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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLONAZEPAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
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| 1 | Dystonia | Dr cold turkeyed and severe withdrawal | F | 61 | 5 weeks .5 | 7/9/2017 | 5 | Generalised anxiety disorder | Drowsiness at first , mild tremor on and off , forgetfulness, memory loss , vertigo , ear congestion , first few weeks of taking it I had sores in my mouth and on my gums but that stopped , weight gain and increased appetite , depression , head zaps and freezes (if you don't know what they are google them) | Even thought I wrote a fair few side effects , the effectiveness it has on stopping my anxiety outweighs any of them. I have suffered severe anxiety my whole life , but mid way through last year I had a "break down" and literally could not get out of a constant panic attack for 6 months but after being prescribed this and getting the right dose as well as being on anti depressants , I have my life back I went from being to afraid to get out of bed at all and not eating or sleeping to living a pretty normal life again , I still have dips in my recovery but they don't last very long at all. | F | 26 | 5 months 0.5mg X2 | 3/5/2017 | 1 | Ever since ive been taking this ive been constipated why | Constipation from this why | F | 57 | 2 years | 1/16/2017 | 5 | anxiety | 1X D | 1/14/2017 | 5 | Akathisia | No side effects at all. Took away the anxiety, and nervousness in a very short amount of time. Lasts much longer than Xanax. | I am very sensitive to medication, and had a bad side effect from Prevacid, and Zoloft. I went off both meds, but anxiety, restlessness, and panic attacks remained. Went off all meds except Clonazepam. Now I feel great, and can sleep well. I took this before with a similar problem with a medication, and I was on it for a few months, and had absolutely no problem dosing down. This is one of the very few medications that I do not have a problem with. | F | 53 | 1 months .5 MG 1X D | 10/30/2016 | 1 | Anxiety | Massive hair loss and weight loss severe depression fatigue lost interest in life and all emotions and no appetite anorexia induced total body pain | WICKED frightening drug-completely ruined my life and all the while dr telling me it was non-addictive I lost over 21 pounds and now suffer painful anorexia and have been off for 5 months and ton of hair loss I look like a very sick person and feel lain every day trying to regain my weight hair and strength Don't Try This Drug | F | 46 | 1.5 years .5 1X D | 9/14/2016 | 3 | Anceity and panic attacks | Really tired and sometimes I feel like my anxiety is on high | I wanna think this medication is working I haven't had any panic attacks since being in it ...Butt sometimr I don't feel myself like body hurts back hurts and feels like my anxiety is on high ..just wanna know if this is normal my doc checks me over and says I'm fine??? | F | 30 | 4 months 0.5mg | 7/10/2016 | 1 | Anxiety | Clonazepam ruined my mother's life and absolutely cause dementia and Alzheimer's she is off it in as a new person but the damage it has done I could kill her doctor for what she has done telling me that 10 a day was just fine if that's what she needs to go to sleep I knew she was taking too many I asked about it all the time finally psychotic was led to the hospital where is psychiatrist said your mother has dementia caused by clonazepam. I took her off it cold turkey things were not that bad we are living a new life he's able to read the paper put on makeup wants to go to the movies wants to go out when she was a zombie for years | F | 80 | 10 years 7.5 | 7/5/2016 | 1 | Chronic anxiety disorder | Yes, this medication works. It works very well for chronic anxiety disorder and sudden onsets of severe panic attacks. Knowing what I know now, I wish with all my being it had never ever been prescribed to me, and without the absurd nonchalance dozens of practitioners have portrayed. I'm 32 and have been prescribed clonazopam for 14 years. Ive been in situations where my health insurance is in transition and I must go off the medication abruptly-- this is when I realized how deep I was. Weeks upon weeks of non stop physical, emotional, and psychological withdrawal effects that are like hell. Words cannot accurately describe just how awful it is. | This, again, has been my experience during withdrawal as a long term clonazopam patient. All skin, especially the face, becomes numb. Vision gets fuzzy and difficult to see clearly. Panic attacks become extremely exasperated, frequent and debilitating. Severe irritability. Worst of all: a terrifying disconnection between your mind and body; as if you're an onlooker watching and feeling this horrible thing happen to you, but not actually feeling connected to any of it-- that one is tough to explain. All of this... It can lasts months, maybe more. That's right. Not just some one week hump to overcome. After finding how awful the withdrawal is I've been attempting to ween very very slowly down from 3 2mg doses per day to eventually zero, hopefully. After six months of gradually decreases in dose I'm now at 2- 1mg doses per day and I'm not sure how or if I can go much less than that. No doctors I've had have been of any help. The ween down was my idea and the rate of it was also my idea based on experience. It sure would be nice to meet a doctor that truly had knowledge of this withdrawal syndrome and took it a bit more seriously. I am confident that the medication is no longer treating my anxiety disorder, but simply preventing withdrawal from the meds themselves. And there don't seem to be any good alternatives. It's a long road ahead, please think it over and over with someone knowledgeable before being so quick to embrace this miracle drug. The truth is that most of us ac | F | 32 | 10 years 6 mg/ day | 6/10/2016 | 1 | Anxiety and PTSD | Itching, Very sleepy , Hallucinations, | I thought I was okay but now I just want to stay in the house, I don't care about anything . I keep thinking my mom is in the other room but she has been gone almost 20 years. Woke up this morning wasn't sure where I was. I'm really scared of this med now but dr said to stay on it. Never understood when people said they felt like zombies but that is what I feel. I also have the feeling I can take more, didn't have that when I took xanax. Memory is iffy. | F | 66 | 4 months .5 2X D | 5/14/2016 | 5 | Anxiety panic attacks | At first drowsy then very outgoing increases libido now relaxed and and calm | Should have been taking this years ago now I can enjoy things | M | 72 | 1 months 1 | 5/2/2016 | 4 | For anxiety | Nothing as of yet. | Thank god i found something tha works.thank u for this drug. | F | 61 | 7 days 5Mg | 3/8/2016 | 5 | Depression and Anxiety | None | I am so thankful that I listened to my MD to take this in tandem with Mirtazapine (Rememron). I have had ZERO side effects and I'm not burning in benzo hell as some would have you believe. It relaxes me for sleeping and works very well for deep anxiety. Make sure you give it time. I've also been able to taper down fairly easily as needed. | M | 51 | 4 months 1 to 2 mg 1X D | 3/2/2016 | 5 | anxiety | for a benzo it has very little to no side effects. was used to remove me from Xanax. I noticed no transition switching cold turkey and actually felt better. | Klonopin is a great benzo having taken several that had terrible side effects. it is a very mild drug and really works so well you don't notice it. Unlike Xanax I haven't had to up my dosage every 6 months. | M | 43 | 10 months 1mg 1X D | 3/1/2016 | 4 | Neck Tremor | Mostly off-balance feeling when I first started along with joint aches. | After months of taking it I don't have any side effects, It does reduce my neck tremor so I'm happy with the medication. It doesn't work 100 percent but its close. If I don't take the medication for a few days to take a break from it I will then feel dizzy or like I'm off balance when walking along with a heavy spacy head. Once I take the meds again I'm fine. | F | 51 | 1 years 1mg 2X D | 2/29/2016 | 5 | Anxiety disorder | A bit of depression but it is corespondent to a few minute after taking a dose Sleepiness some sedation. | Never gave me trouble side effects are mostly the target outcome of the medication the benzodiazepine is not fat soluble, I had a terrible reaction to Valium, which is fat soluble. This may make a difference for someone else too who knows | F | 31 | 9 years 1mg/2xday | 2/26/2016 | 3 | Anxiety and unable to sleep | Tired, no energy, headache and itching and headache at higher dose, skin stings as in hurts like aches and pains in the body sometimes, and horrible cold and hot sweats also hard to eat at times like a full feeling, UTI that I have never had and lots of ear infections and memory issues most of the side effects started the longer I was on it. It also no longer helps me sleep unless I go way up and sorry i'm just not doing that. If you don't have to take these drugs for something very serious then I would subject not talking them at all as it can and it will eventually ruin you life. | At first this worked great and I was very relaxed, and was able to sleep like a baby however, I slowly started to feel like I didn't want to do anything but stay home and started to neglect the things I needed to accomplish during the day. I wish I never started it as this drug creeps up on your system very slow and before you realize it if you do at all that is as it kind of gives you a I don't give a care feeling. I took myself down off of it slowly as I was put on it 3 times a day at .05 and then I went down on it to 10 with in 6 months as I stated to see thanks to my kids that I had no energy at all and no desire to do anything. so stayed on this for a long time then in the last year have gone up and down on it for 10 to .05 and now staying at .05 and doing my best to get off of it!! You might say I lost my zest for life!! | F | 54 | 3 years .05 to 10 2X D | 2/7/2016 | 3 | insomnia | Take 2m with 150m of trazadone to try and sleep. It works decent not great BUT it makes me crave food like no other. | M | 52 | 5 years 2mg | 12/16/2015 | 5 | Vulvar burning syndrome | None | Helps with vulvar burning syndrom | F | 63 | 1 years 0.5mg | 11/17/2015 | 1 | Depression Anxiety | Do not take this medication. I was taking it. I had to much going dealing with death back to back was involved in 2 tornados. Its suppose to be similar to xanax but it is not. This more for seizures. I would not recommend it. This will kill you. Clonazepam is the worst on the market. If you wants to live dont take it. The medication will have you like a zombie | F | 44 | 6 months 5ng | 10/30/2015 | 1 | insomnia | dementia anxiety aches and pains visual problems urinary tract problems digestive problems IBS severe nightmares abdominal pain fear suicidal throughts extreme sensitivity to all five senses including vision problems extreme libido constipation naushea vomiting hallucinations extreme irritability difficulty in swallowing cold hands and feet severe interdose withdrawal tachycardia dizzy spells etc | this drug should be illegal its truly poison to the system I have been off it for 7 months and even at low dose short term it has left me incapcitated . insomnia crushing fatigue and dementia symptoms . Dont take any benzo drugs go natural. | M | 62 | 4 months 1mg 1X D | 8/30/2015 | 5 | TRAUMA & OCD | Was worried about taking it, as i was concerned that i would feel out of control/odd. I have had NO side effects at all. | So far it's really helped me manage my anxiety, taken the edge off, which has helped me apply some CBT tech's. I am very worried about addiction, but to be honest, living your life in constant panic attacks,to the point you have no quality of life- well it's a risk i am willing to take. I strongly advise seeking CBT therapy too though :) | F | 38 | 7 days 0.25mg 2X D | 8/23/2015 | 4 | anxiety, insomnia | memory loss | It calms me down and helps me sleep. I know benzos are not supposed to be used long term but I have chronic ongoing anxiety and clonazepam is the only thing that ever worked for me. After many years though I do think it's affecting my memory and makes me feel a little bit foggy all the time. | F | 26 | 8 years 0.5 mg 1X D | 8/15/2015 | 5 | To help lower blood pressure anxiet | No problems | They work to keep me calm and lower my blood pressure level. | F | 57 | 2 years 1mg 3 xday | 8/6/2015 | 5 | panic attacks and anxiety | none | It makes me feel calm and takes away the head pressure. | F | 61 | 20 years 1 mg 3X D | 7/28/2015 | 4 | Anxiety | Irritability | F | 7 days 2mg | 7/28/2015 | 5 | Anxiety and trauma | I don't have negative side effects. I don't even feel it. It just prevents severe anxiety and panic attracts-Never upped the dose in 7 years. It gave me my life back | My motto is "If you feel euphoria or high, you don't need it! And that goes for all medications. The point is: Are you just getting relief? If it's yes. It's working with not against your body chemistry. To balance it. And, I don't count pills, look forward to dose- sometimes I forget and that means, I take less. Yet, I have found that taking your 1 mg dose will preempt a panic attack. If you WAIT it doesn't work nearly as well. This saved my life | F | 48 | 7 years 3-4 mg | 7/13/2015 | 4 | severe anxiety | I was on it once before and my husband said he saw a change in me. For the better. I didn't feel it. So I switched to two other medicines the last being valvalume.I have since switched back to clonazepam. | F | 52 | 3 days 1mg 2X a d | 5/15/2015 | 5 | pelvic floor dysfunction and anxiet | 4 klon takes my feelings of urinary urgency away as the feelings originate in the pelvic floor. I feel relaxed and happy. | F | 42 | 4 months 2 mg 1X D | 5/10/2015 | 4 | anxiety | At first, I did not experience any side effects that I knew of. I had not read about the side effects. I have inherited arthritis and I've had two back surgeries on my lower back. My knees often hurt and occasionally my ankles but I credited all off that to getting older. Boy, was I wrong. I just had a good friend die recently, I am in the process of selling things and getting ready to move, and I'm doing a lot of work which hurts my back, plus I have allergies.I was taking a couple more pills than I should have because of the stress,but when I was taking it before it seemed pretty mild. It is not! It took me about 3 days to figure out why I was walking like a 95 year old woman, My ankles hurt severely, and my entire body had aches and pains. Then I looked up the side effects for the very first time. I could not believe it. I suffered from every single side effect. I cut down my dose immediately, and already the next day half of the pain was gone.I am almost hopeful that my back is going to start feeling better, because after two surgeries it still gave me problems. Side effects include muscle aches and joint pain. As soon as I taper off, I will never take this again. | F | 58 | 1 years .05 x 3 | 5/6/2015 | 5 | anxiety and panic attacks | Drowsiness | One .5mg pill before bedtime helps prevent ongoing severe anxiety throughout the day. I also sleep better and don't wake up with my heart pounding like I used to. | F | 46 | 1 weeks .5mg | 4/13/2015 | 4 | anxiety | Nausea headache blurred vision | This medicine is greatly helpful it reduce my anxiety level astonishly it reduce also suicidal thought & also finish cutting your hand and wrist with blade.... | M | 20 | 10 times .25 | 4/7/2015 | 5 | panic attacks | none | This is the only medication I have tried that completely and immediately eliminated my panic attacks. Once they were gone, they never came back either. I was able to stop taking clonazepam. I did a gradual dose reduction and the symptoms weren't too severe (some anxiety, pounding heart, dizziness) but did last quite a while (a few months, don't remember). | M | 35 | 6 months 0.5mg 3X D | 4/4/2015 | 5 | for severe anxiety,seizures | I tried to tell you i have been on them for 21 years,im 65 yrs old they work great,no side affects my daughter is RN.,says mom you need these,don't try to go off i dont plan to,they work good for me!!) | Everyone is different,i know alot of people who claim to say they work wonders for them,that's why we have them! If you need them and your fine,dont let anyone tell you scary about benzos,cause i tell ya they work for me all those other ssri,and psychotic drugs are worse | F | 65 | 2 years 1 miligram | 3/30/2015 | 2 | Prescribed by the Dr. | No side effects. | It didn't work for me. | F | 29 | 2 years 1 | 3/15/2015 | 2 | dr subscribe it 4 the nite | Have headaches most of the time.don't sleep well. | I am not a epipelsy patient why does the dr prescribe this drug 2 me | F | 56 | 3 days 0,5 | 3/3/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | nothing much | slightly better than nothing or simple Valerian root | F | 60 | 2.5 years 1mg 3X D | 1/3/2015 | 2 | Anxiety | I have been having panic attacks, social anxiety, and hypochondria for several years. Was on Lexapro and Alprazolam for breakthrough anxiety. I gained 30 lbs on the Lexapro although it worked well so I decided to come off of it and I've already lost 7lbs in about 2 weeks. Anyway, Dr prescribed Clonozepam since it supposedly lasts longer than Alprazolam. I took it and felt nothing unusual but it did not even touch my anxiety. After two hours, I started flushing, sweating, and throwing up. I could not sleep that night and when I finally did fall asleep around 7:30am, I had hellish nightmares and kept waking up. The entire next day I felt like I had a bad hangover and a headache that wouldn't quit. I do not recommend this medicine. Will deal with the extra pounds if it means feeling better. | F | 33 | 2 days 0.5 | 9/14/2014 | 5 | anxiety | Overdose | F | 28 | 1 years 1mg | 8/9/2014 | 1 | Insomnia, panic | After an onset of severe panic and anxiety, I was prescribed Clonazepam and Lexapro. For the most part, it took care of the problems. I did have occasional panic and insomnia. After many years, I began having problems passing urine. With a quick search, Clonazepam came up. I am using catheters, getting infection after infection, and am trying to get off the drug. I have researched the Ashton Manuel, and am trying the Valium crossover. It's been a nightmare, and I haven't even completed the crossover! Please, stay away from Benzodiazepines! I'm a medical professional, and didn't do my homework. I'm praying God gives me my life back. | F | 54 | 10 years 1 mg | 8/9/2014 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks | Sleepiness, slight fatigue | Sometimes I take before bed and I sleep so much better. This works best without making me so tired when my anxiety is at a higher level. | F | 32 | 5 years .5 1X AN | 5/21/2014 | 1 | anxiety | was on 4mg per day which didn't help me that much but affected my cognitive abilities which i wasn't aware of until told by others, slurred speech, seemed drunk, driving badly, not able to function well ie looking after myself, cleaning up etc. Like a zombie. | Tapering off 10% per week as per doctors instructions and Ashton Manual(online) Went from 4mg to 1mg with very stong but bearable alternating withdrawal symptoms including, being totally wiped out-sleeping 16hrs, slight panic attacks/adrenalin rushes, very high anxiety, dilated pupils, itchy skin, sweating, unable to remember dates/mixing up appointments etc. Very wound up and uncomfortable but with times of feeling ok so i was able to reduce the dosage. I got to around 1mg then i got hit with symptoms so unbearable that i have stopped at this dose, i felt like i had decended into hell; depression, burning skin(when starting to sweat), feelings of terror, feelings of helplessness, not wanting to get out of bed, difficulty doing every day tasks, suicidal idealation (would rather be dead at times). Knowing it is only going to get worse for months makes it all worse. Feeling trapped. I would not have taken this medicine if i knew that the withdrawal symptoms would be worse than the anxiety it was supposed to control. Everyone is different some people have no withdrawal symptoms and use it for years but this how it has affected me. Will be seeing doctor on weekly basis and try to work something out. | M | 36 | 1.5 years 1mg 1X D | 5/19/2014 | 5 | Anxiety, PTSD, Insomnia | I've not experienced any negative side effects while taking the drug it is difficult to stop taking | Clonazepam has essentially cured my insomnia (along with trazodone)and has made dealing with PTSD and anxiety a lot easier. I took .5 mg 1x a day for about 2 yrs (took 1 extra per day during extreme times)then about a year ago I lowered the dose to .25 mg 1x per day with no problem. My new doctor wants to get me off the clonazepam and she suggested I take the pill only every other day but so far that has not been doable for me, I don't sleep w/o it and the next day I can't really function. The clonazepam also helps with pain associated with a herniated disc in my neck and loss of disc in spine, I do not take any other drugs for pain nor anything else. | F | 57 | 3 years .25 mg 1X D | 3/26/2014 | 5 | GAD, Panic Attacks, Slight Phobia | Slight moodiness, (very slight) | M | 32 | 2 years 2 MG | 2/15/2014 | 2 | Myoclonic Jerks | Drowziness, depression, trouble with sleeping, problems with co-ordination, memory loss, 'brain fog', confusion, poor attention, DEPENDENCE | I have Clonazepam at such as high dose because I have a rare Neurological Movement disorder called 'Myoclonic-Dystonia'. Sure, Clonazepam alleviates the twitching and muscle spasms... until I get more tolerance and have to take more. Started taking Clonazepam about a year and a half ago- initially I started on 2 mg a day :/ If anybody is offered this drug should really question it, especially it is being indicated for long-term use. I didn't question enough and now I have such a strong dependence and ever increasing tolerance, there are plans to up me to the max dose (20 mg). This drug has made me an addict, I sometimes try to try to take less but the withdrawal is HELL. Stevie Nicks said in an interview it was easier to give up heroin and crack than this drug :/ | F | 20 | 3 months 4mg 3X D | 1/28/2014 | 4 | Panic/anxiety/depression/bipolar 2 | None really | Clonazepam works for my panic attacks/anxiety and helps me to sleep. If I lose sleep I become hypomanic. I have had GAD since I was a child and am now 71 years old. I stopped drinking alcohol 24 years ago, since it was not a medication, and it only made my mental disorder worse. I can't take any antidepressants beyond beginning doses because they induce hypomania. So I take the clonazepam when I have episodes that bring me extreme panic or anxiety, or when my insomnia gets worse. Typically I take between three quarters and one and a half milligrams at night only for sleep. When my panic or anxiety kicks up because of situational things, I am increased to a total of 2 1/2 mg per day. At present I am on that protocol. It has been the first time in almost 5 years that I have needed to take regular clonazepam during the day to break up the anxiety, panic part of my disorder. While I don't like taking it, it is the only thing that helps me. If I tried to cut back to soon the episode only gets worse. Normally, I take only the bedtime dose. From time to time the psychiatrist is in support of my tapering, which I have to do very slowly. Then I may get down to 1 mg at night for several months. Many people here talk about the severe withdrawal reactions. In my case the doctor and I both agree, that when I get down too low, it is not withdrawal, but my primary bipolar to that kicks in , which includes panic anxiety insomnia and depression. Right now, I seem to have episode | F | 16 years 1-1&½ 1X D | 1/22/2014 | 5 | Insomnia, anxiety, IC | None but if I take more then 0.5 mg then I feel drowsy and very relaxed the next day. | This is by far the best anti-anxiety medication out there. SSRIs are garbage compare to this. Allows me to get a good night's sleep and feel in control. | F | 37 | 4 years 0.5 MG 1X D | 1/15/2014 | 1 | insomnia | Didn't even touch my insomnia. Still only able to sleep 2 hours a day. The times I did fall asleep were no more than an hour and I would wake up with constant nightmares. | F | 20 | 7 days .5 | 1/14/2014 | 1 | Dystonic cerebral palsy | insomnia, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts | I was first prescribed this when i was about 16, so then i thought it was a wonder drug because it controlled my tremors and muscle tightness...at least i thought. What it really did was put me in such a fog that i didn't notice my tremors. After about a year we raised the dosage from twice, to three times a day. That's when all hell broke loose with the side effects. I strongly urge you to try different alternatives and really do some research on this drug before making the decision to take it. | M | 18 | 2 years 1 MG 3X D | 12/17/2013 | 1 | For anxiety | rage, derealization, depersonalization, suicidal thoughts and urges, depression | Within an hour or less of taking this drug I would get extremely depressed and lethargic to the point my husband had to help feed and bathe me. I started having rages FOR NO REASON out of nowhere and then suicidal thoughts and even urges, again for no reason. This drug as well as others in its class (benzodiazepines) should be limited to short-term (2-4 week) use. Beyond that, the user could develop a tolerance where more of the drug is needed to reduce anxiety/insomnia. Users also get interdose withdrawal from the drug and feel the need to take more of the drug before the next dose to calm down. Before you know it, your brain is dependent on it. Withdrawals from this drug are Hellish and last longer (YEARS in some cases) than withdrawal than from street drugs. Cold turkey withdrawal from this drug made all the above side effects much worse and I'm still healing from its effects 18 months later. | F | 36 | 10 weeks 0.125 3X D | 4/8/2013 | 5 | GAD/Hypochondiasis | No side effects to describe | This has been a wonder drug for me. My chest pains and back pain disappear in 15 minutes of taking the medication. When I run out I experience what I thought was a heart attack, or worse lung cancer. Now I realize that my anxiety gets out of control very easily and I use clonazepam effectively to control symptoms. | M | 34 | 8 years 4mg 2X D | 1/14/2013 | 5 | Tremors due to anxiety | Drowsiness. This drug really takes away my a tremors. Tried other meds first. Clonazepam is the only medication that works for me. I havent built up a tolerance either. Everyone is different. I take it every night. Its strange because I remeber a lot more than I use to. It helps me focus more. My memory has improved. This medication works wonders with me. And yes I take it as prescribed. | F | 38 | 2 months 0.5 | 10/12/2012 | 5 | extreme anxiety, agoraphobia | lethargic early in the day, flat effect in speech, lack of inhibition | I increased the amount to 2 times a day and it reduces agoraphobia and constant angst. I am very happy with it. It helps my therapy progress faster by reducing fear of memories. Sometimes I forget to take it until the anxiety interferes with going out or doing things. | F | 63 | 1 years .5MG 2X D | 9/13/2012 History | 4 | Panic and Anxiety | When first taking it and lasts for about 15-20 min - dizziness, out-of-body experience maybe, imbalance, tiredness, spaced out. It doesn't last for long though, it goes away and you begin to just feel calm, maybe a bit drowsy still. | It definitely helps when I'm feeling the onset of major anxiety or a panic attack and I need help calming myself down. It's not a cure, I use it along with therapy and tools to help myself relieve my anxiety and panic. It's just an aid to help me get through what's going on. | F | 25 | 9 months .25 MG 1X AN | 9/10/2012 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Sleepy, clumsy, slight headaches, euphoria. | I have never had serious anxiety issues until about seven months ago. For whatever reason my anxiety steadily increased to the point where I had this incredible daily fear that I had something physically wrong and I was dying. I never used to go to the doctor for anything (years i didn't go to the doctor) and suddenly I was calling every week to set up an appointment with an ailment I was sure was life threatening. I convinced my doctor to give me a referral to a cardiologist because of personal fears that something was going on with my heart. I met with an endocronologist over fears that my glands were not functioning correctly and I had an inbalance. I visited the ER thinking I was having a heart attack, and I had two seperate severe panic attacks. I had numerous blood tests. 2 EKG's, an echocardiogram, chest x-rays for lung cancer. I honestly had fears that I had cancer, an irregular heart beat, liver failure, kidney failure, bone cancer, deep vein thrombosis, pancreatitis, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and the list goes on and on. All completely ridiculous, but my fear was completely real and I couldn't escape it. After finally realizing these daily fears and my constant anxiety wasn't rational or normal I attempted to control it through diet, excercise and meditation. Months of failed attempts to make anything better I finally set-up another appointment with my doctor to discuss my anxiety issues. After a long conversation she explained that I had GAD, I need co | M | 35 | 3 days .250 2X D | 8/18/2012 | 5 | back neck spasms | Wonderful. Helps tremendously with my anxiety which I had never been treated for. Ran out once and couldn't get refill for 10 days and suffered horrible withdrawal. It was nightmarish, frightening. Will try not to ever run out again. | F | 60 | 10 years 10mg | 8/9/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Drowsiness, dizzyness. Almost feels like I am drunk at times, especially when I stand up to walk after a period of sitting. | Helped my anxiety tremendously. Relaxed me and helped me sleep. Decided to stop taking it after learning different techniques to help cope with anxiety from my psychologist. No withdrawal symptoms. | F | 22 | 2 months .5mg 2X D | 8/6/2012 | 4 | anxiety,panic disorders and depress | Well clonazepam did help me. Till one day a doctor said that it was time to detox. So I went not knowing any better. I had no idea how my life was going to change, for the worst. The detox center had me go cold turkey and so three days later all hell broke loose. When i say all hell, I literally mean it. The next 2yrs were pure HELL. I was in and out of hopitals the situation got so bad, I had rather someone take my legs off as long as I was better. I am traumatized from the hell I had to live. Till this day when I talk about I still cry like a baby. So plz if u decide to come off any benzos, do it in a way that u feel comfortable. First talk to ur Dr. and make sure its done very slowly. Plz I just dont want anyone else to go through what I went through! Also remember most of these Dr.s are overworked and dont care, so real quick they'll wright a prescription for benzo's. Always ask all questions u might have. THIS IS UR LIFE, LIVE IT! | F | 40 | 21 years 1mg 2X D | 7/23/2012 | 3 | facial pain | sleepy .foggy brain..dizzy...hard to concentrate on things | F | 4 months 0.5 | 7/16/2012 | 1 | anxiety going off effexor xr | i have only been on 2 or 3 days.all i di is sleep.dont know what day of week it is .has gotten rid of suicidal thoughts but probably because i am too tired to commit suicide right now.i feel like i am drunk. very foggy headed.hope ing it will get better once my body gets used to it | M | 54 | 3 days img2xa day | 6/22/2012 |