Guest guest Posted December 18, 2008 Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 I just want to make one thing clear, there is nothing wrong with taking medications of ANY type if they help. A narcotic is a term used to describe pain medication, the proper terminology is actually opioid, that depicts a " kindler gentler " name for a medication that is specific for chronic pain. People who take opioids and find relief with them from their daily struggle with intractable pain are able to get back into life. They are not users or addicts. An addict takes narcotics to get away from life, someone in pain takes opioids to get back into life. As a good friend of mine, an oncologist, once said, " I never saw an addict take narcotics to go to church with their families, but my pain patients take opioids so they can do normal everyday living. " Klonopin is a benzodiazepine derivative. It is a highly potent anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant and anxiolytic. Many meds cause physical dependence, such as antidepressant and yes, opioids, but this does NOT make a person an addict who takes them. Whatever kinds of meds help in any small way, there is nothing wrong in taking them and no shame should ever be attached to treating any type of symptoms with medication. Sometimes a complicated disorder like 4S may need to be treated in a multimodal way- with many things, and we need to just appreciate the fact that if we find SOME small benefit from one thing, that is ok, just gotta continue the search to find more things that help > > Hi - I do not have seizures - I was on Dilantin for about 10 years > as prescribed by a psychiatrist - it didn't help at all - I was much > younger (approx 20 yrs ago) and often ate them like candy and they > made no difference at all in 4S symptoms. I now take Clonazepam .5 > mg 2Xday (generic Klonopin - also primarily for seizures) and it > seems to take the edge off but it is certainly no cure. It is a > narcotic: we need to be mindful of what we take when they offer it > as a cure. Sorry to sound so negative but I must warn . . . I do > urge you to try anything that seems viable but please keep your wits > about you. (Clonazepam costs about $4/month at Costco but you have > to see the doctor for the Rx) > I count my haves vs my wants and make sure I see beauty everyday. > It helps to keep from being swallowed up (no pun intended). > > Adah > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's great that he's replied so constructively. > > > > > > Makes a change, doesn't it? > > > > > > Guy > > > > > > > > > * Dr moller > > > > > > a suggestion from Dr. Moller > > > > > > The anatomical location of the problems seems to me to be the > temporal > > > lobe. Hyperactivity of the temporal lobe could promote opening of > > > synapses that are normally dormant and thereby send information > to > > > other places than what is normal. I wonder if anybody have ever > tried > > > medications such as Dilantin (perhaps in a smaller dosage than > used for > > > treating epileptic seizures) or perhaps Topiramate. Dilantin has > few > > > side effects and it would be worth trying, you could perhaps get > your > > > general practitioner to write a prescription. > > > > > > Drugs that enhance inhibition such as benzodiazepines have > probably > > > been tried. > > > > > > Aage Moller > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > Free Online Photosharing - Share your photos online with your > friends and > > > family! > > > Visit http://www.inbox.com/photosharing to find out more! > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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