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| 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 | [email protected] | I had taken CLONAZEPAM for a few years..noticed I had to take naps during the day. One day 'fell asleep at the wheel' during trafic time..Did not hit a car nor was I hit. Adoctor told me the Clonazepam buildsu[ in your si=ystem the older you get..so i quit 'cold turkey'. BIG MISTAKE. I didn't sleep 'at all' for 1 1/2 months. I was miserable! it finally wore off after I started taking Temazepam. With Clonazepam 1mg I was getting no more than 3 hrs sleep. With Temazapam, I get approx 5 hours sleep...BUT I am beginning to get sleepy again during the day. Could the Clonazepam resodial be kicking back in again? | Which is the worst as far as side affectsl..Clonazepam or Tenazepam? | F | 79 | 50 years | 8/26/2008 | 5 | insomnia | more dreams | taking for about 1 year for insomnia. dosage .25 per day. more dreaming but no other side effects. no increase in dosage. very helpful as none of the other sleep meds helped me sleep. | M | 76 | 365 days | 2/15/2009 | 2 | Sleep apnea | Very tired the next day. Also dizzy, fatigued. Depressed. | Put me to sleep very well but side effects not worth it. | M | 76 | 1 years | 6/19/2009 | 1 | Anxiety sleep | It made me feel angry and upset. It gave me severe anxiety. I felt like I was going kinda crazy. Got off of it and felt much better. It's possible it was poorly manufactured and that why I felt bad. My advice, don't touch this toxic poisonous drug, you will be much better off. | This drug didn't help me at all. Docs don't like to prescribe it, it addictive and it made me feel awful. Stay away from it!!!! | M | 73 | 30 days One half m 1X day | 9/20/2023 | 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 | 1 | prescribed to titrate off xanax | Turns me into a zombie. I sleep up to 12 hours nightly. Have little or no energy to get things done in daytime, evening. Can't get organized to accomplish tasks. | I was given this drug in a detox facility (a good one, client-centred) to get me off xanax which I'd been on since 1984 - I was 70 yrs. old and the College of Physicians and Surgeons where I live said all docs had to get their older patients off high doses of benzos. I was on 3.5 mg xanax daily. The idea is clonaz. has a much longer half-life and "they say" it is easier to get off of. Think heroin and methodone. We'll see. The only thing I like about it is it lasts longer than xanax (though it takes longer to kick in) so you're not going thru withdrawal several times daily! A considerable benefit, but the zombification is a total drag!!! PS - You shouldn't limit our gender choices to male and female! It's 2019, for crying out loud! | 72 | 2 years 0.5mg 3X day | 5/28/2019 | 3 | anxiety and panic attacks | satisfied at the beginning. only needed it once in a while but now after a few years racing heart at night , lots of aches and pains although they say i have a thing called fibromyalgia .so cant tell if the pain is worse when i try to cut down because of the withdrawal or the fibro | it sure helped at the beginningand still does but i need to take more as my body is getting used to it . its going to be hell as it also affects your nervous system so good luck to all of us | M | 71 | 20 years | 4/6/2009 | 1 | Taking clonazepam for sleeping | I took clonazemam for sleeping for about 10 years. It helped me sleep better and to get to sleep but I would never take this drug again. I was in the hospital for a kidney transplant and I had told the Dr's that I wanted to quit taking the drug. I found out later that they stopped it all at once at the time of the operation. Three days later in the hospital my legs started twiching and this strange tingling started to move up my whole body. I was shaking and trying to dig the hair out of my head. I could not stop the anxiety atack. They finally decided that it was because of not taking clonazepam. They started me back on it and I was better within an hour. This must be the most addicting pill out there. Am slowly trying to stop taking it now. | M | 70 | 10 years .5 mg 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 5 | loss of appetite but worth it not to have any night terrors after 50 years | i was told to take one a night for a week then two but one worked well for me a wonder drug in my eyes | F | 69 | 3 weeks 500 mg 1X day | 6/24/2011 | 1 | I was so drugged I don't remember! | Everything on the side effects list "plus" many that are mentioned in other comments on this site. | Clonazepam is horrendous. It has taken me almost 3 years to decrease from 3mg to .5mg.. I am trying to get by on .25 and can't seem to totally discontinue. The diagnoses as found in my medical records is: OCD, Dissociative Identity Disorder, MPD, Bipolar Disorder, Major Depressive Disorder, Depression, Anxiety, Mixed State (psychiatry), Dysphoric Manic State, Dissociative Disorder, Borderline Personality Disorder, Delusional Disorder, Paranoia Disorder, Major Affective Disorder, Depression with Psychosis plus, Psychomotor Retardation. Because of the prescribed drugs, I developed very difficult medical issues such as Gerd, Sleep Apnea, and Incontinence. The FDA needs to be aware of comments made on Ask a Patient, perhaps people could get the help they need instead of being thrown into the legal drug system. Good news: although drugged, I awakened in mid 2007 with a clear mind, researched the drugs, began my decent and am alive once more. I reluctantly take one medication, a .25 clonazepam and it is still horrendous and very controlling. I want to be totally free of clonazepam, life has passed me by (over 30 years gone). I have color in my life once more, and I love living. Any fear I currently experience is directed at Psychiatrists and the power given them by the court system in America (forced drugging and ECT or Electroconvulsive Therapy) | F | 69 | 14 years Up to 3mg 1X day | 7/5/2011 | 1 | Insomnia | I'm no longer taking this medication. I use Trazodone for sleep. My doctor allowed me to increase the dosage of the Trazodone. | F | 69 | 10 days 1 - 2 mg 1X day | 3/21/2024 Patient History | 5 | RLS | restless legs that interfere with sleep / with very few exceptions Clonazepam has helped me get to sleep and stay asleep | F | 68 | 3 years | 11/27/2006 | 4 | panic, argrofobia | takeing ilt over 10 years... 1 mg at night. my age is 68. side effects is lack of concentration and short memory losss. maybe itchy skin(burning sensation) not sure this drug is cause the itchy skin. | M | 68 | 10 days | 7/15/2007 | 1 | insomnia due to autonomic neuropath | loss of balance, muscle cramps, burning sensation in my brain, loss of appetite, slight headaches, still get no more than an avg. of 3 to 4 hrs. sleep each night, and numbness on brain. | I would definitely advise anyone to not let any M.D. or Neurologist suggest that anyone get started on Clonazepam, because of its various side effects, as well as having possible life-threatining side effects, if stopped abruptly. E.G: Uncontrollable seizures that can't be stopped… | M | 67 | 18 months .05 mg 1X day | 5/13/2011 | 1 | Anxiety | While taking 2-3 times a week was slowly going into withdrawal. Drug works fine at quelling anxiety and insomnia at first, but as you go into withdrawal unknowingly those come back. Over time even that low dose causes me to become a zombie with dulled emotions. Now tapering off. Will never take again. | Just don't. It may seem like a lifesaver in the beginning but it will stab you in the back. Then when you try to get off be prepared for a stretch of insomnia and anxiety that are very unpleasant. The 18-50 hr half-life means that only taking 2-3 times a week it can build up in your system and over more than a few weeks, you're now where you can't just stop abruptly. Very dangerous med like ALL benzos. | F | 67 | 2 years 0.25-0.5 m 3X W | 1/15/2022 | 5 | 3 year severe anxiety | I basically changed overnight did not leave the house was a total wreck (three years) Took Xanax then it did not help anymore so began Klonopin 1 mg. 3x a day and it helped tremendously. I was almost normal again. Then gradually anxiety and all came back gradually. I cannot live like that anymore. What is next? more meds etc. | F | 66 | 3 months 1mg 3X day | 7/17/2010 | 5 | GENERALIZED ANXIETY | SHORT TERM MEMORY LOSS. SPARSE EPISODES WHERE IN CANNOT COMPLETELY CONCENTRATE. | I WAS TAKEN OFF XANAX .5MG FOUR TIMES DAILY. I HAD BEEN TAKING THE XANAX OR VALIUM CONTINUOUSLY FOR OVER 20 YEARS PREVIOUSLY. I WAS PLACED ON 1 MG OF CLONAZEPAM TWICE DAILY ALONG WITH 10 MG OF LEXAPRO ONCE DAILY. THE XANAX WITHDRAWAL TOOK ABOUT THREE WEEKS AT WHICH TIME I STARTED TO FEEL LIKE A HUMAN BEING AGAIN. ONCE THE LEXAPRO AND THE CLONAZEPAM KICKED IN I FELT SO MUCH BETTER. WHILE I GUESS CLONAZEPAM IS IN THE FAMILY WITH ATIVAN, VALIUM AND XANAX, IT HAS AN EXTREMELY LONG HALF-LIFE AND SUPPORTS YOUR ANXIETY ON A CONSTANT LEVEL CONTINUOUSLY. WITH XANAX YOU HAVE TO TAKE ONE MAYBE THREE OR FOUR TIMES A DAY. THERE ARE NO UPS AND DOWNS WITH CLONASEPAM. I AM LEVEL, HAVE GOOD REACTIONS AND FEEL BETTER THAN I HAVE EVER FELT IN MY 34 YEARS OF ANXIETY. IF I HAVE AN IMPORTANT APPOINTMENT REQUIRING ACUTE MENTAL ACUITY IN A DAY OR SO I CUT BACK OF .5 MG TWICE DAILY. THIS DRUG SURE MADE ME A NEW PERSON. I HAVE DONE AWAY WITH THE LEXAPRO NOW ALTOGETHER. | M | 66 | 2 years | 9/13/2007 | 1 | Anxiety and Depression | Listen up people. If you begin this drug, your life will Never Be The Same Ever. Even as you develop Tolerance and Tolerance Withdrawal, the suffering you endure will be Unfathomable. You likely will Suffer Permanent Neurological Damage which can include Tinnitus and Permanent Worse Anxiety and Severe Depression, even Decades After Stopping. To say nothing of being nonfunctional for a decade or more, at a minimum. Just Don't. I lost Everything and don't know if I Can Even Go On. Consider this as possible the only Serious Warning, because You Will Never Be Told The Truth About These Drugs By Any Provider. The reason they won't warn you is because if they didn't prescribe this Poison is that They Would Have No Income If They Didn't!! Simple As That. If you want a future, don't take even one pill. Use Magnesium to effectively relieve anxiety.Take large doses of magnesium for anxiety it works for panic too. I used to have a life before these drugs.It is probably too late for me to rebuild what I lost, Virtually Everything I Ever Had. I will mourn everything I lost, including Myself, til the day I die. | It appears we can't hold any of them legally liable due to a Supreme Court decision regarding patients c. ?2011. | F | 66 | 0 days Can't reme 1X day | 11/27/2022 | 1 | Insomnia | Very severe withdrawals | If u decide to get off this poison taper very slowly drs know nothing about the side effects | M | 66 | 17 years 0.5 | 5/28/2020 |
CLONAZEPAM (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. FDA Approval Date: 1996-09-10 (Sources: U.S. Centers for Medicare Services, FDA)