Lyrica and clonazepam

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Avatar m tn Instead of getting better with my anxiety, I found myself taking more and more of clonazepam. My head seem to hurt more and more. I also found myself crying more and more. It seems to me my medication is actually making my anxiety worse and causing my awful headaches. Does anyone have any experience with this? I have been in since bad shape for months. Don't bother to tell me to talk to my doctor. I have been to him month after month.
Avatar n tn My oncologist and pediatrist have me on b-12 oral and shots and Lyrica for the pain. Sometimes the pain is all that I can think of. What are others doing? Would a neurologist be able to tell me more about the pain in my hands? This discussion is related to <a href='http://www.medhelp.org/posts/show/294709'>Peripheral Neuropathy induced by toxic chemo</a>.
Avatar f tn No, not Neurontin or Lyrica. He mentioned Clonazepam because it's longer acting then Xanax but I'm scared....don't need any cognitive impairment. I'm very apprehensive toward taking prescriptions and such but might try the Trazadone this week. Yes, I am depressed/anxious and can't sleep. Feel like a walking zombie nowadays. Had to cut out caffeine and stimulants cause of panic attacks.
Avatar m tn This was an excellent choice, as it helps with my anxiety, I use less clonazepam and I feel less drowsy. Lyrica did give me blurred vision and extra paranoia at the start, and that was indeed awful for the first couple weeks as I upped my dosage! After the initial troubles, I found that it really was better than gabapentin for me now. I have not gained weight, but remain the same weight I call my meds weight. I just try to remain active and not pig out.
1415174 tn?1453243103 Hi again, it turns out my xray was not negative. I have facet joint osteoarthritis (mild) degeneration. I don't know if that is causing the pain so I am getting a MRI tomorrow. I hope I can stay still for 30 minutes. I don't 6I can take Lyrica as it interacts with my drug clonazepam, that I use for my abdominal migraines. I was on neurontin before. But it didn't interact with the clonazepam. It may lower the pain a bit. I was also thinking of Amitriptyline.
316262 tn?1211657471 About 16 months ago, I started feeling prickly thighs, when I was sitting, prickly where my clothes touched. I went through physical therapy for what the doctor called DJD for thoracic pain....felt like an electric centipede running around my back, and my right upper shoulder/back would cramp from sitting using computer at work. Therapy worked great on my back. The prickly legs spread. I was aware of my legs at rest sort of a background vibration.
Avatar m tn I am on high blood pressure medication, lisinopril 7.5 mgs for about a year. I am also on clonazepam for about 14 years at 0.5 three times a day, and colchicine at 0.6 once a day and allopurinol 400mgs once a day for Gout. I am on lyrica 75mgs twice a day for diabetic peripheral neuropathy. I was on glybride 2.5 for each morning and evening meal, but have been advised to stop as my blood results have come back excellent with diet and exercise.
Avatar n tn so where u on 4mg a day of ativan and now u swtiched to clonazepam? if so i think the taper/addition of klonopin/lclonazepam has to be done miticulously. ask RCA/Ryan about this. he as schedules for things like this and for tapering successfully. i know valium is used alot to get people off of clonazepam along with a taper schedule. i'm pretty sure the klonopin isn't causing the shakiness and sweating. it's either withdrawls from the ativan or your underlying anxiety returning.
Avatar f tn I take Effexor with Clonazepam. I take 1 mg of clonazepam in the morning together with Effexor and my anxiety is stable all day long. I even went through a separation which would not be possible if i stayed on my previous meds such as celexa and paxil. You can take Clonazepam before zoloft why not? But if zoloft doesn't work ask your doctor about effexor. Just be carefull because effexor shouldn't be mixed with other antidepressants. Do it only under your doctors supervision.
Avatar f tn I went to the eye doctor because of focus issues. She thinks the Lyrica is relaxing the muscles and causing this and advises me to wear my glasses more when this is happening or I am tired. She said I'd have to balance the benefits of Lyrica over this and for now will stay with the Lyrica as it is helping.
653169 tn?1303446369 The dopey feelings usually wear off after about 3-5 days and then you'll feel ok again. I felt like I was taking air when I first started on it because I switched from Lyrica to Neurontin and they are chemically very similar. Neurontin is kind of a weaker version of Lyrica.
1185895 tn?1266608090 Clonazepam and Cymbalta are safe together and are often prescribed together. But if you're getting weird symptoms from the clonazepam, you should contact your doctor about this and ask him how to taper off. You need to take something for the panic attacks, so going back to your doctor is advisable to determine if maybe the Cymbalta alone is the way to go.
Avatar f tn My new doctor took me off Clonazepam and put me on 1 mg Ativan 3 times a day. I think the change was too drastic. I am having withdrawals and am very scared.
Avatar f tn I would talk with the doctor prescribing the Clonazepam before adding anything like this. If you're wanting to add more I assume it's because the Clonazepam isn't working, and if this is the case, you need to let your doctor know this. Don't mix anything like this, you have no way of knowing what will happen.
Avatar n tn gabapentin or lyrica(pregabalin) are prescription meds that act on the GABA neurotransmitters that benzos also work on and can ease the wds quite a bit, lyrica is a predesessor of gabapentin and is about 50% stronger..you can also look into hydroxyzine, soma, and baclofen...all three are muscle relaxants,anxiolytics, and will help significantly in the wd process..
Avatar m tn Hi Ryan, I have been taking 2mg of clonazepam 2x daily for about a year and I was taking 2mg of xanax for traveling on air plains not daily. That has stopped I am now taking around 8mg of xanax a day and 6 mg of clonazepam a day. Plus I take 100mg of zoloft daily. I have been doing this for about the last six months. I would actually like to stay on the clonazepam at my original dosage but I want to get of the xanax and someday the zoloft as well.
Avatar f tn I stick to the natural remedies for colds and flu to avoid the high alcohol content and sedative properties of cold and flu remedies in the drug store, and some decongestants have stimulants in them that can cause anxiety.
Avatar m tn I took 50 mg of lyrica last night and did better this morning with the anxiety. It helps me for some reason. I just don't like some of the side effects of lyrica, but sometimes you just have to do what you can to stop the anxiety..
955560 tn?1250194545 Can someone help me and let me know which one yall would think would be better to take zoloft or clonzapam i dont know which one to take....I was prescribe zoloft from my Doc and clonzapam from the HOSP so i was wondering if someone can help me and give me there advice...
Avatar f tn i have had generalized anxiety (severe) for 12 yrs. currently only on 5 mg of lexapro only because i couldn't get off the last 5mg. i take clonazepam which is the only thing that works, but every couple of years i hit a wall and need to up the antidepressant. been on zoloft, paxil, celexa,effexor, lyrica, cipralex(lexapro), maoi's, etc..wondering if pristiq works, or maybe cymbalta? only snri i was on was effexor, which didn't do much but also had a brutal psych.
Avatar n tn I TAKE LYRICA, CLONAZEPAM, TRICOR,SOMA,CYMBALTA,VIBRYD,HYFROCODON,AMBIEN,AND NAPROSYN THROU OUT THE DAY FOR MY FIBRO,AND DEPRESSION AND I STILL CRY ALOT AND HURT ALOT AND WANT TO SLEEP SO I DON;T HAVE TO THINK ABOUT ANYTHING SO I FEEL BETTER I KNOW THIS ISNN'T NORMAL BUT MY DOCTOR BUT ME ON ALL THIS AND NOW I'M WORRIED I'M A BASKET CASE.
Avatar f tn Hi Candis - Welcome to the group. Body and mind going haywire is a pretty good definition of MS :-) Given that MS is a progressive disease you may be experiencing progression. It sounds like these are new symptoms. If you have discussed these symptoms with your neuro, and he prescribed the Zoloft and clonazepam, I would tell him that the meds don't seem to be working. There are many drugs available to deal with the many faces of neuropathy.
Avatar f tn Hi I use when needed clonazepam for irritability, I have Bipolar Disorder and I am on Lithium and Seroquel also, and Prozac when depressed, clonazepam when either low or high as an extra weapon to curb my snappy head. problem i find if used too regularly when depressed is it can make me worse.
Avatar f tn I have been on clonazepam and remeron since November 2009, was diagnosed with GAD and depression. First, my doses were 3 mg of clonazepam and 15 mg of remeron.Then, in 2 months I started to feel better and went to 2 mg of clonazepam. No problem then. Then I started to feel better again. My doctor recommended skipping the afternoon doze which was 0.5 mg. Now when I found this forum, I realized that I did not stand any chance to continue to improve.
5851092 tn?1404133464 I slso came to a thought that it maybe cause alcohol can dilate blood vessels but i have also tried arginine and other nitrous oxide foods and supps but not the same results
Avatar f tn I am also afraid to just stop this med without tapering for fear of withdrawl,I have too much stress for too many years a go and also muscle Twitching, and just clonazepam had help me to continue my life.and now i want too much to have a child.but i am afriad of risks.in addition i am 31 years old Can you give me any advice.? I'm sure there are many women who take an anticonvulsant for epilepsy, which I know clonazepam used for so, what do these women do?