It's been a week from hell!

The last pill has been sheer hell! I dropped the final pill on Monday, December 29th. This last week has gone past in a blur of exhaustion.

First off, I found some websites that basically told me that this drug is so physically addicting, that is was like Chase is a junkie going through withdrawal, and that giving him valium to wean him off was preferable, because it wasn't as addictive as this freaking clonopin is! Man on man - had I known when the doctor wanted to put him on this, I would've flat out said no!

The first night - Chase tossed and turned all night and had an outrageous seizure at 12:33 am. I swiped the magnet over his device and his seizure actually got worse - he was jerking and bouncing all over the bed. I game him an Ativan (lorazepam), and that stopped the seizures, but didn't settle him down much for the night.

Night 2 - restless all night again. I added a calcium magnesium drink, melatonin & 5HTP. However, we went to a Mexican restaurant and Chase ate steak again. He woke up with hives again and I had to give him more Benadryl. So I'm thinking - no more steaks - that's it!

Night 3 - New Years Eve - He had a really bad seizure at 11:09 pm and I gave him another ativan. At 12:01 am the fireworks started going off outside and he had another seizure - then another one at 12:49, and another one at 2:09 am - at which point I gave him another ativan. I think that was the worst of the wean.

Night 6 he had another really bad seizure at 11:59 pm.

Now if I can just get him to learn how to go to sleep without the clonopin. I'm no longer automatically giving him 5-HTP & melatonin - but I did give him Emergen-C several times a day for 3 days to support his system. The melatonin or the 5-HTP was giving him headaches, so I'm only giving him that now when he can't sleep. I gave him 1 pill last night.

He is still having behavioral issues though. Last night he chewed me out for reminding him to brush his teeth and put on deodorant. Tonight he argued with me because he didn't want to take a shower. This morning it was none of my business what his body was doing.

Well, the website I found said it could take up to 14 days to get through this pill drop, I'm hoping he'll settle down soon. This last week has been exhausting and I'd like for him to start getting some good sleep soon!