wagner. like chrissy, jonathan s downward spiral didn t begin until after he stopped taking klonopin. in his case, cold turkey, something even the manufacturers advise against. what happens to your brain when you suddenly stop a benzo that you ve been taking for an exend theed peri extended period of time. if we stop all of a sudden, it s like an excited neurotransmitter thunderstorm going on in our brain. it s a very uncomfortable feeling, wrestlessness, motor ticks, and people even seize. some people even get suicidal. chrissy didn t stop taking klonopin suddenly. but she did experience these kinds of withdrawal symptoms. maybe four weeks was too fast. in desperation, she turned to another doctor. he told her going back on a benzo would return her to normal. in lieu of klonopin, he
and she made an appointment with her psychiatrist. he told me about klonopin. i can remember asking are there any weird side effects and he said no, it was a perfectly safe drug to take. how did it feel the first time you took it? i noticed right away it took away my anxiety. finally relieved, chrissy was able to focus on raising her two children. but after two years on klonopin, she started to notice a change. the anxiety started to come back. and it was stronger than what i had experienced before going on it. i remembered going to the appointment and saying, you know, what s going on? and i was told, well that sounds like your body s intolerance. you re probably going to need to take a higher dose. but chrissy didn t want to
jonathan took one bill every day as prescribed for seven months straight, and it worked until he decided he could get to sleep on his own. he decided that he didn t want to take a pill the rest of his life to go to sleep. so, he quit taking it. just cold turkey, didn t consult the doctor, just stopped taking it. yes. then what happened? it came on mild. he was like, i don t know why i m depressed. then one week he started getting real anxious. he start saying his heart was racing. he thought maybe he was just having anxiety. so, he went back to the doctor, and the doctor gave him xanax. another benzo. he didn t like taking pills on