Methadone and clonazepam

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Avatar f tn I have several chronic pain conditions and have been on heavy duty pain meds for years. I have been weaning off as fast as I can as I was planning on getting pregnant next year sometime. However... life throws you surprises and well here I am. I am on methadone and morphine. I'm down to only 5-10mg of methadone and 15-30mg of morphine daily. I am still having pain and need some amount to make life tolerable. However I know it's horrible for baby! Any tips?
Avatar m tn About a month ago I went through a psychosis. I have been taking 10 mg of methadone for over 14 years (since I quit herion, I have been on it since '91) Since that crisis I have doubled my methadone and added clonazepam to the mix) 0.5 mg twice a day. Is there any way to keep this stable? I can't get off the methadone because I have been on it for years. Together with the 10 mg I take in the morning I also take 150 mg. of Venlafaxine.
Avatar f tn most clinics are dead set agents the use of benzos and methadone together ....at the time of induction I was on xanex and the clinic use to pitch a fit every time a u/a came back positive for it....I would always have to get a letter from the prescribing doctor stateing that it would be ok to take both at the same time...they even threaten to pull my take homes because of it once...the celexa not a problem my concirn lyes with the clonipine ......
Avatar n tn And was it a smart move to have taken 2mg of Clonazepam about 24 hours after that last 10mg dose of methadone? I plan on quitting the methadone because I've read and did a lot of research about it. I am most definitely not trying to go down that road. I asked a friend who has experience with both these drugs and said I'd be fine. I 'd just like a few more opinions from you folks. Please reply. Thanks.
Avatar f tn My dr put me on antidepressants, many kinds, all most didnt work for me, finally the combo of celexa (40mg), wellbutrin -highest dose possible, doesnt say on the pill though, i just told i cant go any higher, and clonazepam and zopiclone for sleeping is my current combo and has been for a bout 6 yrs - minus the experimenting in the beginning. i was still so misreble, dr added a thyroid drug called cytomel to jumpstart my meds, it seemed to work a bit.
Avatar n tn 30am. I have read how much messing with opiates with benzodiazepines is dangerous. I am not experiencing any difficulty breathing, and no sleepyness that is not normal. Was this a safe thing to do?
Avatar m tn theya re absolutely your opiate DOC times a billion, i had to go to jail for unpaid tickets and i went 110+ hours without my daily 100mgs of methadone and it was worse than anything ever and on top of that i went more than 3 days without my prescribed xanax which i was taking 8+ mgs a day for over a year, so i was wding from that and that aint no picnic..benzo wd can be lethal causing stroke and seizures, absolutely brutal....
541465 tn?1219427886 About all I Do have left are clonazepam and methadone. cause I never took all I was allowed to, and once I got divorced, no one was stealing them anymore. the extras piled up. Nothing I've tried helps the icepick in the back of my eyeball feeling. It was gone for years, but it's back. I can't even see good, and my eye is watering, and hurts like a mutha. If the thamadol won't help, what will? i set it aside as my 'exit stratagey', for when that time comes.
Avatar f tn Hi I am now at 50 mgs of methadone and on my way to get off this stuff, I have been on for 6 years and was at 130 mgs at the highest, so far I am okay but I know I am going to be in trouble soon. I am now tapering at 5 mgs about every 4 weeks, my doctor wants me to switch to Suboxone at 30 mgs and I am highly opposed to this I just want to keep weaning, I wonder if I have a choice , it is worrying me to death, I don't want to switch to that drug, I hear awful things about it.
Avatar n tn With the amount of oxy he was taken sub might not work, the dose can only go so high and then it actually acts as anti-opiate, the oens used in overdoses, whereas methadone is a full agonist and you can go higher and higher whatever you need to make you comfortable and stable. both give you a mild buzz, and both are complete hell to get off of. sub is just as hard no matter what anyone else says. its just as hard as methadone, its opiate withdrawal times two months. it *****.
Avatar f tn why when i take my klonipin for my bipolar,severe depression,and my panic/anxiety disorder and i get WORSE!! I get EXTREMELY IRRITATED and I snap out very easily and ANNOYED and AGITATED!!! Why does this happen to me?
Avatar m tn I was up close to 100mgs and have weaned down to 60mgs of methadone. I want off so bad and to top it off I have severe panic attacks and never dealt with my underlying issues regarding the addiction so I started abusing the xanax my Psychiatrist gave me. I do not know what to do the rehab said they could not help me as my methadone dose at 60mg is too high but I am addicted to 60mg of methadone and 5mg of xanax a dayI took 2 and a half quad bars.....
Avatar n tn I know for a fact that every time I had to give urine for testing, while on methadone program, I had a legit prescribed prescription for 2 mg Clonazepam 3x a day and my toxicology report always came back negative for benzos. But if I would take a Xanax, not prescribed, it always came back positive for benzos.
Avatar m tn I'm 21 days off methadone and can ONLY sleep at night with Trazadone. I've heard it dosen't work well for some people but for me it's been extremely helpful. I sleep all night every night. If not for Trazadone I would be going out of my mind!!
Avatar f tn told me to wear one on each leg at the same time. I was then put on methadone. TI was told I could take methadone safetly for many many years. I stayed so sick the entire time, I was in the ER at least once a month The detox was so bad, it lasted a month. My husband had to take off work to stay with me. This time the drug is a compounded medication. Hydrocodone - 30mg, and DM with a filler of Metamucil. My doctor increased the dose over time. I cannot take that much Tylenol.
4583567 tn?1360256847 I found these pills in my husbands drawer, maybe someone can help me with what they are, they are all white and long oval, some say APO | 1 and some say just N | 1, I know this is an addictions help and everything but I didmt know where else to ask! We have been clean off methadone now for so long I just want to make sure he's not doing anything to jeopardize anything again!!!
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 n tn if you can get down to 5mg a day,what i find that helps with the W/D is baclofen non narcotic 4 restless leg and muscle relaxation and skeletal aches clonazepam 4 the head and muscle relaxation and marijuana 4 anxiety and help with relaxing not really necessary,But u say,ur just using other drugs but quieting Maryjane is nothing like opiates believe me and clonazepam and maryjane should only be used for the 5 days of D/T,vitamins just increase the diarrhea.
Avatar m tn 170 mgs is alot of methadone...I was on methadone for 8 years and my highest prescribed dose was 90mgs, and I never took that much. So to me, that much methadone with ANY amount of benzo seems a little dangerous?? If you are interested in getting off all the meds, I would suggest getting off the methadone first, as the benzo may aid you in your withdrawal from that, THEN I would TAPER off the benzo.
Avatar m tn I feel like crying all the time and even though I am on clonazepam I still feel so nervous and scared and have really scary thoughts and I feel like this is never going to let up. I don't mean to sound like a wimp but I am having a really really hard time handling this. Mornings are the very worst! I almost hate to get up but if I lay in bed things just get worse. I know you told me that I need time but this is really scary stuff!
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 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 have a bud on this post that did what you are asking and he did ok I will PM him and ask him to talk to you. You can pm me and he says its ok to pm him. Just keep posting and he will be here. There are a few others that did this too at a high dose. You came to the right place just hang in. God Bless you for taking that first step.... Methedone is a whole other beast it lives longer in the body......
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.
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 m in day 7- I had no rls -no diarehia-just some anxiety until I got clonazepam and catapres and lomotil and paxil from my dr-all one time scripts except the paxil he wants me to stay on paxil and add buspar next week when clonazepam script is over-he thinks since I've managed to never do drugs till I was 29- then only did heroin a year and got clean -then 3years later got methadone for a year from where I worked-then got my head straight and quit cold turkey from 150-200 mg a day when they t