Constipation, Breathing Problem, Anxiety After Increasing Dosage Of Clobazam/onfi. Side Effect? How To Control?
I started taking onfi/clobazam two months ago and I started at 20mg then I had to increase it to 30mgs a week later. I started having constipation problems and difficulty breathing which I thought was anxiety, I also lost my appetite. So I told my neurologist about it who said it doesn't cause those symptoms and that I had to take a laxitive each day. I reduced the medicine myself to 15mg. The breathing difficulty stopped but I I still had trouble going without the laxitive. I had my appointment a few weeks ago and it appeared that the onfi was controling the seizures so they told me to increase it to 30mg gradually. I started taking 20mgs for a week and a half now and today I am having difficulty breathing again. I believe it's because I went up on the onfi because it is not anxiety, I checked my heart rate and it was normal it was 71
Hi thanks for your question. Your body tolerates 20 mg so continue with that, avoid stressful activities and exercises. For constipation eat a lot of vegetables and fruits, it will normalize. hope I answered your question, will be happy to help you if you have more queries.
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Constipation, Breathing Problem, Anxiety After Increasing Dosage Of Clobazam/onfi. Side Effect? How To Control?
Hi thanks for your question. Your body tolerates 20 mg so continue with that, avoid stressful activities and exercises. For constipation eat a lot of vegetables and fruits, it will normalize. hope I answered your question, will be happy to help you if you have more queries.