KLONOPIN Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (1073 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare KLONOPIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | Anxiety | This med generally helped with my anxiety. However, do NOT stop suddenly. Talk with doctor about tapering down the dose to come off. The withdrawal symptoms are horrible and debilitating. For 3 months after quitting cold turkey I had intense mood swings, heart palpitations, worsened anxiety, and nausea. Please be careful coming off this drug. | F | 23 | 1 years 10 | 6/10/2013 | 4 | GAD, fears, DEPERSONALIZATION | THE ONLY SIDE EFFECT I KNOW IS, ONCE YOU POP U CANT STOP, IF YOU ARE LONG ON IT, BEWARE OF GETTING OFF, THAT IS WHY I HAVE IT 4 NOT 5 | VERY HELPFUL, HELPED DURING MY DIVORCE AND WHEN MY KID GOT DIAGNOSED WITH CANCER | M | 33 | 6 years 2MG 2X day | 5/24/2013 | 1 | Mild Anxiety | Increased anxiety, blurred vision, heart racing, body aches, hot and cold sweats, indigestion, paranoia, obsessive anxious thoughts, lack of self control | I have been off of Klonopin for 5 years now and wanted to come here to tell everyone struggling it DOES get better. You can feel better again but don't give up if you are coming off of this stuff. Minutes felt like hours, I got every side effect in the book because my doc did a cold turkey on me. I prayed to the Lord to take me to Heaven as I felt I could not bear it. Then the days started getting better, I saw progress little by little and now I can say I am much better and benzo free. I do notice some slight memory issues and side effects from time to time and am not on any other medications, I will not even take an Aspirin anymore, but I feel so much better. I used to think it was the best medication ever but then got sicker and getting off was horrible. I am praying for everyone here because I totally empathize. Please seek God and know, it does get better I mean it with all of my heart. | F | 28 | 3 years .25 1X day | 4/30/2013 | 1 | anxiety | paradoxical anxiety, memory problems, caused insomnia, depression | At first helped me relax and sedating but slowly built tolerance and caused nightmarish problems | M | 44 | 8 months 2 mg 1X day | 4/24/2013 | 5 | Panic attacks | Sleepiness, so calm. | 14 reviews for this drug, all on April 8, and all with a rating of 1. Sounds kind of fishy. Anyways, love this medicine, but take it sparingly! Your memory is affected by this drug. You also get addicted very easily, even if you're just taking it as the doctor tells you. But it works wonders. | F | 23 | 2 years 1mg 1X W | 4/20/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | Extreme exhaustion. Foggy feeling. Nothing else so far. Has done wonders for anxiety. Panic attacks ended within 30 mins of taking pill. Downside is the exhaustion almost hate to take it cause I know I will have a hard time staying awake. | F | 24 | 5 weeks 1mg | 4/13/2013 | 2 | Anxiety | I wanted a longer acting anxiety medication & since this has 36 hr half life thought I would try it. First night I took the 1/2 mg & had some pretty disturbing dreams & very real feeling. Each time I'd wake up from them so sleep was interrupted all night. I also didn't feel right on it so second night went with 1/4 mg & more dreams plus sweats & felt awful all night. It's a very strong medication & I'm sensitive to meds so that could be why. Lorazepam is much more mild but short acting. Not sure how people take higher doses if klonopin & function. Anyway, maybe after a time dreams & side effects would go away but not going to try. I can imagine it would be a nightmare to get off this stuff. Good luck | F | 60 | 2 days .05 | 4/12/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | forgetfulness, insomnia a little, good god you tried to stop this even after 4 weeks, my guts are ripped inside out. I have to fight of any cravings for another. Yes helps Anxiety but coming of is pure hell on earth | M | 44 | 4 weeks 0.5 1X day | 4/9/2013 Patient History | 1 | Anxiety | Brain fog, anxiety, heart palpitations, diahrea, constipation, dizziness. | M | 51 | 8 months 0.5 mg | 4/9/2013 | 1 | Insomnia | I gradually lost control of my emotions on this addictive drug and didn't even know it. Coming off it has been hell on earth. Go to benzobuddies.org and read the stories about this drug and how it has ruined lives. | F | 58 | 7 years 1 mg 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | anxiety and insomnia | I was not informed that if you stop taking Klonopin you can have very serious, life-threatening withdrawal. I stopped taking it cold turkey and experienced tremors, nausea, feelings of vibration all over my body, and hallucinations. | F | 33 | 6 years 2mg 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Anxiety sleep | horrible side affects, anxiety increased, suicide thoughts, body pain | Never take this drug for more than 2 weeks, very additive and difficult to get off of. | F | 56 | 1 years .5 mg 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | This drug is evil incarnate. It utterly destroyed my life. I was in a wasteland for years before figuring out it was this horror drug. I have been housebound for 4.5 years after a too quick taper and c/t from .3mg. I was bedridden for six months and mostly bedridden for three years after that. I had up to 40 w/d symps that tried to kill me. I sustained systemic functional brain damage and CNS damage and have been living in the seven circles of Hades. NEVER take this poison. It's illegal to take for more than a month in other countries. It's 20x more powerful and destructive than Valium...and that created a nightmare in the 60's. Got anxiety? Avoid this like the plague...it will make your original anxiety seem like a day at Disney. Treat your fears with a) counseling b) God c) GOOD supps like True Hope d) stop your addictions e) get tested for hormone/virus/bacterial infection/sugar/insulin resistance/thyroid. STAY AWAY from this drug! | Utterly EVIL. | F | 40 | 7 years .5 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Anxiety after heart operation | while taking it, no sx...after stopping it, sx were uncontrollable anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, nausea, loss of appetite, loss of 40 lbs, crying, screaming, burning skin, cramping stomach, dry mouth, dry skin, depression, fear, too many to list.... | While taking the Klonopin I had no sx until I tried to stop it after a short time (a few months) and so I stayed on it, thinking it was my problem and that I needed it (as told by MDs). After 17 years of a small dose of .125 that I took at night to help me sleep, I stopped it and c/t'd it as told by an MD. I am now 2.5 years free of it and still suffer with sx which make many of my days almost intolerable....how much longer will this last? Stay away from these benzodiazepines...get help for your anxiety, talk therapy, hypnosis, exercise, meditation...anything else to help yourself...do not take this drug... | F | 67 | 17 years .125 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | To counteract agitation from antide | Extreme depression and lethargy, suicidal thoughts and urges, derealization, depersonalization, rage | Within an hour or less of taking this drug I would get extremely depressed and lethargic to the point my husband had to help feed and bathe me. I started having rages FOR NO REASON out of nowhere and then suicidal thoughts and even urges, again for no reason. This drug as well as others in its class (benzodiazepines) should be limited to short-term (2-4 week) use. Beyond that, the user could develop a tolerance where more of the drug is needed to reduce anxiety/insomnia. Users also get interdose withdrawal from the drug and feel the need to take more of the drug before the next dose to calm down. Before you know it, your brain is dependent on it. Withdrawals from this drug are Hellish and last longer (YEARS in some cases) than withdrawal than from street drugs. Cold turkey withdrawal from this drug made all the above side effects much worse and I'm still healing from its effects 18 months later. | F | 36 | 10 weeks 0.125 3X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Anxiety | . When I started taking Klonopin it seemed rather benign I thought it helped might with my anxiety little bit . However it quickly turned on me, and caused me to have increased anxietybut I never realized that it was the medication itself doing this so I continued to take it. When I realized it, the withdrawal process became a huge nightmare in my life. It took 1 year to slowly taper off and it ruined so many relationships in my life. I am still reeling from the Side affects And I have been off of the medication for 7 1/2 months. It is pure POISEN!! | M | 54 | 7 years 1.5mg | 4/8/2013 | 1 | chronic myofascial pain | Pain from spastic neck and back muscles way beyond my original condition, near-constant migraine-level tension headaches, head pressure, lightheadedness, balance problems, tinnitus, numbness and tingling in my tongue/face/extremities ... you name the neurological symptom and I've probably experienced it. | Even with a year-long doctor-supervised taper, this drug was almost impossible to discontinue. At 2.5 years Klonopin-free, I am still disabled by the horrific symptoms of the benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome. Warning labels for these drugs are wholly inadequate. | F | 48 | 13 years 1 mg 3X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Axiety | Severe Withdrawl, Almost killed me. | Causes a worse physical dependency than heroin. That is not a joke. | M | 36 | 9 years 2mg 2X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | sleep | Tolerance withdrawal soon developed. Very very sick for 5 years before anyone identified the cause of klonopin tolerance withdrawal. Took me almost 2 years to get off this awful chemical. Major GABA receptor damage. | Symptoms were tachycardia, chest pain/pressure, major GI pain, nausea, cramps, diarrhea, skin rash, itching, insomnia, rebound anxiety, burning eyes, tingling in hands and feet, headaches, joint/muscle aches, fatigue. Had to keep increasing the dose to not get these withdrawal symptoms. | M | 67 | 7 months .25 1X day | 4/8/2013 | 1 | Sleep/ anxiety | Waaaaaaay too many to list | This poison should never be taken by anyone it has literally destroyed my health and my life- I always took responsibly and less than rx'd - do not believe your doc they are ignorant I promise you this shit is pure poison - do not take!!!!!!!! See Ashton manual | F | 38 | 5 days 2.0 mg 1X day | 4/8/2013 |