Rheumatoid Arthritis Support Group
Rheumatoid arthritis is a chronic, inflammatory, multisystem, autoimmune disorder. It is a disabling and painful condition which can lead to substantial loss of mobility due to pain and joint destruction. The disease is also systemic in that it often also affects many extra-articular tissues throughout the body including the skin, blood vessels, heart, lungs, and...
I've been taking Klonopin (just .25mg each night even though my rx is up to 1 mg daily).
This is allowing me to sleep well, has lowered my blood pressure to normal, and I'm waking feeling rested and with very little RA pain.
Obviously, I'm not in a flare or I'd hurt regardless, but how is it that the Klonopin can help with pain? . I'm still taking either advil or Mobic during the day but I was constantly achy and now I'm feeling halfway decent. I get a bit achy at some point each day, like I have the flu, so maybe that's the RA, but it's still nothing like what I was experiencing prior to taking the Klonopin. It reminds me of how the muscle relaxer helped.
Anyone know what might be going on that this is helping?
This is allowing me to sleep well, has lowered my blood pressure to normal, and I'm waking feeling rested and with very little RA pain.
Obviously, I'm not in a flare or I'd hurt regardless, but how is it that the Klonopin can help with pain? . I'm still taking either advil or Mobic during the day but I was constantly achy and now I'm feeling halfway decent. I get a bit achy at some point each day, like I have the flu, so maybe that's the RA, but it's still nothing like what I was experiencing prior to taking the Klonopin. It reminds me of how the muscle relaxer helped.
Anyone know what might be going on that this is helping?
I will probably take it from now on. It helps me sleep, deal with pain, the flares, insomnia, anxiety..... my doctor has lupus and really understood.
It's not a cure all. I do yoga, Jacuzzis, and Many other things to cope.....but it has been a life saver for me. I don't worry about it one bit.
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On the other hand it is a great anti-anxiety med. Better than the rest because it lasts longer and the risk of rebound anxiety is not there as it would be should you be using xanax instead. Maybe there is a correlation between anxiety and pain? I personally believe there is a correlation with the quantity and quality of sleep we get and pain. If it has improved your sleep that much then I guess your improved rest is helping with your pain.
I don't believe Klonopin has any muscle relaxant properties. Valium, also an ant-anxiety benzodiazepine, does have muscle relaxant properties. On the other hand valium and klonopin are related so maybe it does relax your muscles a bit. I never experienced that but I have a fairly high tolerance to it.