skyfire322
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As some of you know, most of my seizures are absence in nature and I have constant tremors.
I'm not the biggest fan of benzos by any means, and my biggest side effect though is I become quite loopy; almost a drunk type of feeling. I'll stumble while walking, slur my words a little bit, etc.
I had told my new epileptologist that absence seizures were my worst enemy, so he decided that the best course of action AS OF NOW would to be to increase the dosage of the Clonazepam from 0.5 mg to 1.5 mg. I've been on that dosage for the past two days, and sweet mother of Nicolas Cage.... It feels like I'm back in college party mode right now.
Working in a call center makes things worse because many people call in think I'm drunk! (Luckily, all my supervisors and the HR department know what's going on and are working with me)
Couple questions.
1.) Since he ordered blood levels on all medications, do you think they will also check Clonazepam levels?
2.) He prescribed it at night, which is when a lot of myclonic jerks occur. When I wake up I feel hung over. If I take it in the morning, I feel loopy but don't have any jerks or auras, so there's almost a Catch 22 to the situation. What would you do in this situation? Obviously notify the doctor probably?
I'm not the biggest fan of benzos by any means, and my biggest side effect though is I become quite loopy; almost a drunk type of feeling. I'll stumble while walking, slur my words a little bit, etc.
I had told my new epileptologist that absence seizures were my worst enemy, so he decided that the best course of action AS OF NOW would to be to increase the dosage of the Clonazepam from 0.5 mg to 1.5 mg. I've been on that dosage for the past two days, and sweet mother of Nicolas Cage.... It feels like I'm back in college party mode right now.
Working in a call center makes things worse because many people call in think I'm drunk! (Luckily, all my supervisors and the HR department know what's going on and are working with me)
Couple questions.
1.) Since he ordered blood levels on all medications, do you think they will also check Clonazepam levels?
2.) He prescribed it at night, which is when a lot of myclonic jerks occur. When I wake up I feel hung over. If I take it in the morning, I feel loopy but don't have any jerks or auras, so there's almost a Catch 22 to the situation. What would you do in this situation? Obviously notify the doctor probably?