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Thanks a million, Ed. You described it so well. To hear from "real people" makes such a difference. You seem to have a good Internist. Our family doctor is aware of my husband's slaustrophobia but did not prescribe anything, saying to him to work on his mind and sleep will eventually come. (in the bedroom) We just got confirmation of our first appointment with neurologist, which specializes in movement disorder. However, we have to wait for almost 6 months. Only if there is some cancellation we may get sooner in. Now I am not certain if this clonazepam, would be safe to take from time to time for such a long period ,almost 6 months. My husband is now not taking any medication like Requipp to take care of depression which could be "associated" with claustrophobia. If you have further thoughts about it, please let us know. Thank you very much. Emily ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ed Grskovich" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 8:13 PM Subject: Re: Claustrophobia > In a message dated 1/17/02 11:43:09 AM, [log in to unmask] writes: > > << increased claustrophobia >> > > That was the first symptom that drove me back to my Internist who prescribed > 1 mg tablets of Clonazepam, generic for Klonopin, and send me on to a neuro > to look for Parkinson. The claustrophobia was a subset of my depression. > Just a few Clonazepam, as need, quickly took away the claustrophobia. Later, > Requip seemed to have taken away all the depression. My similar sleep > issues--bed/room too small--were also settled quickly. > > I know persons on Paxil and it seems to also work for them for similar > problems. However, it doesn't have a "as needed" mode of action. Therefore, > it may take weeks to get any effect and by then many people don't want to > take a chance by stopping, having the problems return and then having to > restart it slowly again and again. That fear can cause dependence as bad as a > true addiction. > > I'll not waste anyone's time with a long my description of my depression--I'm > sure that there are better ones on the Internet. However, it's worth the time > to read about it. I thought that I was well informed, but until I got it, I > can now see that I really had no true idea of what depression really was in > my setting. Basically, for me, many simple things, like reading the daily > paper, that used to be fun were not fun any more. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn