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 |
| 5 | Anxiety/Insomnia | I have only experienced mild daytime drowsiness. Overall this is a fantastic medicine that greatly helps with anxiety. | F | 20 | 3 years .5mg | 12/3/2011 | 5 | panic attacks | none | i take .5 mg to go to work as a waitress and don't get tired. but if i have a bad situation in life and get stay asleep with things running through my mind, then i take 1 mg to get back to sleep | F | 47 | .5 1X day | 12/4/2011 | 5 | OCD intrusive thoughts, gad | I'm in the uk and it's called clonazepam here. Was prescribed by a psychartrist as it's not a typical benzo a gp would prescribe. had a breakdown in feb after discontinuing Prozac after 4 years ( cold turkey), in the midst of withdrawal I thought I was losing my mind and nothing would calm me down least of all the 2mg of diazepam they gave me. the psychatrist was part of the crisis team and ordered me to take 0.5 three times daily as it would build up better in my bloodstream. The relief was unbelievable...I remember lying in bed crying and thinking life was over and within 30 minutes of taking it I was saying I could take my girls to their ballet class! I've cut down and then gone back up as i've had lots of ssri changes this year. now take 0.5 x2 and keeps me calm. Side effects: headache, slightly euphoric feeling, memory not great. Worth it though. Worst side effect is not really knowing if it's the ssri working or the clonazepam keeping u stable? good med, don't abuse it. | F | 29 | 9 months 0.5 x2 | 12/6/2011 | 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 | 5 | Anxiety | Drowsiness, very pleasant sort of high feeling | F | 27 | 6 years 1mg | 12/20/2011 | 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 | 5 | nocturnal panic attacks, GAD | Any that I've experienced have been welcome. I can sleep through the night now. I only take one 0.5 pill at night about an hour before I go to bed. I've never had to increase the dosage to maintain my level of comfort. I'm completely off antidepressants now, and I'm not having panic attacks. That's success in my book. | F | 40 | 5 years | 11/2/2002 | 5 | waking up with racing heart | slight shortness of breath | It helps me too sleep at night without feeling groggy the next day. | F | 42 | 3 months | 11/5/2001 | 5 | Panic attacks/Anxiety/Agoraphobia | First started the Drug 11 yrs. ago, (NO SIDE EFFECTS AT ALL) Went off the drug for 8 1/2 yrs. Then back on about 1 1/2 yrs. ago...At first Groggy, Tired, Hangover feeling, went away about 2-3 weeks. | Klonopin SAVED my LIFE!!!! It got Me to Eat, (gain back 20 lbs. I lost), sleep, Get back to Normal...Above all it got Me to Get out of MY HOUSE.... I got MY LIFE BACK...... I take 1 pill every morning 0.5 mg. I also want to comment on the addictiveness on Klonopin.... Although they say it is Highly Addictive, I would have to say when I went off it 10 yrs. ago, I never had a problem, I just weened myself off slowly, no side effects, no problems at all........ | F | 41 | 18 months | 4/26/2002 | 5 | anxiety/insomnia from depression | Drowsiness during the day. Stopped this by taking .5 mg only at nite (1 hour before bedtime) | Did not realize how much anxiety I had been suffering with until after starting this drug.I only used Klonopin for about4 weeks until the Paxil kicked in. I had not slept for days because of depression and was beginning to lose my mind. Even Ambien could not help me at this point because I was so wired, but Klonopin did the trick - MAJOR relaxation. Can definitely see why this drug might be abused. | F | 41 | 4 weeks | 1/9/2003 | 5 | Anxiety! | When I first started taking Klonopin, it made me feel a little tired but it's worth it. I have been on Klonopin for about 6 months now and I am wondering if they are causing eye problems for me. My vision seems to be different. I will ask the doctor about this. I haven't heard of this being a side effect. | Overall my experience with Klonopin has been wonderful. I am a very anxious person anyway and Klonopin has definitely helped me deal with my anxiety. Another doctor had me on xanax (not sure if I spelled correctly) and this was not good for me at all. It didn't really help with my anxiety it only covered it up. I am glad that I was prescribed Klononpin for my anxiety! I was told by my doctor that he would start tapering me off of it around the first of 2007. I am currently taking one in the mid-morning and one at night. I am concerned about how my body will react to going off of Klonopin. My doctor said that he will slowly get me off of Klonopin. | F | 38 | 6 months | 11/30/2006 | 5 | Young onset Parkinson's disease | Helps stop panic attacks, that helps control tremor | I realize it is a benzodiazepine and you must stay on it, if anyone can cure PD I will have to titrate off this medication, people who take this should be told this, by their doctors and pharmacist. | F | 37 | 6 years | 9/28/2004 | 5 | Severe anxiety disorder, PTSD | Have been on it for 2 weeks and haven't noticed an bad side effects. I do have a slightly easier time falling asleep as it is slightly sedating. I have noticed my appetite has decreased. | My dose is .5 mg in the morning, and again at bedtime- it has alleviated my anxiety very significantly- without much sedation. I had severe agoraphobia before starting this med, and it has almost completely gone away. I know the risks af becoming dependant are significant, but i feel that the benifits outweigh the risks. I am willing to be dependant on a medication, since without it my mind is a living hell! | F | 25 | 14 days | 11/29/2004 | 5 | trigeminal neuralgia | slight drowsiness at first | I take klonopin 2 mg for pain when Tegretol XR doesn't work 100%. I've taken it off and on for several years and have never had withdrawal problems. The only effect it has on my life is positive. | F | 48 | 7 years | 9/15/2004 | 5 | Anxiety | If I take a Klonopin in the am (dosage is 1mg as needed, up to 2mg per day) I do feel drowsy and tired by the end of the day. | I feel I have built up a tolerence to Klonopin, as it takes much longer for it to kick in than it did originally. I used to take it when I felt the anxiety coming on but now I take it as a preventative measure if I feel I may be in a situation where I may experience anxiety. If I waited to take it when I began to feel anxiety it would not be effective fast enough to ward it off. I tried taking 2 once...it didn't take effect any sooner, just knocked me on my butt when it did take effect! As for becoming addicted I go for days without taking it and feel completely normal. | F | 41 | 2 years | 2/12/2005 | 5 | arthritis | none | take prn to help sleep cause of arthritis pain would not allow me sleep up to weeks at a time. Very helpful sleep aid but take cautously | F | 42 | 3 months | 1/17/2005 | 5 | Amazing! This is my savior drug! I dont get addicted and it slows me down enough to get by. | F | 21 | 2 months | 1/22/2005 | 5 | depression/ anxiety/OCD | none | I take a small dose of klonopin along with my 20 mg. celexa. Very helpful with bulimia and hairpulling. I decided i was cured and went off both with no withdrawal problems but bulimia and trichotillamania returned. Started back on both meds and recieved immediate benefits. need it. pissed off at people who say it is the | F | 50 | 4 years | 6/3/2005 | 5 | panic attacks, general anxiety | Some drowsiness, less physical coordination (clumsier than normal), some constipation | I'm on 0.5 mg in the a.m. and 0.5 mg in the p.m. I was prescribed 1 mg in the a.m. and 1 mg in the p.m., but as I almost never take medication of any sort, including OTC, I'm super-sensitive to just about everything, so I reduced my dosage myself, figuring I could always go up to the full dose if needed - but haven't had to as 0.5mg 2x a day does the trick. The drowsiness is getting better and a cup of coffee in the morning helps; as far as the lack of coordination is concerned, I feel unbalanced some times - not dizzy, just unbalanced (but then, I've never been the most graceful person, so it's hardly a big deal). I feel so much better on it, though, that the side effects are negligible in my opinion. No panic attacks; I used to have problems going to places where there would be a lot of people, now I'm OK with it; I don't worry about the little things that used to bother me; and I sleep much better at night (used to have trouble falling and staying asleep - that wasn't why I got th | F | 35 | 1 months | 4/29/2007 | 5 | Generalized anxiety disorder | I take mine "as needed", and fortunately it's not often, so I can only .5 mg. The only side effects, really is sleepiness, zombie-like space outs, and sluggishness. | It's a wonderful medication for anxiety because it truly has an awesome calming effect. I can take it before an event that I feel might cause anxiety, and I can take it after a really stressful day and relax enough to know that I can sleep. I can't really drive while I'm on it because I am really sluggish for a while, so I only take it when I don't have to drive or be responsible in any way for anything like that. Overall the medication has really helped me. I love the calming effect, and I love having more freedom to face the things that once caused great anxiety. It's almost as if I feel liberated in a sense from some of those things that once made me feel like a prisoner. | F | 26 | 3 years | 2/16/2007 |