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 |
| 1 | Anxiety, waking up at 4am | I got a paradoxical effect after 2 weeks thought it was low blood sugar, finally started reading about this drug. I had terrible heart palipatations , anxiety, woke up every 2 hours so I had extreme insomnia, tremors, night sweats, nausea, lack of appetite. Terrible taper and withdrawl just after 3 weeks. | This drug is the worst thing that has ever happened to me in my life. I didn't even ask for it. A new Dr I went to thought I needed to take it for sleep and anxiety. I was there for a breast lump and just had resigned from a stressful job of course I had some anxiety. It have me anxiety. It should never be taken daily. It should only be given to severe epileptic patients. This drug costs me several months of absolute hell. I had such severe side effects and withdrawls I looked into a treatment center but of course they give you more drugs. I toughed it out and it was awful. Please do not take this drug!!!! I literally was not eating and functioning well for several months. It also threw my whole body in a crisis so now I have low thyroid. Please again do not take this drug!!!! | F | 56 | 3 weeks .25 | 1/22/2015 | 1 | Social anxiety | Okay, I won't bother with the lectures, telling people not to take this because you will probably disregard it. That's what I did. Anyway, when I started college I was nervous and went to my psych for something to help. She prescribed this. Over the 2.5 years I took this, I experienced panic attacks, psychosis, withdrawal, the list goes on. I have a very hazy memory of that time, but this med completely made me lose my mind. I did things that weren't characteristic of me. I felt awful. I ended up in several psych wards (I don't have a psych history) from what I now understand to be from the side effects caused by this. | When I finally got myself off this, it took months to feel normal. I had to taper the dose which was extremely unpleasant. Also, many doctors as well as my psych didn't believe me. Long story short- I still have anxiety as that's who I am but I've realized that diet and exercise play a big part. Take care of yourself. Visit benzo dot org dot uk for more info. If you will be on this please do your research. | F | 24 | 2.5 years 2 MG 1X day | 12/28/2014 | 1 | Panic attack | Head pressure rapid heart rate internal trembling muscle twitches chest pains negative thoughts | This medicine does more harm than good. Works great at the beginning. But your body will get addicted to it and coming off is insane. One of the most horrible things that has happened in my life | M | 24 | 2 years 1MG | 12/20/2014 | 5 | Severe Anxiety | Initial light headedness and drowsiness. | Klonopin has been a wonderful medication for me! I spent long days, months, years paralyzed in my house, with crushing panic attacks at the thought of having to go out. Klonopin put an end to that problem. | F | 50 | 10 years 1.0- 2.0 m | 11/27/2014 | 5 | General and Social Anxiety | Virtually none. I feel mildly sedated (could call it tired I suppose) an hour or so after I take it but that feeling goes away soon after. This is a funny one. . . "my filter is broke" I'm more outgoing, talkative. . . have to watch what I say. | It would be difficult for me to overstate how beneficial this drug has been to me. Prior to adding Klonopin to my regimen (diagnosed BP as well) my anxiety was so severe as to affect every aspect of my life. Socially, I was a recluse. I had to psyche myself up prior to going into social settings. At times even trips to the grocery store were difficult. At work I had a phobia when it came to using the phone (abhorred conference calls, etc). Overall, there was this constant, pervasive fear that I had never been able to shake (been that way since I was a child). After Klonopin. . . .everything changed. Like a switch, life isnt as hard anymore. I dont think twice about picking up the phone at work, after my sons basketball team wins a game I eagerly run down from the stands to chat with the other parents. Its very worrisome to read the many horror stories of people who have or are trying to wean themselves off the medicine and the horrible side effects that they are dealing with but then there are the success stories. Individuals who've been on the medicine 5,10+ years and have complain of no side effects. As for me, I'll continue taking the medicine. I take a .25mg to .5mg per day. I try to take a day off here or there in hopes that I can slow the speed at which I grow tolerate to the medicine. As I read the stories about the horrific withdrawal symptoms others are battling with I cant help but wonder. . . what prompted them to want to wean themselves off the medicine in the fi | M | 42 | 2 months .25mg 2X day | 11/27/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | drowsiness, depression, severe neuropathy, parkinsonism, back pain, arrhythmia. | I fight for last 5 years to get off clonazepan. This is not a medicine, it's a poison. Should be forbidden. | M | 63 | 9 years 1 MG 1X day | 11/20/2014 | 5 | Anxiety/Panic Disorders | I don't recall any side effects. | I have GAD & PTSD. I withdrew from every1, but my husband & sons. I never left the apartment unless I absolutely had to. I found out about Klonopin from my husband's doctor. I called my doctor..he was hesitant at first, but knew I was grasping for hope. He had me try just about every antidepressant on the market.They all made me have nonstop anxiety attacks, made me severely depressed & I stayed nauseous & sick, so he put me on 6 MG Klonopin... 2 MG 3 times a day. I took that dosage for many years then I had to change doctors due to insurance. My new doctor changed the dose to 1 MG 3 times a day. That was 3 yrs ago. This passed September I was put on a new antidepressant. I went to get my Klonopin refilled but my doctor said no. After 3 wks I started having the episodes again and I have withdrawn from every1 again. I've had no meds of any kind for almost 2 months... I live in darkness again & it's like hell on earth. I don't know if I'm addicted to Klonopin cause the only thing I'm experiencing is what I started feeling when I was 15, & had never taken medicine of any kind before.. I didn't actually start meds until I was 28. Nothing ever worked except Klonopin. I know Klonopin won't work for everyone but it worked for me. | F | 40 | 10 years 3 MG | 11/19/2014 | 1 | insomnia, anxiety and panic attacks | Headache, nausea, insomnia, stomach pain, RLS, no appetite, irregular heart beat, severe depression, suicidal thoughts, blood pressure problems etc, etc, etc Terrible withdrawal! | This medication will make almost anyone feel great for a short time. The problem is when you HAVE to or WANT to stop. It is a terrible withdrawal to deal with. I strongly recommend NOT starting this medication unless you understand you will probably have to increase your dosage eventually/quickly to achieve the effect it is prescribed for and eventually you will have to stop taking it. Withdrawal is Hell and strongly outweighs any good this medication did for me in the beginning. It will take me months to slowly taper off and my head may never be the same again. Just trying to be honest and give someone a fair warning. Wish someone had warned me. God bless and good luck..... | M | 45 | 2 years 1 MG 2X day | 11/18/2014 | 1 | Epilepsy | Before tolerance withdrawal, I'm sure I had side effects but I was too much of an idiot to notice. Basically, it changed my moods, personality, and put me in to a fog for 1.5 years until I learned about tolerance withdrawal. Learned that from the ER Drs, not my own Dr. | Been tapering for a year and 3months. From 2mg, 2x day - now down to .25mg, 1x day. If I had read all the negative reviews about this before or while I was taking it the first year, I would have thought, Oh Blahhh, no biggie...works for me! That's the problem. It works for just about everyone. So for all those that give it a 4 or 5, because it works for you...you're not unique to it working for you. The negative reviews, the warnings, the horror stories are all completely true and they are not just written by people who have nothing better to do. These are warnings. I've tapered very slowly. The first few drops were rocky but not horrific because I did it very slow. My taper from .5mg to .25 has been like being dunked into my own unpredictable personal hell at any moment or day, without notice and then back to reality for a bit. If the bad reviews sound emotional, its more fact. Especially since it doesn't just effect emotions or mental state. It's completely physical as well. Your entire body is effected. Right. I didn't believe all of it either. Except today as I was doing nothing else but sitting on the couch with my dog, part of my tooth fell out of my mouth. No cavities. The nerves had died. Klonopin depletes minerals, vitamins and kills your nervous system. It was NOT intended for long term use! Good luck to all of you who are coming off of this poison and to those of you that have yet to begin the journey. | F | 40 | 2.5 years .25 1X day | 11/7/2014 | 5 | anxiety panic attacks | Been taking for over a year .last few months. Starting to where off. Waking up in the middle of night. Are also on aanother med effexor i take in morning | Doctor wants to slowly stop talking it . I need something to sleep at nite. What should u do. | F | 28 | 1 years .50mg | 11/5/2014 | 1 | panic attacks | anxiety, insomnia, after it became inneffective in a few weeks. Tapered slowly and am now down to a tiny .06mg per night and am clear of side effects after 2 weeks at this dose. Will stop in a week or 2. .025mg per day and higher, the insomnia and anxiety were higher than I've ever experienced. | Also took an anti-depressant which I quickly tapered off about 3 months ago. This was causing agitation and severe insomnia, thus the quick taper. Eating a good diet and exercise are the best ways to control panic, anxiety and insomnia I have found. | 55 | 7 months 1 1X day | 10/28/2014 | 1 | Panic attacks and anxiety | I've been on Clonopin for 30 years I was prescribed it for panic attacks and anxiety started off half a milligram took a half a milligram for about 10 to 12 years if I didn't take it I couldn't sleep didn't know how addictive it was I wastold it was a very safe jog and was used for seizures and children I am now up to 2 to 3 mg at bedtime so I can sleep I still have severe anxiety it worked well for a while but it doesn't work very well nowI don't want to increase my dosage now that I know how addictive it is and I was told if I tried to go off it I would have severe withdrawal symptoms and my panic attacks would be severe and that I could even die so the doctor who prescribed it he never monitored me and I'm now addicted to it which side of fact I do I do about what tremors in my head and neck and they don't list that on Side effects I just wish that I had noon how dangerous it is I thought it was a miracle drug to when I had such a relief from my panic attacks but unless I increased my dosage I'm not going to feel better but I'm hanging in there I don't want to go any higher than 2 milligrams Sue for anyone out there that uses this drug just be very cautious don't take it if you don't need it | F | 62 | 5 days 2 to 3 mg | 10/17/2014 | 5 | depersonalization derealization | None I've been on it for 25 years | F | 56 | 10 years 4mg | 10/12/2014 | 1 | Anxiety, panic attacks | On it for 32 yrs... it causes dementia... | 60 | 1 years 1 mg 4 x d | 10/2/2014 | 1 | OCD and anxiety | At first it worked great! and it felt good to be calm and to have my mind stop racing, then I noticed something different about myself. I was on edge all the time, I didn't like to smile anymore, I found myself crying all the time at nothing!! I became very depressed, isolated and scared. I wasn't me anymore, I felt like a monster. This drug completely and solely changed my personality. How do I know this drug did this? Cause I withdrew from the drug (worst experience in my life!!!!) and when I finally got through the withdrawls, I was me again. I was happy, laughing and enjoying life. This is an evil drug and I hope people read this and NEVER take it!!! Please believe me on this, this is NOT a road you want to go down, I know people on here are giving is a high rating, but PLEASE believe me when I tell you my story. I can't get that part of my life back and I can't apologize enough to the people I love how much I was sorry for being so mean to them for so many years. I will take livi | 8 years .5-2mg/day 1X day | 10/1/2014 | 4 | for tinnitus and insomnia | It works great tot help me sleep, so I van deal beter with my very loud tinnitus. I started with 0.5mg after 4,5 years of use I am now on 4mg so it is an addicting drug. I have no side effects, gonna try tot temper off slowly and move tot remeron. | M | 32 | 1 days 4mg | 9/25/2014 | 5 | BP II Anxiety | Some drowsiness | Best medication available for anxiety. Best to stay on lowest dose possible. I have stopped taking this med off and on over the years to prevent any serious dependence. It's the best med out there for anxiety. Period. | M | 55 | 5 years 1 mg 1X day | 9/11/2014 | 5 | anxiety/panic | Helps me with panic-related voices, and gives me no side effects that I mind very much. Also helps with sleep, has calming effect, takes voices away | F | 49 | 10 years 1.5 mg | 9/8/2014 | 4 | anxiety | Drowsiness. Takes the edge off bad days and on going anxiety which I've had my whole life. I don't take it all the time but it has definitely helped. I've never taken a massive dose....cut back and see what it does. I have a regular med that I take for anxiety and depression so this is like a little boost that I take when needed but not all the time. Max dose for me from doctor would be 3MG per day which I've never done. In higher doses I could see side effects like irritability and mood problems. Would not consider it a first line drug for anxiety or depression or panic. There are other, more effective products with lower side effect panels. | F | 42 | 3 years .5 MG | 9/4/2014 | 3 | Panic attacks | Rapid eye movments consintraion moter skills sleep I can go on and on lol for real I need help can't stop bupe or k pin | M | 34 | 1 days 1mg | 9/4/2014 |