Help!

[Pinklemon]

Hi, I've recently started with Harm OCD after years of anxiety and panic attacks. Has anyone found citalopram works for this? My mind is constantly racing.

[SCC1]

I used to have racing thoughts a long time ago. My Dr put me on Klonopin and it helped. I am not taking it anymore, but when I've had racing thoughts since then, I was put on an antipsychotic, specifically, Seroquel. It does help a lot.

[Joseph46 in reply to SCC1]

Hi. How long and frequently did you take klonapin? Just curious - I was prescribed it over 15 years ago for panic and anxiety. Had been taking 0.5 mg daily since then. Recently tapering off and I find my mood and anxiety is a roller coaster. I’m questioning my memory.

Just wondering what someone else’s experience was coming off that drug. I didn’t even realize it was habit forming until about two years ago.

[SCC1 in reply to Joseph46]

I think it was habit-forming for me, too. I took it for a couple of yrs I think, and every day-0.5mg, also. I may have been on 1mg, too. It was so long ago.

I've read here that others have been on/are tapering off Klonopin and have had the same symptoms come back as you are. I would talk to the Dr who prescribed it and tell them how you are feeling. Maybe there is something else you can take to replace the Klonopin.