nurseboy,
I too take klonopin but only as needed. Sometimes when I take it, I feel pretty wiped out myself. Oddly, other times, I can't tell I have taken anything...and it was same dosage. I am guessing my reaction is dependent upon the severity of the anxiety at the time I'm taking it. And to answer your question, I DO exercise on a daily basis. I quit smoking 8 months ago, and this is when my GAD was diagnosed by the way, smoking was my "medication" and when that went away so did my sanity, anyway, even when smoking I always stayed active but nowadays I make it part of my daily routine. As a matter of fact, I just finished running 3 1/2 miles before I posted this. If its too hot outside, I will do kickboxing or taebo videos or lift weights...anything along those lines that will help me relieve frustrations and stress. It feels SSSSSSOOOOOOOOO good to me during my exercises but to be honest, after the rush is over, my anxiety is still there for the most part. I really began my routine to help conquer this anxiety. It doesn't help me. Or maybe it does and my anxiety could be 10x's worse if I weren't exercising, but I don't think that is the case. When I first started running, I would have anxiety attacks and have to stop. I would envision my heart beating too fast and I would have a heart attack or I would get too hot and faint...it was endless. I am comfortable now with that part of it but it took a while. However, exercise is going to be beneficial for you physically so lets at least try to keep our bodies physically healthy even if we can't get our minds where we want them! Good Luck nurseboy...
Mel
