KLONOPIN Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)

Average Rating: 3.3 (1073 Ratings)

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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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 5  anxiety/panic attacks This medicine saved my life. I don't have the horrible panic attacks I used to have. I have built up some tolerance to the med., but overall still works well for me. F 41 10 years
.5 mg
3/11/2012
 1  Stress reasons When I first started it I was feeling really good. It felt like I took a happy pill, and then when my stress got a little funny I would take 1mg that morning instead of the .5mg which wasn't that often. However, during the course of taking it I felt fine with no side effect. However, by me taking extra doses caused me to run out quicker. Now here is where the problem starts. once I ran out on a Friday, I was fine until that fourth day came around and all hell broke loose. Now it's Wednesday, and I'm at a restaurant with my guy friend and he's a doctor ( check that out, what the hell) the A's were sitting there, I'm getting these dam brain zaps a few times and I still didn't say anything to him bcuz he doesn't know I was on this. Haha Now here comes Thursday and I'm down for the count. Brain zaps, tingling sensation and burning of the skin, nervous stomach, slight acid reflux, tightening of the chest, constipation, slight fever, sinus pressure in the face, it felt like I had a lump in my throat, cold hands and feet,. I think I named them all and here it is going on ten days later and I'm just starting to see Alittle bit of relief. The things I feel now after almost ten days are cold hands and feet, tightening of the chest like chest spasms, nervous stomach, lump in throat, and I think that is it.... One time I felt like this in between those weeks of taking it because I forgot to take it and my chest started tightening up and I ran and took 1mg and it stopped immediately. So w F 40 1 months
.05 2xAD
3/11/2012
 5  Schizophrenia/anxiety M 45 6 months
1.5 mg
3/9/2012
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 5  Panic Disorder Makes me tired. Klonopin saved my life! I have horrible panic disorder, so much so that it stopped my life for a period of one year. With out Klonopin, I would be in that dark area that I was in several years back. I can function. My panic attacks are rare now, rather than daily and multiple times a day. When I am having a panic attack, I take a Klonopin and within 20 minutes or so, I am completely back to normal. I am prescribed to take it 3 times daily, but I tend to take it once a day, and sometimes not even that often anymore...I couldn't live with out this medication, and am thankful for it! F 31 6 years
1MG 3X day
3/7/2012
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 1  Cervical Dystonia DON'T EVER TAKE THIS DRUG! THE BAD EXPERIENCES LISTED HERE ARE NOT MADE UP! This medicine caused Extreme fatigue and lethargy, Muscle weakness, Muscle wasting, Weight loss (about 50 lbs.), Slowed digestion and acid reflux, Extreme depression, Insomnia, Lack of restful sleep when I could sleep, Irritability, Slight nausea when starting it, Sometimes a fast heart rate. My neurologist prescribed this for Cervical Dystonia. He never mentioned that it was 20 times more potent than Valium, was in the same family as Valium and was a tranquilizer. I would have NEVER taken this had I known it. Also, it is to be used no longer than 2-4 weeks (max). This is one of the hardest drugs (if not the hardest class of drugs - i.e., benzodiazepines) to come off of (even worse than heroin for many people). The withdrawal effects can linger for months or years. I have tried 7 previous times to come off of this drug (since 2010) and have been unable to. DON'T EVER TAKE THIS OR ANY OTHER BENZODIAZEPINES!!! [Note: I have found one helpful site to be www.benzobuddies.org]. I cannot stress this enough: DON'T EVER GO ON THIS DRUG!!! I HAVE NOT WORKED IN OVER 3 YEARS DUE TO THIS DRUG! IT HAS RUINED MANY PEOPLE'S LIVES. IT MUST BE TAPERED SLOWLY OR YOU COULD HAVE A SEIZURE. IT NEEDS TO BE REMOVED FROM THE MARKET! IT IS IN THE SAME FAMILY AS XANAX, ATIVAN AND VALIUM! M 49 4 years
1 MG. 2X day
3/5/2012
 1  Panic/Anxiety caused by Abilify Terrible withdrawal! Do not take this s*** unless you want to take it forever. I have been trying to slowly wean myself off of this poison and CANNOT. I have only been taking it 10 days! I am now down to .125 MG per day and experiencing awful withdrawal symptoms...dizziness, headache, nausea, sensitivity to lights & noise, racing heart, paranoia, diarrhea, and a bunch of other crap I can't remember. I am pissed off at my psych doc for prescribing this stupid "medicine". It was way easier when I went through Vicodin withdrawal COLD TURKEY. I just hope I get off of this s*** and live to tell about it. F 45 13 days
1 MG 1X day
3/5/2012
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 5  Anxiety, PTSD Um side effects, let's see. I have groceries in my fridge, a boy friend, and a job. Not bad if you ask me. I have had anxiety for all of my adult life I just didn't know what it was. My attacks were so bad I thought killing myself was the only way for relief. I got to where I just didn't step out of my comfort zone for fear of an attack. My doc put me on a number of meds befor I found the winning combo. Prozack and Klonopin. I cant always predict when I will have a P/A but I know if I do have one there is relief. I have a normal life now. I can go Places by myself, drive over bridges, and take a jog without feeling like I'm going to get kidnapped and torcherd to death. All in all I would say these are good things. Now for the withdrawal, I don't plan on having to deal with that F 30 6 years
1 mg
2/28/2012
 5  Anxiety/ Panic Disorder Sleepy/drowsy, dry mouth (when I began taking it). Trying to get off of the drug causes: tremors, severe chest pains, panic attacks, for me asthma attacks as well, diarrhea, vomiting, not in touch with reality (you feel as though you are in a tunnel - sounds are weird and things look different). Uncontrolled muscle cramping and twitching, insomnia, unrealistic racing thoughts - makes you wish you were dead rather than suffer through the crawling out of your skin hellish withdrawals it causes. I've never made it for more than two days because I couldn't take the beating. Once I take my very first pill back into Klonopin land - I'm fine and function perfectly well. My old doc had a problem with my 0.5 mg X 3 per day Xanax that I had been taking for years for general anxiety she kept calling me a benzophobe & wanted me off of it so what does she do - she puts me on Klonopin to replace Xanax (@ 0.5mg X3 per day). At first I felt as if I had been "snowed" by the drug but with a few days that sleepy out of touch feeling ended & worked excellently for my anxiety/panic attacks. Klonopin double sworded at least for me because it does relieve my symptoms, but I can never go without taking the prescribed dose or my body will make sure I remember by causing terrible side effects. I don't like being controlled by a pill & want off of it, but I have read anything I can find and I guess it's the devil to get off. I've tried it once myself (quitting the drug), and thought I was literally going to die from a heart attack. Once it's out of my system I'm a train wreck, confined to my house unable to concentrate - let alone try to drive a car. You feel like you are in another world - sweating, shaking - babbling on and on. Xanax would have been like quitting candy compared to this beefed up version of it. I like to call it "Xanax on steroids" It is that potent. If you don't have to take it - DON'T... F 43 3 years
1mg 3X day
2/27/2012
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 1  anxiety After a while I was feeling all the symptoms the drug was supposed to alleviate. Anxiety,agoraphobia,depression, and as I quit I went through utter hell. I stopped on my own and my physician still doesn't know. Real effective. Three months of GI problems dizziness, twitching, ringing of the ears(tinnitus) I would not recommend this drug to my worst enemy. OK maybe to my worst enemy but not to anybody I would like to see healthy and not a drug addict. Seemed good until my cognitive functions went south and I realized someone had turned me into a drug addict without telling me that I would become addicted. Thank you state sanctioned drug pushers. M 44 4 years
3X day
2/27/2012
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 5  seizure disorder - small instestine I'm taking this medication for a seizure disorder in my small intestine. I was taking .125 4x a day with no real side effects. Today my doctor uppped the dosage to .25 4x day after I had surgery for something else and the general anesthesia riled up the intestinal seizures. This drug has helped me more than anything else in the past 7 years. However, I'm very concerned about long term use and upping the dosage. F 43 4 months
.25 4X day
2/6/2012
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 5  ptsd None It gave me my life back M 33 9 years
.5 mg 3X day
2/1/2012
 4  Bipolar mania It did well as far as stabilizing my mania but after a few months i was told to taper off and aside from insomnia, it isn't too bad... i used to take 2 mg of xanax 6x/day and i had to stay dosed because i would get that chest pain and felt like I was dying... i had to detox in a nut ward on librium and i had jolts and cramps for 8 months... and this didnt make me act drunk like xanax. I am drinking lemon balm tea, taking skullcap and theanine and those are all GABA receptor herbs that hit parts of the brain that benzos hit... I am much more relaxed now... also i take focalin for hyperactivity after it had shortages and had to take ritalin and was irritable and tired all the time... M 31 4 months
0.5 mg 4x/
1/30/2012
 4  panic attacks;anxiety Start to feel detached from reality when run out. M 30 6 years
6mg
1/29/2012
 1  LACK OF JUDGMENT Every side effect in the book especially once I hit tolerance, which we all do. I don't even have time to write them all down. At first this drug seems great. Over time your health goes downhill and you get interdose withdrawal symptoms. This medication is an absolute nightmare to come off. For those of you who want more info, email me. I just got off, and know how terrible it is. Check out benzo.org.uk, benzosupport. Also be sure to Google Benzo Withdrawal and check out Youtube Videos. Good luck to everyone going thru Benzo hell trying to get off this crap. It's terrible I know but it gets better I promise. F 21 2 years
1 MG 2X day
1/24/2012
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 1  GAD MEMORY LOSS, COGNITIVE FUNCTION! I took Klonapin well the generic for more than 4 years possibly 7. I am mostly upset that only one doctor ever pushed me to get off of this stuff! I now have memory loss and feel foggy all the time. I now also have a tremor unsure if this was caused by Klonopin. This should never be given to a child under 14! I may get in contact with this doctor just to let him know how much he messed my adult life up! F 22 4 years
2mg 2X day
1/17/2012
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 1  Fibromyalgia, Restless Leg, Sleep I was put on Klonpin pre-internet and had no idea how addictive and how radically this medication would change me. I tried to kick this medication 6x before I finally tapered off only to have horrible withdrawal symptoms. Klonopin is a LIVING HELL....DO NOT EVER TAKE IT. Withdrawal symptoms are horrible....just go online and google klonopin withdrawal and listen to others stories and watch youtube videos as they don't lie. F 46 12 years
1 MG 1X day
1/17/2012
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 5  GAD Some sleepiness, improved by reducing dosage to .25 mg at night. A bit of euphoria, but mostly just a good mood, not hypomania or mania. I take the generic version (clonazepam) in combination with 50 mg of sertraline (Zoloft), and the low-dose combo is great for me. I just started taking clonazepam again, after three-plus months at .25-.5 mg per night and then a two-month hiatus. I had no withdrawal issues after tapering off over a few weeks. With intermittent use, my energy is normal, I'm far less reactive to foods and far less dizzy/foggyheaded. My chronic anxiety is totally exhausting - this provides very good relief. I also took Ativan for several months a few years ago, with no withdrawal issues when I tapered off. I am lucky, I think, and I do not have any history of drug or alcohol addiction. It seems clear that different people respond in different ways to this drug. F 37 3 months
.5 1X day
12/31/2011
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 5  Panic/anxiety Drowsiness, feeling of normalcy If you have an addictive personality your Dr. should know this and you probably should not be prescribed this or any benzo type medication. For the anxiety sufferer who hates having to be on a benzo in the first place this is a truly wonderful medication. It has a very long half life so you don't have peaks and valleys of anxiety that shorter acting benzos tend to cause. Taken responsibly along with therapy this medication is of great aid to take charge of your life again. I have not needed to up my dose in over 3 years and when time is right I will slowly titrate down off this medication. You must be an active participant in your healthcare, be diligent, question your Dr., weigh the pros and cons of any medication, and continue to push yourself so your beast does not rule your life. Wishing you all peace. M 40 3 years
.25-.5 1X day
12/30/2011
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 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
 5  Anxiety Drowsiness, very pleasant sort of high feeling F 27 6 years
1mg
12/20/2011
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