Sleeping/sinking feeling?

[mbellamy09]

Don't know how exactly to describe it. Anyone else get closed eye visual?not colors and everything but actual things mostly scary shit and people.also after I get that sinking feeling I memory is terrible.its the feels like it's been awhile memory issue. Just worse.

Thinking about upping the dose of klonopin a little. I got down to .25 a day but visual are worse now and this stuff is more extreme

[miketusa]

I get thatI think. Like right as you are about to fall asleep your visuals go ape shit and you just suddenly wake up scared as shit? I like start having weird visions almost like really fast vivid dreams right as Im about to nod off that usually jolt me awake and sometimes scare the piss out of me. Ive seen like spiders and shit WITH MY EYES OPEN that were obviously not real. It was weird as hell. I used to see graffiti everywhere when it happened. That stopped though.

[mbellamy09]

Yea basically that except mine stop when I open my eyes and my memory is shit. Messed up. Not sure if upping my dose is a good idea or not. Was on 3 mg a day for like 4 years and am now down to .25 a day so I'm guessing this is what life is like on low dose of klonopin and I'm not liking it lol

[miketusa]

Careful man

[1998]

mbellamy09, That's a hell of an accomplishment coming off that much klono after 4 yrs!! I'll be dropping it soon, what were the main things that helped you?? I know what benzo boards say, but cutting while having hppd has me extremely worried, just don't want to go manic one night and accidentally hurt myself or something dumb....If I do a proper taper is it really as bad as some make it seem be honest lol?

PS. I cut my klonopin once and I got all the closed eye visuals you are talking about, It went away when I started taking it again but believe me you made the right choice cutting down. It takes an average of 12-18 months to complete your benzo wd's usually, so keep your head up you'll get there!

[NamelessUser]

Great job on the reduction of benzo's!! 

As far as the closed eye visuals, they are pretty common. You just have an active brain or imagination. The thoughts I get sometimes are out of this world!

[mbellamy09]

Thanks guys. Hope-on my dose honestly wasn't as bad as some.there were a few nights that were insane like you seemed to be worried about. I had the worse panic attack I've personally ever had and almost went to ER cause thought I was having a heart attack. Everything just kept building up and couldn't stop it I didn't add anything to help the taper at help. Seemed counterproductive but I'm sure it would help. Yea idk, I mean I know upping the dose would probably be bad long term but those closed eye visuals scare me and fuck my head up really bad. Have a hard enough time sleeping before.you guys know how it is. Can't see psychiatrist in this town until December so stuck right now not sure what the consequences would be if I just upped it like half a .25 a day or what.

Yea the thoughts are great sometimes(unique to people who has this) and then others they're freaky/scary. At least that's how I think lol