Hi.
I would like to know if any of you who had voice surgery did have to take pills for a long time after that. Dr Kim gave me a 3-4 month supply of clonazepam which I was supposed to take after the effect of the Botox ends, which happened after about 3.5 months post op. I took all of them until now between 7-8 months post op. Now I was told to take more - I guess I could take clonazepam again or one of the two alternatives that Dr Kim told me about.

But I am a bit tired now of taking pills for such a long time. They are muscle relaxants - psychopharmaceuticals used against epilepsy and such - I had quite a few withdrawal effects when the clonazepam ended.

So did anyone else have to take them for such a long time and did it help anything? Or did anyone else get more Botox in the long run after voice surgery instead? So far it seems that most people have stopped talkin any pills or injections regarding the voice after about 6 months - most stopped taking them long before that. At least that is my impression.

I am trying to figure out what to do now best (and a bit trying to figure out what is wrong with me that I need such a long term treatment). I tend to rather not take any more pills and either just deal with how the voice is now in another way - or maybe get Botox if I really need treatment... But it seems Dr Kim favours pills... sigh