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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | panic attacks | Side effects are minimal. | I had mild panic attacks as a child that increased until I was almost a prisoner in my home. None of the other anti-anxiety meds worked. When my doctor prescribed klonopin it was like I finally had my life back. I don't like knowing that I am dependent on a medication, but I never want to be in the debilitating state of anxiety that I remember so well. | F | 61 | 30 years 1 mg 1X day | 9/7/2010 | 3 | Nervousness, anxiety | no side effects until my body wouldn't tolerate it anymore. | I was satisfied with Klonopin until one day I didn't know where I was or how to get back home and completely lost my appetite. I started it when I was around 30 and now I am in my 60s. As people get older, they can't tolerate drugs the same way. I tapered off it for 1 and 1/2 months. I've been off it completely for 2 weeks and the withdrawals are HELL. I have been very dizzy for 2 months and am still not able to drive. I've had nausea, migraines, restless legs, insomnia, and a host of other problems. If you are researching this drug, please be careful and try something other than a Benzo. It is as hard to get off of as heroin according to the internet, and I would have to say I agree with that based on my experience. | F | 61 | 30 years 2 mg 1X day | 7/22/2021 | 3 | anxiety | very tired and sleepy all the time does not seem to help much at all after all these years. | I have tried so many times over 5 years to get off of klonopin I have asked my Dr.several times to gradually switch over to valium because I would really like to get away from klonopin after all these years.they just don't seem to help much at all any more But she refuses to help me taper off using valium, She tried Buspar / vitseral with no luck at all I felt like dying. I have read about a Herb called Kratom that people used to get off of anxiety/depression medications also other hard medications to withdraw from and then others say don't touch the stuff I just don't know what to do. If anyone out there knows anything about Kratom Please Please Let me know | M | 70 | 30 years 0.5 3X day | 6/19/2023 | 5 | seizure disorder and ptsd | nothing to speak of | This medication has been the best medication that I have taken. Lamictal was also good, but I had some allergies to it. This med handles many different problems for me' anxiety, seizures, insomnia, and ptsd flashbacks are kept at a minimal. Of course this med, like all meds can have different effects on each individual. The people that I know who have had a problem with this med have had other addictions. I´m in my fifties and my memory is excellent. I walked 1000 miles during the Fall-Winter of 2019. My physical health is the best it has ever been and I was an athlete in college. I find this medication to be much ¨cleaner¨and easier on the system than other psychoactive meds.In my case, I have not built up tolerance over the decades. I use the medication carefully. | M | 51 | 27 years .5 3X day | 3/29/2020 | 5 | Panic attacks | I became physically addicted to low--dose (.5mg) Klonopin after about a year of use - and I couldn't care less. | I am physically addicted to Klonopin and I couldn't care less. I mean, if I had diabetes I would need an insulin shot to function and I see no difference. I am allergic to SSRI's and Marijuana induces panic attacks for me so I have no alternative. I take a small dose - .5 Mg - and have never had to increase it to get the therapeutic benefit I need. My panic attacks were so severe I was close to suicide. After suffering for 20 years I was ready to give up when a British psychiatrist new to the US scoffed at my symptoms and He said there is no reason to suffer like I was suffering and took me off anti-depressent (prozac at the time) and prescribed the .5 Klonopin. That man saved my life. Now, I have never even thought to abuse Klonopin as for me it is simply medicine. Same with Oxycodone after 3 surgery's. It's medicine and you take it as directed and stop taking it when you don't need it. For people like me the benefits far, far outweigh any risk. The bottom line is that my panic attacks were so severe as to be dibilitating and this drug save me when I was 43 years old. I'm 65 now and still working a high-tech job effectively enough to receive accolades for my work as well as great performance reviews that result in bonuses and pay raises. I think there are many, many people like me who use a low dose, don't abuse it, and reap great benefit from anxiety relief. Tell me it will give me Alzheimers in 10 years and I'll tell you it's been more than worth it for me. | M | 25 years .5 1X day | 6/18/2016 | 5 | panic attacks | not sure but iam totally disabled with cfs,if this is connected and fibermyalia.had to go on paxil after taking this, | DONT KNOW IF CONNECTED BUT I FEEL SEPARATED FROM GOD AT TIMES | 57 | 25 years .5 3X day | 4/23/2012 | 5 | attain deep sleep/ Fibromyalgia pa | None ! Just a good nights sleep that relieves pain of Fibromyalgia. I wake up alert & not tired or in pain! | You can get off it gradually & be okay. I have tried it but without acquiring a deep sleep the unbearable Fibromyalgia pain quickly returns! At almost 78 living alone I can't function with the pain, so what to I have to loose. I do get a good night's sleep & free of pain. All these others with problems taking it, probably didn't need it in the first place. They are usually having problems with taking any kind of Medication! | F | 77 | 24 years 2 mg pm 1X day | 12/3/2021 | 1 | anxiety | Drowsy at first, but helped with extreme anxiety. Became tolerant to it to the point where it didn't cause any drowsiness, but a lucid feeling, and addiction. Took it with alcohol, caffeine to just feel good, for a few hours in a day. God! Like a junkie. I would go crazy if I couldn't find my pill box in my purse! I am now going through withdrawal, because I want to be able to feel real again. I was put on this by a psychiatrist, and now, the last 23 years of my life are just a blur. Yes, it helped me from passing out when taking my mom to the ER at 3am countless times, and caring for her until she died. But now I want ME back. I should have never been put on it in the first place. If there was a problem, the doctor just increased my dosage. Now I don't want to be drugged out of life. I want to live my life fully aware...and withdrawal is horrible, just as I have read with other users. Don't even start on it, unless you have convulsions, but not for anxiety. Or if you need it for a par | F | 45 | 23 years 8 MG 3X day | 12/28/2011 | 4 | Severe anxiety, insomnia | Drowsy at times, less motivated....not too bad. Here is the bad side effect: trying to get off drug.. The WORST withdrawal ever. I tried but went back on.. | Has helped a great deal with severe, debilitating anxiety consistently for 22 years. I stay on the dose prescribed by doctor. Benefits outweigh side effects. | F | 52 | 22 years 1mg 1X day | 11/9/2010 | 5 | Chronic Insomnia | Very effective with no tolerance after 20 years of use. Have withdrawn from it twice for periods up to 4 months to see if I still needed it, without any major problems other than delayed sleep onset. I did need it, as alternatives I tried did not work for me. | Sounds like there is a lot of variability in how people react to this, which is not unusual. I have worked in drug development in psychiatry for nearly 40 years. As the old saying goes "One man's drug is another man's poison." Don't start or stop this drug without ongoing close medical supervision. It is an anticonvulsant (primary indication) and can't be stopped abruptly. | M | 63 | 21 years 1.5 1X day | 11/26/2011 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy | Continued... | The only serious problem with the drug is that it (for me), does NOT mix well with other drugs, so it severely limits my use of other drugs when needed. However, I've been able to work around this, thank heaven! I figure it's given me 21 more years of life that I wouldn't have had, and sure hope to have 21 more! | F | 65 | 21 years | 4/4/2007 | 5 | Peripheral Neuropathy from Flagyl | Short-term memory loss over a period of time, dry mouth, problems taking other drugs with Klonopin as many don't mix well with it. | I've been on Klonopin for 21 years for Peripheral Neuropathy, and I can truthfully say that I wouldn't have wanted to live without it, as I had terrible foot and toe nerve pain and foot and calf cramping due to a violent reaction to a drug called Metronidazole (Flagyl) back in 1986. My side effects have been minimal, i.e., short-term memory loss, dry mouth and, of course, feeling very tense if I don't take my half tablet on time (I take 1/2 a .5 mg. tablet 2-3 times daily). I've read some of the other reports on the board and understand that withdrawal is something not to be desired, but my doctor told me I'd have to be on Klonopin lifetime, as my neuropathy became irreversible, so for me this is not a factor. The amazing thing is that I've been taking 1/2 to 3/4 mg. daily now for 21 years, and have not had to increase it over 1 mg. which is the most I've ever had to take on a very bad day, ie., I've not built up a tolerance. The only serious problem with the drug is that it (for m | F | 65 | 21 years | 4/4/2007 | 5 | Agorophobia, severe panic disorder | I have not had any side effects from Klonopin at all. | Klonopin, for me, is a miracle drug that gave me back my life. From always having depersonalization and being an agoraphobic who could barely leave the house, I now no longer have panic attacks, can travel and even fly, hold a full-time job, got married and have a child. I started with 4 mg a day and weaned myself down to 2 1/2. This drug worked equally well for a sibling with similar problems. Yes, I know that I will never be able to go off because I will go back to what I was, but that does not bother me anymore than a diabetic needing insulin. | 50 | 21 years | 12/13/2009 | 4 | Tourrette's Syndrome | short term memory loss and sometimes loss of memory of words that I have used for years and have had to think hard to recall them to continue conversations .... irritated stomach to the point of acute pain and continancy rarely .... sometime acute fatigue at work or work at home .... burning , watering eyes when it's wearing off or after worn off frequently .... a little more , but that's the main complaint . | I have been taking this drug for 21 years . I started out taking it at the V.A. hospital after being diagnosed as having tourrete's Syndrome in 1986 . I was given a 2mg. tablet that at that time sent me into a pleasant euphoria and sedated the T.S. symptoms . As the years went by I became immune to klonopin and constantly over time had to increase my dosage daily and quickly . I am up to 10 mg's. daily now , however I don't take it every day or it would do no good . I take it every other day at different times ; just when I feel like I need to and take all 5 , 2 mg. pills all at once or it will do no good . If I take it every day I noticed it does'nt do much good mostly and it makes me sick at my stomach which causes other intestinal problems occasionally . In general however , it is a very good sedative with a 1/2 life . Watch out though , it is addictive and my doctor told me if I went off of it cold turkey it could kill me . I had close to that experience in 1995 wen my mail order p | M | 56 | 21 years | 6/16/2007 | 5 | anxiety/panic disorder | I had no side effects at all at first. My doctor though was using this to get me off of xanax. It worked alright. I was overjoyed to be free of xanax (even worse.) But now its been 20 YEARS OF 2MGS 3X'S A DAY!!! I was not told this med was addicting. I suppose it would not have mattered to me then because i was going out of my mind with anxiety and would have done anything to feel better. I had a young child to raise and needed to be there. BUT now my child is all grown up and i am an addict and slave to this and many other meds. I am trying to wean myself off of this terrible drug. If I had only known. KEY - I forgive myself for my ignorance and what it did to me when i was spacey trying to raise my child and any harm it may have done him. (no, i never hurt him) So I am weaning, too fast, I think. I forgive myself for this also and know tomorrow I will regress, but will go on. Once I had it down to .25 per day and was happy and fine. Then a friend died and I quickly got c | Yes, it works great. Just don't take it long . Please do that for yourself or you will end up like me. I have no support on this and am ashamed of what I have become. But I will find freedom again. Get off it now those of you who are on it only months. Please........its evil and seductive | F | 53 | 20 years | 11/3/2008 | 5 | acute anxiety,panic disorder | can't describe any side affects. Was diagnosed with mononucleosis same week I started taking Rivotril. | IT SAVED MY LIFE. I spent about 19 yrs seeing psychiatrists,psychologists,behavioral therapy,hypnosis.Tried many different medications.NOTHING WORKED..Referred to a psychiatrist/drug therapist who gradualy brought me to 3-2mg rivotril a day. After mono subsided I felt normal for the fist time since my symptons started. No side effects. Afer about 10 yrs reduced myself to 2-2mg/dly. After a few more yrs. reduced myself down to 1-2mg/dly.Never had any symptoms of withdrawal.Holding on to the last one,I think,as security blanket. Never regretted taking it. | F | 57 | 20 years | 9/12/2008 | 5 | anxiety / panic attacks | No initial side effects other than it worked to help me get to sleep and keeps the racing thoughts at bay. | After taking this med (or other benzos) for 20+ years I know I am addicted. I have taken the same dose every night and never upped it. I don't take it during the day. If I can't sleep after taking it, it makes me irritable and tired. It did save my sanity at the time I started it, but I know that if I ever try to go off it, I may likely go insane or worse, so it is hard knowing that I'm addicted. I also believe it has gradually caused other health problems but would not know for sure unless I went off it. What I hate the most is that someday I may go through hell trying to withdraw and it scares the hell outta me. My advice is to try every other non addictive anti-anxiety med you can before you end up on benzos. They save your life in one way - but destroy it in another. | F | 53 | 20 years | 7/2/2009 | 5 | Agoraphobia - Anxiety | None, unless I skip a dose at night. have Vivid dreams | Xanax was a nightmare, I would feel it wearing off and took my next dose. With klonopin I take it twice a day and never feel anxious. If you suffer from agoraphobia, please try Klonopin. It helped cure me.If you have Agoraphobia and need to talk to someone, I was there, I wouldn't wish it on anyone. Doctors can help, but unless they lived the phobia they will never know how bad it is. | M | 48 | 20 years 1 mg 2X day | 11/12/2010 | 5 | Panic and insomnia | Klonopin has helped me throughout the past 20 years. I am now 47. I would not be able to sleep if it weren't for this drug and would of had to suffer with panic attacks on certain occasions if it weren't for Klonopin. I take .5 once before bed every night. LIFE SAVER! | F | 47 | 20 years .5 1X day | 1/20/2011 | 5 | anxiety | I have been on clonazepam for years. I slowly withdrew off it a few years ago and I did OK for a time. But, I went back on it and felt much better. I really don't care about the addictive aspect of it. Like I said, I've been on it for 20 years with no adverse effects or a need to increase the dosage (all I wanted was to alleviate the anxiety,not get high and it does that) and probably will be for the rest of my life and that's totally OK with me. | M | 53 | 20 years .5 to 1mg 1X day | 10/25/2010 |
KLONOPIN (CLONAZEPAM): Clonazepam is used to prevent and control seizures. This medication is known as an anticonvulsant or antiepileptic drug. It is also used to treat panic attacks. Clonazepam works by calming your brain and nerves. It belongs to a class of drugs called benzodiazepines. (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)