So as I have previously posted I have a heart condition called SVT that sometimes makes my heart go into panic mode around 180-220bpm which gives me GREAT anxiety.
I take Propanalol daily but recently I had a panic attack and at the ER it was suggest that I take a AS NEEDED Anxiety medicine.
My primary doctor chose clonazepam as the medicine of choice.
This would be my first time on a SSRI. I am really against taking anything like this so I would love some advice.
I love Clonopin. It helps so much with my anxiety. I can’t remember exactly how I felt when I first started it, but it’s definitely still something I like to take everyday. I just feel so much calmer after 20 minutes.
Do you take it daily or as needed?? I hear allot of bad things about it and it just freaks me out.
With the Propanalol I’m taking, it makes me drowsy and I hear the main thing with this is that it makes you tired. Is that true?
Any benzo is going to make you a little tired. I got used to it though and sometimes take half if I’m going out and have anxiety. But I always take a full 1mg around 6pm. What have you heard about it? I don’t know how it mixes with Propanol though. As long as your doctor says it’s fine. I’ve never really heard anything bad about it.
I’ve read it causes mood swings, extreme fatigue, some people have even reported hallucinations. Of course I’ve read about it being addictive as well.
But on the actual bottle it talks about suicidal thoughts which is the opposite of what I want
Wow! I can totally see why you’re weary. I haven’t experienced any of those symptoms. I know a few people on it that also really like it. I guess you could try it and if any of these symptoms occur, stop taking it immediately!
I’ve only had issues with it when I got off of it. I learned to take it really slow but it was still pretty hard. If you take a lot of it, it can act as a depressant. And it’s habit forming so a lot of doctors won’t prescribe it quickly.