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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | GAD, PD and occasional Agoraphobia | Klonopin can cause the following side effects: Increased hunger and thirst; drowsiness (occasionally) and sometimes dizziness if I get up too quick from a sitting/lying position. If too much Klonopin is taken, the patient may feel detached from his/her body. | I have been on Klonopin since 1989. I take one 0.5mg Klonopin, three x day. AND, Two 0.5mg Klonopin at bedtime. I take Klonopin for two reasons, actually. 1. Generalized Anxiety Disorder and (GAD), Panic Disorder (PD). 2. Cervical Dystonia. It's a rare neurological disorder (with no cure...yet). It affects the neck, and Medically, it's considered a movement disorder and is a cousin disorder to Parkinson's. Basically my neck does it's own thing. Anyway, the comment I wanted to make was about the comment I read from, I believe a woman, whom used to be on Xanax, then her dr switched her to Klonopin. A lot of Dr.s don't like to prescribe Xanax, Valium or even Ativan. I think doctors feel more comfortable prescribing Klonopin over any of the other benzodiazapines (sp?), as Klonopin isn't considered terribly addictive, like Valium and Xanax. Believe me, I got hooked on Xanax and was popping them like Tic Tacs, all the time, day and night... I went into a 28 day treatment facility and recove | F | 39 | 18 years | 10/18/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder | No negative side effects. Eliminated panic attacks, along with Lexapro, by 95%. | F | 41 | 1 years | 5/29/2007 | 5 | Panic Disorder, BiPolar Disorder I | Initial: drowsiness, fatigue, "out-of-it". | This medication has worked wonders for me. I have been on 0.5mg of Klonopin for over 1.5 years, and have yet to experience any of the side effects from being on the medication. I have, however, experienced the withdrawal effects of this medication after 24 hours of missing a dose. Those withdrawal effects aren't fun - but they depend on how quickly your body metabolizes the medication! | F | 28 | 1.5 years | 7/25/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, Depression | tiredness, a drunk type feeling (don't mind it too much), very calming feeling | I take either .5mg or 1mg every night before bed. It helps me sleep very soundly. I also take it as needed in the daytime. If I'm up and doing things I usually don't get tired. It helps me when I'm agitated and anxious. | F | 21 | 1.5 years | 4/13/2007 | 5 | Social anxiety | drowsiness, but it went away when with a cup of coffee | This drug was an absolute miracle. The social anxiety symptoms that have plagued me for my entire life and greatly reduced my quality of life instantly disappeared. I had no anxiety at all, even during a stressful all-day job interview that included several group interactions that I would normally have found extremely difficult. I also became much less irritable than I normally am. If this wasn't addictive, I would take it every day. | F | 28 | 3 days | 3/7/2006 | 5 | Sevre Anxiety | ...... | .... Indeed, it has been well documented that benzodiazepines cause addiction, horrid withdrawal symptoms, and so on....But, have any of you loons any other suggestions? I'm not talking fake-ass therapeutic rememdies. Cognitive therapists and psychiartrists alike can only go so far....So, have you any other ways in which we could all rid ourselves of the pure hell that is anxiety?? *sigh*...Yes. It is a daring trail to tread. Yes, the horror stories are all quite convincing....But you -DO- realise that this our last chance? Why else would one go to this level? ...(I'm well aware of my own hypocrisy in defaming ranters while I myself am ranting, so feel no need to point this out.) | F | 16 | 2 weeks | 3/7/2006 | 5 | Insomnia | After 20 years of on off insomnia it has been a miracle for me to sleep! My mind is shaper than ever! Lack of sleep can cause more memory problems than klonopin ever could! | F | 52 | 4 weeks 1.25 mg | 3/11/2013 | 5 | anxiety | I take .5 mg once or twice/day for anxiety. I'm also on Cipralex (a new anti-depressant from the Celexa family that has less side effects). With Klonopin, I try to skip days and do not take more because I realize that I could become addicted to the warm and fuzzy feeling and then it won't work. The drug helps me with my anxiety. When I am feeling anxious, I take it and I then have the will to do stuff. It's also an excellent sleeping aid. I've tried other benzos, but this drug works the best for me. I worry about becoming dependant on it. I probably am. I've been on it since 1998 and have tried to wean myself off it at times, but I can only do four days before my anxiety is unbearable. Hence, stopping is a problem. Until something else comes along, this drug is the best for me. | F | 44 | 7 years | 11/3/2005 | 5 | Panic Disorder | 2 BEST DRUG EVER!!!!!! It makes you a little sleepy but its sooo worth it, feeling GREAT!!!! | F | 20 | 2 years | 9/2/2005 | 5 | Leg Spasms | F | 30 | 4 years | 9/12/2005 | 5 | panic attacks | some mild hair loss. | i have taken klonopin for along time. it has worked great for me. i had panic attacks so bad, before klonopin i was afraid to leave home, or drive my car. like any drug that is put into your body, day after day, your body will get use to having it.so like any drug you cant just stop taking it. your dr. should be more then helpfull to help you wean off klonopin.with your drs help you should not have a big problem weaning off this drug. if you need it, and it works for you, then you should take it. it really helped me with my panic attacks.anytime i take a medication that is new to me, i wait until i see how it effects me before i drive. but i did great for allot of years on klonopin. best of luck to all of you.i hope this helps in some way. | F | 42 | 14 years | 6/14/2006 | 5 | Severe Anxiety, Hypnotic Jerks | None. | We all know anxiety is awful. Klonopin, along with Zoloft pulled me out of a BAD state. Hypnotic jerks are the WORST when they awaken you at night. Another poster described them like this: "had severe insomnia with hypnic jerks (for those who don't know what these are - every time you start falling asleep, a body part will involuntarily move and wake you back up). Hypnic jerks are generally associated with high levels of anxiety (too much brain activity causes the neurons to fire out of control)." I only use "Klonies" as needed and can take a small dose. In terms of addiction, it was 10,000 times easier to reduce this than to get of PAXHELL! I would take a benzo over Paxil or Effexor any time. | F | 35 | 2 years | 8/11/2006 | 5 | Severe jerk | none | F | 37 | 3 days | 9/27/2006 | 5 | stress anxiety | no side effects, except while drinking alchole. Which is says bot to do on the bottle | Can I just say I LOVE klonopin. It has been a life saver and I don't know how I would make it through each day with out it. I am also on 40m of celexa which is also great, but not enough. Before starting klonopin my anxiety got so bad that I didn't want to leave the house and could not function at work. I got put on Klonopin after my grandmother ( who to me is my mother) started her battle against terminal cancer. This alone crashed my world down, I was begining to have panic attacks daily to a point I would avoid leaving the house and taking sleeping pill just to get away. I was also starting to be a extreamly heavy drinker which made my situation even worse. Since taking this drug, along with my celexa I am me again. It doesn't block your feeling about what is going on around you, it just helps you deal with it. I think starting Klonopin was the best thing for me to do in this time of life. I don't know how I could deal with what I do with out klonopin. | F | 21 | 3 months | 9/15/2006 | 5 | Chronic Fatigue Syndrome | At first it helped with insomnia, after 11 years my body is used to it. | Why aren't more people with CFS posting here? It is a common CFS med. It reduces the neurological symptoms of CFS. Before I took it my ears rang more, there was constant buzzing and zaps in my head. It's been good for my condition. Since there is no cure or even near cure for CFS, I'm glad to have it. As the Multiple Sclerosis person said earlier...just try having a real, incurable illness before you knock this drug. Panic attacks are nothing compared to MS or CFS. | F | 57 | 11 years | 11/28/2006 | 5 | gad/ptsd/ | none | this drug has saved my life. i suffered greatly and daily for 15 years with anxiety and panic attacks. my life was hell. spent thousands of dollars and 14 years in therapy to to figure out what was wrong with me. finally found a dr. that suggested this medication. i was hesitant at first but now would not live without it. i never want to go back to what it was like before. i take .25 mgs in the morning only. every morning. today my life is fabulous! | F | 42 | 6 years | 11/20/2006 | 5 | Derealisation/Anx/Dep/Insom/Pain | Initially, tiredness, but an almost soothing tiredness...very mellow. A shot of strong espresso in the morning helps. Building tolerance to K-pin is a problem. | Klonopin is a miracle drug - until you don't try to withdraw from it. If you do, do so over months, bit by tiny bit. The withdrawal from K-pin is as bad than (and actually more dangerous than) heroin. Miss even 1 dose and you'll be sick; miss 2 doses and you're in trouble. | F | 43 | 15 years | 12/6/2006 | 5 | (See below) | (See below) | (Added to my post right below this one.) I agree with a few others - K-pin does cause visual disturbance; it seems as though both eyes don't work together at times, but the sensation doesn't seem to last for a long time. | F | 15 years | 12/6/2006 | 5 | Restless leg syndrome | only drowsiness and after approx 4-6 months had to increase doseage. My family doctor put me on this and then I saw a Neurologist who said I should not take more than 3 per night and put me on all different meds which did not work at all. | This is the only thing that has helped my creepy crawly legs. Over about a year period I gradually go up to 3 then wean myself back down to one. When I do this I have to take something to help me sleep but it works. I am thankful for this drug. My mother and grandfather suffered terribly from RLS and I am just happy to have found something that worked. | F | 53 | 3 years | 10/18/2006 | 5 | severe GAD/panic attacks | makes me sleepy and when I first started taking it I experienced what felt like little brain zaps, hard to explain, but they went away after about 2-3 weeks. I didn't know how rough I'd had it though until I started taking it and learned what feeling "normal" was. | I've been taking Klonopin since the 4th grade when I struggled daily with debiltating anxiety and nothing else worked. I was a wreck, crawling on my hands and knees home from school because I was so distraught over something. Klonopin is my Godsend and I simply don't function without it. The couple of times I have tried to ween off of it the withdrawals were hell, I'm going to be honest. I had the shakes, I couldn't sleep, I was restless and couldn't sit still, it felt like my entire body was tingly, adn the oddest of all was that loops of phrases would get stuck in my head and play over and over, much like when you get a song stuck in your head. It made me feel like Rain Man with his "Wopner, wopner." All in all, though, the truth is life with Klonopin is far more satisfactory than life without it and I don't mind taking it everyday for the rest of my life simply because it makes life more enjoyable as opposed to the hell that it is without it. | F | 21 | 11 years | 10/24/2006 |