Hi kim,please check out these sites. i'm not sure how long you have been on this combo of drugs, but i know lorazepam, adivan, is comparable to the clonazepam that i was on. i have posted of my horror story and of it's side effects and al

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Hi kim,please check out these sites.  i'm not sure how long you have been on this combo of drugs, but i know lorazepam, adivan, is comparable to the clonazepam that i was on.  i have posted of my horror story and of it's side effects and almost dieing from withdrawal so i won't go into it again.  if you are interested i can tell you about it.  since then i have become very vocal of it's dangers.  please do some research on the benzo drugs.  i wish i had before i went on it.  

the benzo drugs can cause the very symptoms they are suppose to suppress.  i understand the insomnia, that is why they put me on it.  in hind sight, i was healthier without it, and the lasting side effects may take yrs to overcome after being off the drug.  please check out these sites, learn what the drugs they have put you on are doing to you, also the combo of the drugs.  unfortunately they not only don't tell you of the addictive nature of the benzos, but they don't warn you of the effects of combining benzos and antidepressants, either.   see if some of your symptoms match the side effects.  learn about tolerance and dependence.

after a while the side effects are hard to separate from our lyme and cos. symptoms and we assume they are all lyme.  i found out the hard way that some of mine were not lyme, but the drugs.  

here are just a few sites. please, if anyone else is on a benzo (xanax, klonipin, clonazepam, valium, adivan, etc.) or z drugs (lunesta, ambian) please take a look.  barbarahttp://abcnews.go.com/Health/DepressionNews/story?id=6354685 & page=1#.Tz2VY1yXS15   --  this one is from ABC News.

http://ashtonbenzomanual.com/ashton_chapter_1.pdf http://www.benzobuddies.org/benzodiazepine-information 

http://ashtonbenzomanual.com/ On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 5:15 AM, Kim Peralta wrote:

 

i am on lorazepam, webutrin, and prozac. this is for depression too. i had to get up in middle of the night to take a lorazepam last night because my body felt...annoyed...irritated...restless. i am not sure how to explain it but it helped me sleep.

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>Kim,

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>i just was rereading some of these posts and noticed that you are on some

>anxiety meds. may i ask what it is? is it a benzo drug such as

>klonipin/clonazepam, valium, xanax, or one of the others? if so, they

>could possibly cause some of your symptoms and are very hard to get off of.

>i ended up having seizures getting off the clonazepam too quickly and i am

>in the process right now of tapering off of valium that i had to switch

>over to for the withdrawal process. something to really take a look at.

>

>barbara

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>> Hi Jeff,

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>> I do take some anxiety meds, but maybe I should look into getting them

>> adjusted. I think I am constantly in a state of worry or panic...so it

>> definitely could be anxiety!

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>> Thanks!!

>> Kim

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>> *From:* Jeff

>> *To:* " Lyme_and_Rife " <Lyme_and_Rife >

>> *Sent:* Sunday, February 12, 2012 1:49 PM

>> *Subject:* Re: OT: Pain around chest

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>> Hi Kim,

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>> Before you stress yourself about cancer, you may just be dealing with

>> anxiety. I had a similar pain for a couple of years. I thought it was my

>> heart. I went for all kinds of tests. Everything was fine. Then i thought

>> it might have been a pinched nerve. Eventually it got worse and I went to

>> my Alternative MD. I was having panic attacks. He put me on Magnesium IV's

>> and has helped tremendously. Regardless of what it is, please get it

>> checked!! Do you deal with anxiety?

>>

>> Jeff

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>> Sent from my iPhone

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