clonopin .5 mg for about 5 or more years. Have been on Welbutrin for only 5 days now and I can't get to sleep at night even though I'm clearly exhausted. Since I've been on Welbutrin, I've had 2 incidences of rage and wonder if the combination of Lexapro/Elavil/Clonopin and Welbutrin are contributing factors. Anybody out there know anything about this?
Thanks,
Mary