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  Insomnia, anxiety, teeth grinding no bad side effects I have anxiety, insomnia, & clench and grind my teeth at night. I had tried Ambien, Ambien CR, some terrible drug that begins with a T that gave me night terrors!! All of these did not help me sleep much, if at all. I did an internet search and found Klonopin could help with the teeth grinding. I asked my doctor for it and VOILA! it WORKED! I sleep through the night, maybe getting up once to go to the bathroom, but I fall right back to sleep. I take Buspar 7.5mg three times a day for my anxiety. Doctor wants to take away my xanax which I used for my panic attacks. Not sure what's going on there. I will be talking to her tomorrow about it. I think she believes that if I am taking Buspar and Klonopin, I don't need xanax. But what if I have a panic attack? Will the Klonopin stop it? I've read it does, but more slowly than xanax. If she takes away my Klonopin, I am going to a different doctor! NOTHING has worked for my insomnia except for Klonopin!!!! I am going to pray extra hard tonight! F 42 6 months
.5mg 1X day
10/14/2010
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 5  Anziety I have been on this medkaton fer 20 years and t worcs fine no side affects none as i can see. I do have a cognitive funkiION from it but i'm ok i guess is it normal to start having seizures while on it a LOng time and feel like you are nott you? no no side affekts i do not think/ works wel, i just take it like my doc tells me too, altho i have developed seizures and a problem of not underztanding stuff, anyonee else do thatt? it's a good drug, why not givee it a 5? F 45 20 years
2mg 1X day
10/28/2010
 5  Panic Attacks Difficulty waking up in the morning if taken at night. I take this drug as needed for panic attacks which has been VERY effective. I only take it when I feel a panic attack is about to occur. I could see how dependency could occur if taken every day. I recommend taking this drug only as needed. F 29 1.5 years
.5 1X AN
12/14/2010
 5  anxiety/depression No side effects. Zero This drug has changed my life. I was having random but serious anxiety attacks and migraine headaches on a daily basis. It was destroying my life. Now with .25 mg in the morning and when needed another .25 sometime around 6pm everything is SOOO much better. I went from daily migraines and anxiety about feeling so sick and nervous to maybe 1 or 2 migraines a month and 1 panic attack in the last 6 months. Life saver! F 27 9 months
.25 2X day
1/14/2011
 5  anxiety, insomnia None This drug has changed my life for the positive. The anxiety and insomnia that I experienced prior to taking (trying anti-depressants, etc - I WAS NOT DEPRESSED) is basically gone - a tad of anxiety here and there but nothing debilitating!! I have actually reduced my dosage after about 7 years on the drug. If a heart pill or cholesterol pill is prescribed for life it seems not to be an issue. I consider this the same - and do not worry if I am emotionally or physically addicted as it does not create any problems - only adds to my quality of life!!! F 49 13 years
1 mg 2X day
1/16/2011
 5  Panic and insomnia Klonopin has helped me throughout the past 20 years. I am now 47. I would not be able to sleep if it weren't for this drug and would of had to suffer with panic attacks on certain occasions if it weren't for Klonopin. I take .5 once before bed every night. LIFE SAVER! F 47 20 years
.5 1X day
1/20/2011
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 5  severe (major) anxiety, PTSD, OCD a little more tired, if i took it before bed, it was a little harder to wake up, but nothing serious Ive been down the benzo ladder and back up again! after the death of my son in 2003, ive been on Klonopin, ativan, xanax and valium, not to mention some liquid (non addictive stuff) as well. at first the ativan worked ok, but about a yr later (as with all of these meds) I found the effect had stop, so the doc would switch me. xanax works great for in the moment anxiety but not long term and it was a horrible to come off! valium and the liquid stuff didnt work at all...so ive been between klonopin and ativan for some time now. ive come to like klonopin better because it does last longer. if i take one at night im good through the next day. i even cut them in half a lot of times. i know some people had had issues coming off this med, but ive been off ALL benzos twice in 7yrs and never had any issues, however i came off (prescribed) opiates and that was HELL ON EARTH! Any way, i highly recomend this medication for people who suffer with severe anxety...that feeling sux and this med has helped me regain my life and not live in fear:) F 31 7 years
1mg 2X day
1/21/2011
 5  anxiety drowsy and tired PLEASE people dont be stupid!!! This drug should ONLY be taken as needed. I only took it about 5 times in 6 months when I had my out of this world anxiety attacks. Its a benzo for crying out loud! Did you honestly thing you could take it for months or years and just get off it? YOUR CRAZY. Do your research first. Any time you put any kind of medication in your body, you should know what your taking. If you take it as needed, and I mean not a weekly thing, you will be fine. Of course if you take it every night, you will go through crazy withdrawals eventually! F 21
.5mg 1X AN
1/27/2011
 5  anxiety, chronic neck pain Slightly drowsy on the first couple of doses. I was having frequent anxiety attacks due to, I believe, lingering neck pain from spine surgery. Klonopin has not only alleviated my anxiety but also has worked much better for pain than any muscle relaxant I've ever tried! F 52 8 days
.5 MG 2X day
3/5/2011
 5  insomnia and fibromyalgia No side effects except the benefits of the drug seemed to be somewhat fluctuating from nite to nite after many years and I had no desire to increase the dosage. I slowly tapered off of my 2 mg dosage; it took 1-1/2 months of a wide variety of awful, awful side effects. But I am strong enough that I persevered and I got completely off (everybody is different). Once I was completely off (for 2 months), my insomnia and fibromyalgia pain returned with a vengeance. I felt I was slowly dying from sleep deprivation, and I'm sure that I was. I could not rely on soma (which doesn't do much if taken daily) and other weaker sleep medications. It was soon clear that I had to go back on Klonopin and take it until my dying day. Klonopin is literally a life saver for me! F 65
2 mg 1X day
3/30/2015
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 5  Anxiety Only side effects I have ever experienced was dry mouth! I never feel tired after taking them! F 23 1 years
1 3tid
5/7/2012
 5  ptsd Drowsiness. For everyone who had issues getting off of this med, you were taking too much. I stop mine anytime I want without issues. Last month, I had 30 remaining. Many people with bad withdrawals are also mixing their med with numerous other medications. No medication is supposed to be stopped without speaking to a doctor first, not just benz. Do your research before starting any medication, but keep in mind things like mental disorders or other medical conditions can cause the medication to have the adverse effects. There are medications to help people with withdrawal symptoms. F 28 1 years
.5 3x per
11/19/2012
 5  Anxiety I was on Ativan for seven months and I hated it. Gave me the tremors and more panic attacks. I just switched to .50 mg klonopin twice daily and I feel so much better... The tremors are gone and I had no withdrawal from the Ativan. I would say it's even better than xanax. F 26 3 weeks
.50 mg
7/9/2012
 5   F 63 1 days
6/24/2013
 5   F 63 1 days
6/24/2013
 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  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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 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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 5  severe panic attacks and anxiety Makes me extremely tired, short term memory loss. Klonopin , I get the generic and it works awesomely. If I feel a panic attack coming on or if I'm in the middle if one and take 1mg Klonopin I feel fine. It works quickly, the side effects are worth it. I forget things sometimes so I write everything in my Evernote on my phone. And guess what?! This even calms my temper :D F 27 3 years
1mg
3/26/2012
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