KLONOPIN Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)

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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)

  

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 3  Anxiety None F 30 4 years
6mg day
11/14/2013
 1  withdrawal from lyrica First week helped my shakes/anxiety from lyrica withdrawal a lot. Then came the WORST psychotic dream you could imagine. Only it felt real. I dreamt I was sleeping on couch with my dog and cat. (Which I was. Dog had surgery so I wanted to keep an eye on him.). I dreamt mt 13 yr old cat had kittens, they were stuck in the couch, then they were gone, I got up with horrible scratching, to find baby kittens scratching me inside my pajamas, then I opened the freezer and found someone had put the kittens in plastic containers, no lids and froze them to death. Yeah, seriously. I've NEVER in my life experienced anything like this! Now my anxiety and shaking is through the roof! This is sick! And the rheumatologist asked me if I'd rather go back on lyrica because I have such a hard time coming off. That was horrible too! Shook like I had Parkinsons, speech problems...now I'm just psychotic. ..great. Pharmaceuticals are killing me! I never should've gone to the rheumatologist for my fibro ever! I'll take the pain anyday!! I'm seriously afraid this crap is going to kill me. I'm used to being able to go out and work and plow through anything head on. Now I'm afraid prescribed meds will kill me. F 47 8 days
.25
11/13/2013
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 1  Nighttime panic attacks/anxiety Do NOT take this drug!! I was taking it because I was on Xanax (GREAT) medicine by the way, but it would NOT last me all night so my doctor said klonopin sometimes works better and lasts longer. I figured ok I took Canax I was trwat and Klonopin is in the same family let me give it a try (DONT) Side effects for me were: at first about 30 minutes after taking it (maybe 30 minutes in I felt relaxed very short lived ) I was EXTREMELY tired, but made my panic shoot through the roof, heart felt faster, mind racing, and every time I put my head on the pillow It would not allow me to sleep (which got even worse for the next 24 hours then pretty much FINALLY started to wear off) it was the worst experience of my life! I do NOT recommend it that said EVERYONE is different just PLEASE talk to your doctor and ASK questions! I will NEVER take this drug again...EVER! Good luck! F 18 1 days
0.5mg
10/28/2013
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 5  Anxiety attacks In the beginning I would feel "sluggish" and would probably sound like I was drunk, but that all stopped after the few week or two. No side effects now, other than mild drowsiness. I am still able to drive/work without any issue. But if I lay down for awhile I might fall asleep. Switched to this after not getting much relief from Xanax, and my anxiety became much more manageable. Even at 0.5mg, it takes effect pretty quickly. I can take one at night to relax and fall asleep better - but generally if I take it during an anxiety attack, I only feel mildly tired, not enough to interfere with my ability to function. And it definitely makes me feel calmer. F 27 2 years
1mg 1X day
9/19/2013
 2  Anxiety Yuk depression like no other, stopping tomorrow had enough rather have a panic attack thanks, I feel like i got dementia. AVOID M 45 3 months
0.5 1X day
9/12/2013
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 1  Grief Depersonalization, Derealization, Disassociation.. After tapering for six weeks.. Considered a cold turkey. Extremely symptomatic 17 months bedridden.. To many symptoms to list.. Poison.. Should be banned and illegal. F 52 5 years
1mg
9/8/2013
 1  PTSD, panic disorder, anxiety Interesting that the length of time taking the drug only goes to 10 years. I was RXd this med for 18 1/2 years, never too more than rxd and never abused it. At 14 yrs my mental and physical health declined rapidly. This drug almost killed me many times. I have lost my profession, my family, my health, and my dignity and I owe it all to Klonopin and the doc that prescribed it. F 55 10 years
1-8 mg/day
9/8/2013
 1  Just a normal reaction to divorce The length of time given to choose from was not enough. I was on this garbage for over 31 years and still now going through a horrible withdrawal all alone from the effect that the side effects had on me. Nobody can expect a spouse to stay with someone who becomes so sick they can't look after themselves. I nearly died from the side effects. Was dx with every syndrome under the sun. All a bunch of garbage. Down as low as I am now all these sxs lumped into syndromes are completely gone except for feeling extremely exhausted from the two plus years I've spent withdrawing. Everyone I knew wants nothing to do with me now even tho I'm a different person completely. I don't blame them. The withdrawal itself is horrific and the memories of what these did to me haunt me everyday. I literally have no one left in my life, even my children. I spend my days using coping techniques to get throught the withdrawal. That's EVERY day! (with 2 more years to go). My nights are fraught with sleeplessness from withdrawal that no one seems to want to admit exists. Hence now the physical health is being affected tho not nearly as bad as when I was on the full 12 mg. This drug destroyed me, my soul, any relationship I had (just now signing papers for divorce I don't want)and left me struggling to start a whole new life alone. Can't say enough about how bad this drug is. After every cut, when I stabilize, I have no anxiety, no depression, none of the crap that sent everybody running F 58 10 days
12mg
9/7/2013
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 1  My doctor prescribed it Still sick 21 months since cessation after a year long slow taper. Unable to work. I am merely existing, and not very well. It binds to and damages GABA-a receptors leaving you in an agonizing hyper-sensitive state, possibly for many years after discontinuing the drug. It is the most horrific discontinuation syndrome I have ever known. You may not get as sick as me. But you should know the possibility to get this unthinkably ill is there with this one. So heads up. M 34 7 years
1 MG 4X day
9/7/2013
 1  muscle tension in my neck Worked great at first, but I was never warned that long-term use can damage your central nervous system. This drug has completely destroyed my life. If I could rate it less than zero, I would. F 49 10 years
1-3 mg
9/7/2013
 1  Insomnia I am severely brain damaged from this drug that I cannot even fill out this form appropriately with all the details. This drug creates inhuman suffering that goes on for years and years and years even when you come off of it. Deep, deep nerve pain that is non-stop. I don't know how I'm alive. F 58 14 years
1.5 mg 1X day
9/6/2013
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 5  Panic, anxiety, insomnia I have had no bad side affects. After the death of my husband I was given .5 mg tablets of Klonopin and told to take 3 of them a day for panic, anxiety or sleeplessness. For about six months I did take 1.5 mg a day and was able to squash the worst panic attacks or get a good restful night's sleep. Then I decided to taper down on the amount I was taking, which I did with the only side effect being a few nights of restlessness and body aches. For the last year and a half I have taken the drug infrequently, for episodes of panic or when I have a racing mind at night. I just did home hospice for my mother, and after she passed I started taking .5 during the middle of the day for anxiety. I have never felt addicted to Klonopin, it has never been hard to stop taking it. I do feel good knowing I have a supply if I have a few bad days. Because I take it intermittently, the very low dose still gives me full benefit. During the six months I took it daily, I noticed no reduction in effectiveness at the 1.5 mg daily dose. Thank goodness for this drug. It has gotten me through some very rough times. This is the first drug of this type I have ever used in my life and I am very grateful for it. When I have mild symptoms I try other techniques to settle myself down, but when nothing else works .5 Klonopin really helps the hell that is panic and anxiety. F 58 2 years
1.5 1X day
9/5/2013
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 3  Anxiety forgetfulness, vague, if i stop heady feeilng more Anxiety Is ok but stopping is a bitch! any ideas luckily only .25mg Need the best way to stop swap to Valium or go CT. M 45 90 days
.25 1X day
8/25/2013
 3  Insomnia, chronic pain, migraine I had to seek professional help to get off Klonopin and an now 17 days without and feel like crap. My entire body is in knots, I feel detached from my extremities, I feel like taking the pills again, but I know I must get through this. I started with Ativan, Valium and Xanax and eventually was prescribed Clonazapem. My advice, don't take Benzos. F 41 9 years
6 mg
7/31/2013
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 4  anxiety panic ATacks I felt on top of the world.. I couldn't do no wrong .. which is a false since of securty .. I was addicted .. after stopping cold turkey I was on 6 mg a day .. I have short term memory loss , slow responses, and can't get a job ... stay away from it !!!!! F 53 8 years
2 mg
7/14/2013
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 1  Anxiety Slothing, Mood swings, forgetfulness, Impulse purchasing. Yeah flush them, the piper comes eventually, just a bandage to your wound, You wont die from Anxiety you will from Klonopin or loose aspects of your life. Taken as prescribed not abused yet still felt this way, don't give me none of this Miracle BS. I tell it how it is. Try talking instead of popping it helps really does! M 45 60 days
0.5 2X day
7/7/2013
 4  Anxiety and Depression Calm feeling, not the quick "downer" like xanax but longer acting and a more stable relaxed feeling. Be careful with disconuing this medication...I withdrew too quickly and paid the price for 2.5 months before I felt semi-normal again. If I was rating this medication on withdrawal symptoms I would have given it a "1". But with the benefit of hindsight this drug helped me through some very difficult periods. After 4 years I was ready to quit and I did. But I believe I tapered too quickly...went down from 4 mg (4 years) to 1 mg in just over a month with the help of Neurontin. Then I did 1 mg for 1 month, to zero. The side effects are quite horrible...felt like my skin was crawling, major insomnia, mental cloud and very bad tinitus...but after 2.5 months I turned a corner and was 90% back to normal. It's been 1.5 years since I took Klonopin and I'm just fine now. So, pls take as prescribed and if you happen to be on a long-term regiment, be sure to taper off very slowly...although the horrible withdrawal symptoms ironically served me well because I have no temptation to use these pills again. If a bottle of 100 were in my lap I would throw them out. yes, that chapter is over. M 36 4 years
1 mg 3X day
6/26/2013
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 5  anxity, stress I take the klonopin once daily (at bedtime) and it helps me relax so I can sleep. I have racing thoughts. but with the klonopin, that has stopped. also if I am having some issues with anxiety during the day one tablet will calm me and help me not go into panic mode. Have been taking klonopin for over a yr now with no side effects. and much success. I take the klonopin once daily (at bedtime) and it helps me relax so I can sleep. I have racing thoughts. but with the klonopin, that has stopped. also if I am having some issues with anxiety during the day one tablet will calm me and help me not go into panic mode. Have been taking klonopin for over a yr now with no side effects. and much success.--- also taking 200 mgs of Lamictal once a day (bedtime) for Bi-polar disorder- no side effects, and is a life saver! no cycling. been stable for a while now. and so much happier. F 42
0.5 1X day
6/25/2013
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6/24/2013
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