Klonopin & Trazodone - Bipolar Disorder Message Board

*Sphinx* · 05-21-2003, 02:56 PM

I've been taking 20mg of Lexapro daily for a month now and everything was going fine until about a week ago when my mood swings started again. I get mad so easily and it takes me forever to calm back down. I can't relax for anything. When I get mad, I feel this uncontrollable rage boiling inside of me and thoughts about hurting someone or something race through my head. I spend most of my time thinking about what I can tear up or who I can fight with. I just need to get this anger out. There's so much going on outside of me and inside my head and I just can't handle all this at once. I keep acting like I'm fine and everyone believes it but on the inside I'm going crazy.

I went to the doctor this morning and she put me on 50mg. of Trazodone and .5mg of Klonopin to take as needed. Is anyone taking this right now? If so, what kind of side effects do you have from it and how well does it work. I need something before I lose my mind and hurt someone again. Help please.

KC

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-Sometimes I think I'm crazy. I'm crazy oh so crazy. Why am I here? Am I just wasting my time?
-I act like sh*t don't phase me, inside it drives me crazy. My insecurities could eat me alive.

~Lyrics from Eminem-Hailie's Song

rsg · 05-21-2003, 04:28 PM

ssri's is what made me manic to the point of rage after the extreme happiness i thought i had found with zoloft. I think the only anti dep. is wellbutrin that doesnt touch the serotonin and also maybe buspar.
seroquel keeps the rage away

[This message has been edited by rsg (edited 06-06-2003).]

scrags · 05-23-2003, 01:28 PM

this might not help much but i know how you feel, i was so crazed and angry the other day i had to leave my house before i hurt my wife or my new born son. it makes nuts to think that kind of stuff but you are a better person for not acting on those impulses. it is so easy for people like us to get obsessed with thoughts of hurting others but you know how much the consequences of those actions are going to make you life much worse and the last thing you need are more complications. i've gotten to points in my day where i can't get the thought of killing someone or myself out of my head so i know what you mean just don't act on it. have you ever tried journaling, writing out that stuff might help or vent here that is one of the purposes of sites like this. hope the new meds help.

i wish i had answers but imput is all i can provide.

scrags

genushalo · 06-02-2003, 07:14 PM

When im mixed manic, journaling is impossible. About a week ago I got ****ed off to the point where I couldn't stop pacing my house and wanting to break everything in sight. At the peak I lost control and pulled this heavy chair over my head and threw it at the floor then at the wall. It felt reaaallly good. I think it's better to break things instead of people. And I don't really think holding the anger in is healthy, makes me depressed afterwards.

healthinterest · 06-03-2003, 10:07 PM

as i understand it, trazadone has been written-off by most doctors for the treatment of depression. it is now mostly prescribed for sleep as it is the most sedating of all anti-depressants. i have been on klonopin for 12 years now and it seems to work fine for me. i take 2mg per day. i have confidence in klonopin. also, the SSRI antidepressants are good.