a health question for kim

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dear kim,

i have a question about klonopin and feeling " overally mentally

sedated " . before i ask this, i wanted to give you an idea of how

sensisitve my brain is and always has been. when i first took an

ssri many years ago, i felt the " euphoric effects " within 1 dose

within a few hours! this was on a low starting dose of the ssri.

this is rare that the ssri effected me so quickly and showed me that

my brain is very very med sensitive. so conversly, i have noticed

that even on a low dose of klonopin, i am taking slightly lower

than .5 milligrams my brain feels so so so sedated and i have

experienced a significant increase in lightheadedness, dizziness,

and just overal slowed cognitive abilitly. catherine wanted to put

me on a benzo because she explained to me that b/c i went cold

turkey off zoloft, my brain was in a state of severe overstimulation

if you saw my brain, you would see fireworks. i feel now that if you

saw my brain, you would see a straight line that is how mentally

sedated i feel on it. one of the unfortunate effects of the benzo is

feeeling overly mentally fatigued and sedated. these effects wore

off a litle but not completely. i know that most people do not feel

so super sedated on such a low dose of klonopin as they might become

frightened by feeling so out of it. but then again, most people do

not have brains as sensitive as mine. so i guess what i wanted to

ask you is, when i do get off klonopin, will the effects of feeling

over sedated possibly be permanent or long lasting? i read that ppl

in benzo withdrawal also have more cognitive sedation that can be

protractedbut if i taper slowly, will this over sedation mental

feeling ever go away if it is solely from the klonopin? no doubt i

had mental fog already from my zoloft withdrawal but i can tell the

klonopin added significantly to it.

thanks.

ct

went cold turkey off zoloft in april of 2005

taking 2,000 milligrams of vitamin c

cherry plum and scalatherius 4 times a day. 4 drops each time

6 GOL a day

cell food 3 times a day

magnesium 800 milligrams

calcium and vitamin d 750 milligrams

i ounce of mineral toddy before bed