yaheythere
04-28-2010, 09:31 AM
Hello, For over 2 years, I have been going to lots of doctors (ear specialists, neurologists, chiropractor, physical therapists) have had a lot of tests and scans to try and find why I have dizziness, disequilibrium and vertigo spells... With very little resolution... Even tried migraine medications.
Recently I had an MRI done because I developed chronic neck and shoulder pain. My orthopedic doctor sent me for an epidural cortizone injection (nerve root block) in cervical spine, because he thinks that a mild disc herniation is rubbing on a nerve.
The cortizone basically did nothing.. And I am pretty sure that my orthopedic doc is going to recommend spinal surgery.
Anyways... Because I got no relief from the neck pain shoulder pain and dizziness.. I started having severe panic attacks. I went to my general doctor.. He put me on Celexa (which I know is going to take a while to work) and gave me Klonopin for the really bad days.
I have never taken more than .25mg of Klonopin per day... However.. I noticed that not only does the Klonopin alleviate a lot of the anxiety... It alleviates a decent amount of the neck pain shoulder pain and dizziness as well.
This is good, and I assume it is because Klonopin has some muscle relaxant properties. But I know I cannot rely on this addictive medication. I have been taking it every day for a week...I really want to take one right now even though I am not having a panic attack, because it makes me feel halfway normal... But I know I shouldn't.
Recently I had an MRI done because I developed chronic neck and shoulder pain. My orthopedic doctor sent me for an epidural cortizone injection (nerve root block) in cervical spine, because he thinks that a mild disc herniation is rubbing on a nerve.
The cortizone basically did nothing.. And I am pretty sure that my orthopedic doc is going to recommend spinal surgery.
Anyways... Because I got no relief from the neck pain shoulder pain and dizziness.. I started having severe panic attacks. I went to my general doctor.. He put me on Celexa (which I know is going to take a while to work) and gave me Klonopin for the really bad days.
I have never taken more than .25mg of Klonopin per day... However.. I noticed that not only does the Klonopin alleviate a lot of the anxiety... It alleviates a decent amount of the neck pain shoulder pain and dizziness as well.
This is good, and I assume it is because Klonopin has some muscle relaxant properties. But I know I cannot rely on this addictive medication. I have been taking it every day for a week...I really want to take one right now even though I am not having a panic attack, because it makes me feel halfway normal... But I know I shouldn't.