AmamiRantarou
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I'm sorry if this isn't the correct forum-- I was unsure.
Short story, my psychiatrist wants me to get off Clonazepam. The issue? That's the long story.
At first, I did agree with her. Benzos cause problems long term, and while it's really helped me by easing my severe dissociation and stopping the continuous feelings of fainting + more, it's true I should do something else...
I thought it was fine until my psychiatrist wants me to get off barely a year into me being stable after years of being ill (plus the horrible medical stuff I was put through by negligent doctors and on) and providing nothing else -- she wants me to be on my antidepressant, Citalopram, exclusively.
Naturally, I'm scared, and I don't think I can do this. My symptoms are very physical and disruptive. Therapy is hell as my therapist is trying to get me to believe my only 'trauma' is separation from peers, and tearing up my PTSD diagnosis by vividly telling me someone who had survived a terrorist attack would have it. And I'm in a bit of a slippery shoe again-- my trauma is finally resurfacing and I'm under heavy stress from work, along with the occasional nightmares.
I don't know what to do. I just feel like this isn't a good idea, and I don't think I'm ready. or that I can handle only being on my antidepressant.
Do you guys have any experiences on this...?
Short story, my psychiatrist wants me to get off Clonazepam. The issue? That's the long story.
At first, I did agree with her. Benzos cause problems long term, and while it's really helped me by easing my severe dissociation and stopping the continuous feelings of fainting + more, it's true I should do something else...
I thought it was fine until my psychiatrist wants me to get off barely a year into me being stable after years of being ill (plus the horrible medical stuff I was put through by negligent doctors and on) and providing nothing else -- she wants me to be on my antidepressant, Citalopram, exclusively.
Naturally, I'm scared, and I don't think I can do this. My symptoms are very physical and disruptive. Therapy is hell as my therapist is trying to get me to believe my only 'trauma' is separation from peers, and tearing up my PTSD diagnosis by vividly telling me someone who had survived a terrorist attack would have it. And I'm in a bit of a slippery shoe again-- my trauma is finally resurfacing and I'm under heavy stress from work, along with the occasional nightmares.
I don't know what to do. I just feel like this isn't a good idea, and I don't think I'm ready. or that I can handle only being on my antidepressant.
Do you guys have any experiences on this...?