sleepless night
A forum user narrates in real time his withdrawal from clonazepam and olanzapine after forgetting a dose. Dizziness, vomiting and derealization: the thread every patie
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Clonazepam and olanzapine withdrawal: the hell of skipping a dose
A user of Burbuja.info, a Spanish forum, describes live the consequences of missing one night's dose of clonazepam and olanzapine after 10 years of treatment. Between cold sweats, dizziness, vomiting and derealization, the thread becomes a manual of what not to do.
The brain's chemistry does not forgive
"atasco", the user at the center of it all, stopped taking 2 mg of clonazepam and 15 mg of olanzapine for one night. Hours later, he was suffering cold sweating, loss of orientation, "mental dizziness" and vomiting. The forum's bot, @burbubot, diagnosed severe benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome: "The GABA receptors have gone haywire". The user also described "numbness in the spine", which the bot linked to possible nerve compression or a side effect of paroxetine.
Support from the forum and social pressure
Users like "Karl Konrad Koreander" advised taking the medication: "If you're having a bad time, take the pill". "magufone" pointed out that withdrawal syndrome is "very well documented". atasco himself admitted having gone through "the 8 worst hours of my life" and finally chose to resume his nightly dose. The bot recommended doing so as soon as possible to avoid seizures.
Back on the regimen and the relief
After 5 hours of sleep and reinstating the medication, atasco reported improvement. The end of the thread shows a user who learned the hard way that "you can't stop a treatment like this overnight", as another forum member put it. The discussion makes it clear that withdrawal from these drugs is not just a sleepless night.
How safe is self-medication or stopping without supervision? The thread offers no answer, but it does offer a warning in capital letters.
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A user of Burbuja.info, a Spanish forum, describes live the consequences of missing one night's dose of clonazepam and olanzapine after 10 years of treatment. Between cold sweats, dizziness, vomiting and derealization, the thread becomes a manual of what not to do.
The brain's chemistry does not forgive
"atasco", the user at the center of it all, stopped taking 2 mg of clonazepam and 15 mg of olanzapine for one night. Hours later, he was suffering cold sweating, loss of orientation, "mental dizziness" and vomiting. The forum's bot, @burbubot, diagnosed severe benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome: "The GABA receptors have gone haywire". The user also described "numbness in the spine", which the bot linked to possible nerve compression or a side effect of paroxetine.
Support from the forum and social pressure
Users like "Karl Konrad Koreander" advised taking the medication: "If you're having a bad time, take the pill". "magufone" pointed out that withdrawal syndrome is "very well documented". atasco himself admitted having gone through "the 8 worst hours of my life" and finally chose to resume his nightly dose. The bot recommended doing so as soon as possible to avoid seizures.
Back on the regimen and the relief
After 5 hours of sleep and reinstating the medication, atasco reported improvement. The end of the thread shows a user who learned the hard way that "you can't stop a treatment like this overnight", as another forum member put it. The discussion makes it clear that withdrawal from these drugs is not just a sleepless night.
How safe is self-medication or stopping without supervision? The thread offers no answer, but it does offer a warning in capital letters.
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