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Overcoming Klonopin(clonazepam) Withdrawal:Pharmacist's Story To Hell And Back(benzo withdrawal,benzodiazepine withdrawal,clonazepam withdrawal,klonopin withdrawal,klonopin withdrawal symptoms,detox)
Pharmacist, Daniel Sneeden, shares his personal experience of Klonopin dependence and Klonopin withdrawal.
You will learn:
Why I Was Put On Klonopin
Why I Wanted To Stop Taking Klonopin
How I Stopped Taking Klonopin
Lifestyle Changes I Had To Make
What Helped Me Get Through Klonopin Withdrawal
How I Got Through Credit Card Default At The Same Time
Today I Am No Longer Dependent On Klonopin
It was 11am and the sun was shining brightly through the window when I opened my eyes. As I reached to remove the CPAP mask from around my mouth, I could hear the sound of a lawn mower and children playing in the distance. It felt like everyone in the world was up and moving except me.
I rolled out of bed and walked over to the bathroom. Every step felt so heavy as if the pull of gravity was going to overtake me and yank me to the floor at any moment. I stepped onto the weight scale. It blinked a couple times before the digital screen showed ‘270 pounds’. I stepped off the scale and positioned myself in front of the sink mirror. I looked into the mirror and saw the reflection of a giant, obese man staring back at me. “How can I go on like this?â€, I said to myself.
On the wall was a picture of my wife and son. It had been so long since I had seen either of them that it felt like a past dream. Ever since the separation, several months had gone by without seeing my son. It felt like I no longer had a purpose. “How did I get hereâ€, I wondered.
 
Then my mind flashed back to a time several years earlier. I was in college and living alone in my own apartment while pursuing every pleasure I could think of. Drugs, alcohol, sex, video games, and movies were my preferred means of escape. Exercise, diet, and meditation were not on my list of pleasures.
There were warnings that I should change, but I ignored them. The pressure inside my head was getting worse, but I refused to change. One of the girls I was dating told me that her oldest brother had been living alone and using drugs before he committed suicide two days earlier. But that didn’t deter me either.
Two weeks after trying ecstasy for the first time, my headaches became so bad that I had to do something. I stumbled into the school nurse’s office seeking relief from my pain. After a quick checkup, she started me on Klonopin(clonazepam) and sent me on my way. The headaches instantly dissolved after taking Klonopin – it was a miracle drug! I did not need to change my bad habits because I had a drug to fix my problem!
For the next two years, I limped my way through pharmacy school. Then I got married, graduated from pharmacy school, and started my first retail pharmacy job as a pharmacist. My first job was bought out by a larger chain drugstore and I was laid off. My second job was so easy that I became lazy and was fired. My third job was so stressful that I turned to prescription drugs as a means of relief.
Over time, the number of prescription medications I was taking increased. My doctor gave me almost anything I asked for because, as a pharmacist, I knew how to ask. I was taking Klonopin, Ambien, Lyrica, gabapentin, Vicodin, tramadol, Celexa, nortriptyline, propranolol, Aleve, and Zyrtec. One rheumatologist looked at me and said, “Daniel, you are way too young to be on so many medications.â€
The medications helped reduce the stress, but they also reduced the very life energy within me. I was so numb that I had no ambition, motivation, or energy left to carry on. The sole purpose of my life was to pursue pleasure through eating and playing video games.
My weight skyrocketed from 180 pounds to 270 pounds. As a result of the weight gain, I was diagnosed with sleep apnea and put on a CPAP machine. I could not keep up at work and was being written up, and reprimanded, daily. Finally, I could not take it any longer and I left work on short term disability claim.
