The anniversary of the withdrawals is coming up
I'm coming close to two years without Klonopin and honestly I'm still struggling. But I'm able to more than manage it and I'm getting better every day. Some days are very, very bad with anxiety where I can't really do anything except just be anxious. It's seemingly very easy to trigger the trauma from the withdrawals. I have nightmares because of them. When I was in the ER and they gave me an anti nausea medication, whatever they gave me triggered my trauma from the withdrawals. I also think it may have interacted and caused what I can honestly describe as one of the worst panic attacks in my life other than what I was dealing with during the active withdrawals. I was also really sick and it made being that sick a thousand times worse.
But as long as I stay away from stressors, I can live very similarly to how I was before the withdrawals. Like I said though, there are horrible days that are honestly just hard to get through and they have caused some passive suicidal thoughts because sometimes these days actually turn into multiple days of the worst anxiety you can imagine and it doesn't have to be anything in particular. It's just a constant feeling of anxiousness in my chest and my body acts like it does during an active panic attack. I have POTS so that is part of the reason, but I also have to contribute it to the withdrawals because it feels like a very mild version of that on those bad days.
Honestly it makes me want to ask a question that I asked my doctor and he dismissed me. Is it possible I have long term damage with my nervous system? Because that's what I feel like has happened. My nervous system feels so much more sensitive than it has ever been and I have autonomic dysfunction so it's even worse. And if I do have some type of long term damage, what type of treatment should I get? I'm not even sure who to ask for and I am so exhausted with the medical system and have a lot of medical trauma.
Oh but there is hope for those of you I don't want this to be it never ends because the withdrawal symptoms have ended I'm feel like I'm just dealing with the aftermath and I'm not exactly sure what to do now how to find a doctor who can understand what has happened to me