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| 5 | Anxiety, Panic Attacks, Agoraphobia | Like others here have said, the first 15-20 minutes after 1 0.5mg clonazepam is ingested, I feel tired and even yawn a good bit but another 10-20 minutes later that wears off and I feel very relaxed and can actually take time to slow down and think about things that need to be done instead of panicking and stumbling over every errand or task. Before this medication, I would find my anxiety levels were heightened in public situations such as the grocery store or a busy shopping mall...without the medication, my heart would race, palms would sweat, pupils would dilate and I knew this because I felt them enlarge...and inside I was simply freaking out. Before I go ANYWHERE that involves large crowds and more noises than one can register and interpret, I take 1 0.5mg typically early in the day or 30mins to an hour before going out...and once I arrive to my destination, it has kicked in and I feel like I can conquer the world. It relaxes me to the point I don't get that rushed feeling, so | If taken only when I need it and not daily, it works wonders. I have suffered from depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder since I was a toddler. I had adhd in preteen-junior high years and never went to a doctor for a diagnosis...so I self-medicated with an array of drugs...everything from ecstasy to lsd to prescription drugs that friends got and didnt want to take(paxil, adderal, etc)...eventually quit all the drugs and tried taking an anti-depressant but quickly stopped it because I was emotionally detached and that just wasn't for me because I'm the type of person that loves to socialize and have "real talk"...love to laugh and make others laugh...I just unfortunately went through hell growing up so that's why I chose to experiment with drugs and I'm sure doing that at such an early age screwed up my developing brain...so now I just have anxiety...the depression comes and goes but it's never debilitating like it was when I was younger. The clonazepam is a life-saver for my anxiety. I do still have panic attacks if I'm in a car for a long period of time, but letting the window down to get fresh air seems to help better than popping another clono. | F | 22 | 4 months | 8/12/2009 | 2 | adenaline disorder, insomnia | when you get off this medicine you are in worse condition than when you began | The doctor told me it was not habit forming. This is not true. It's taken me more than a month to get off it. I've had panic attacks, tremors, paranoia, dizziness, muscle cramps, and my insomnia is at it's worse. I was never told about all the side affects or it's ability to hook you in. If you go to a doctor, make sure you do the blood work to assure your diagnosis and treatment is correct. I am going to an internist but I am unsure about going the drug route. I will try other routes with prayer. This is NOT a good drug for long term use. | F | 62 | 3 years | 8/5/2009 | 5 | panic driving on freeways | no side effects | Completely amazed that taking one .5 mg pill took away the horrible panic attacks i had while driving on freeway. now i take one .5 pill an hour before driving and can drive through downtown of a huge city on the freeway. I am testing other freeways but looks like this medication has liberated me. I only take it before driving on freeway so am not fearful of the addiction or side effects others are experiencing. To me this drug has been a life saver and i am grateful for it. | F | 51 | 3 times | 7/29/2009 | 4 | sleeping | Just a very good night's sleep! I have had some clumsiness, but I also take Topamax which has all of these odd symptoms like memory loss, clumsiness, etc...I don't blame the Clonopin on this. | Tried Ambien and my body got used to it and it didn't work anymore. Clonopin puts me to sleep within 30-40 minutes and I sleep well without any side effects in the morning, no grogginess...nothing! When I run out of pills---I go haywire and cannot sleep and feel like a junkie begging for more pills from my doctor! I just need to sleep! I don't use the pills for anxiety or anything else. I love them. I wish they gave me the relaxing feeling that everyone else is feeling, but they don't. I just get tired all of a sudden after laying in bed 30-40 minutes of laying in bed. | F | 37 | 2.5 years | 7/15/2009 | 3 | insomnia - tardive dyskensia | hang-over affect next day. tired. perhaps depressed ( it is a central nervous system depressant !). digestive problems. blunts emotions. vision problems. memory problems. some coordination problems. EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE !! REPEAT -- EXTREMELY ADDICTIVE !!.. May lead to alzeimers and brain malfunctions.. and definite memory problems.... | Clonazapam is one of the most addictive drugs on the planet.. it and xanax... Do not start on it !! .. much more addictive than heroin !.. 20 times more addictive and powerful than valium..very short half life... do not take this drug or xanax..!!! go to www.non-benzodiazepines.org.uk for warnings !!!!! Read the book Toxic Psychiatry by Peter Breggin... almost impossible to ween off... Klonipin (clonazapam) is extremely addictive and TOXIC!.. please contact me if you want to know the TRUTH about psychiatric drugs. | M | 57 | 14 years | 7/10/2009 | 1 | parasomnia/night terrors/sleepwalk | Slurred speech, aggressiveness, I was in a haze all day, did not stop my night activity, friends and family kept telling me that I wasn't myself, no motivation, short-tempered | I tried it for 10 days but I did not feel any more refreshed in the morning. All I wanted to do was stay in bed and sleep. My husband hated being around me. I would rather deal with night terrors and at least feel like myself the next morning than be under the influence of this drug all day. | F | 36 | 10 days | 7/4/2009 | 2 | Anxiety | I took this medication for 6 months and had abdominal pain. I was taken .05 mg twice a day. I weaned off in 6 weeks. After a week off, I am having diarrhea issues and abdominal pain. | I will take anxiety any day of the week. | M | 38 | 6 months | 6/25/2009 | 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 | 5 | anxiety and insomnia | none....unless you count feeling normal as a side effect. | I take .5 mg in the morning and 1 mg right before bed. Anxiety during the day has disappeared, am able to sleep a full 8 hours and get to work immediately after rising. I've been through the gamut of sleep meds, ambien (&CR), lunesta, trazadone, yadda yadda yadda, and this has been a life saver! | M | 38 | 1 years | 6/6/2009 | 5 | panic attacks | It makes me a bit sleepy, but also makes me unable to experience panic attacks. So I'll take sleepy any day. Decreased appetite. | This drug makes my life worth living. Panic attacks kept me prisoner for many years. Now I can do all those things I was never able to. I only take these "as needed" which in the beginning was up to 2mg per day, but now is about .5mg once a month or so when I feel panicky. | F | 33 | 2 years | 6/2/2009 | 4 | nightmares | My mind races. I'm the type of person that can do in 6 hours what takes someone else 8. At night unfortunately my mind doesn't stop the wheels turning. I have no problem going to sleep, but it manifests itself in nightmares where I end up physically kicking and screaming in reaction to things I see in my dreams or even in my bedroom. I even carry on a conversation with the g/f if she tries to calm me down. I usually don't remember this although if she reminds me the next morning it does come back to me a lot of times and then I can remember doing it. One dr gave me seroquel even though I not a depressant in any way shape or form. I took it and it paralyzes you. I guess that physically stops you from moving and acting out, but in the morning I was so tired I couldn't move and I am the type of person that gets out of bed 1 sec after the alarm rings. Also after quitting the seroquel I can very much understand how it makes people suicidal. Luckily I am not a depressant and knew it wa | Anyway on those nights sometimes the nightmares come back so I don't know what I am going to do if I build up a tolerance to this stuff. So far really no major side effects. I'm was irritable before because I don't get the right type of sleep so still being irritable now is just the same effect but caused for a different reason. Probably a little short term memory loss, but not enough to be detrimental. Me mellowed out is just taking me down to how a normal persons minds functions. I can see how these other people that have anxiety and stuff are having more severe side effects because thier mind isn't racing so stopping their synapses from firing is putting them in a more vegetative state. My problem is more antsy, lets get stuff done, always thinking 10 steps ahead type problem though and not being able to turn that off. Google searching hasn't really turned up anybody else that describes their nightmare symptoms like mine :( | M | 28 | 4 months | 5/19/2009 | 5 | anxiety,panic attacks | a little drowsiness at first but you get used to it's effects and can function | I was on .5 mg daily for 4 years and taking it during a tense time was like a life saver for me,but sometimes getting through the day on .5mg was still at times a struggle and I still had panic attacks and anxiety at times because I only had that 1 pill and it wasn't quite enough.So I talked to my doctor and he inceased my dosage to .5mg twice daily around a month ago and ever since I've been calm and relaxed all day long and I sleep great at night.I know it's addictive because once I went off .5mg daily for 4 days and started feeling really weird.It is a tremendous help and I'd rather take pills and be relaxed than off pills and a nervous wreck. | M | 26 | 4 years | 4/18/2009 | 4 | Anxiety | During treatment: Short term memory loss, occasional morning drowsiness, emotional detachment, libido impairment. Withdrawal: Insomnia, fatigue during the day, "spaciness," night sweats, nausea. | Read through this site in looking to see if my withdrawal is normal. It looks like it is. This has been a good drug, but I eventually ended up taking more than prescribed (prescribed up to 1.5 mg/day as needed, took 3 mg/day daily). Went cold turkey last week because of dependence. The withdrawal is bad -- I don't recommend cold turkey, but I'm stubborn enough to stick to it. Fortunately withdrawal symptoms will clear away. Clonazepam helped, but I did underestimate how powerful it is. If taking for anxiety, I would recommend taking when you need it rather than on a regular basis. | M | 26 | 1.5 years | 4/13/2009 | 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 | panic attacks | At first it was mostly drowsy, dizzy and unmotivated. I have been on it for nearly two years and have tried quitting several times. The withdrawal symptoms are terrible. Recently I have begun to get muscle pains in my chest from the drug. If I try to reduce the dose by even .25mg my body immediately reacts and causes me to take more. I know that I need to quit this drug and have started acupuncture and biofeedback. I do want to exercise but this drug rarely leaves me with enough energy. It did stop my panic attacks but now I have body aches and other issues I did not have before. It is highly addictive and must come off of it slowly. If anyone has any tips as to what works best when withdrawing, please post | F | 50 | 2 years | 3/19/2009 | 3 | insomnia and sleep apnea | I am taking 1mg, along with 100mg of Trazodone for sleep. I have also tried Seroquel and Ambien; sometimes all 4 at once. Everyone is different, but the combination of Clonazepam and Trazodone works pretty well for me. | There are some days that it is very difficult to get up. There are also some days in which I have a physical feeling of frustration and anger. I'm not sure if it is a drug interaction of this drug itself. I also take meds for asthma, gout and a number of other medical conditions | M | 61 | 5 years | 3/11/2009 | 4 | anxiety attacks | Not many. I fell that it is a mild drug to gradually reduce the effects of a panic attack. when I first went on it I was told it in the morning and when i went to bed, it should help the anxiety attacks but at night it shold help me sleep. throughout taking this medication it has greatly improved the anxiety attacks, but as I'm going along it didn't help me sleep | F | 45 | 60 days | 2/26/2009 | 4 | w/anti-depressant / anxiety | Addiction, hard to stop taking. | I first started this with an anti-depressant (Wellbutrin XR) to prevent any seizures. Then stopped taking the anti-depressant and continued the Clonazepan for anxiety. Was on 0.5 twice a day then 1 mg twice a day. Then added Lorazepam for a few months. Stopped taking the Clonazepam for a month. Then went back on Clonazepam at 0.5 mg twice a day and stopped the Lorazepam. Clonazepam is logging acting, while Lorazepam is shorter acting. Both medications are related to the Valium, Librium, Dalmane "family" of medications. This is best taken for short term less than six months. Also when stressful events happen in your life. Really good for anxiety relief. I want to get off this medication but without it I have severe panic and anxirty attacks. I have physical and psychiatric conditons. I have SCH of the brain ( a rare progressive neurological brain bleeding conditon that has no cure, schizophrenia. bi-polar, paranoia, anxiety, and more...) There is a lot wrong but I s | F | 50 | 7 years | 2/25/2009 | 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 | anxiety, panic attacks | i am very drowsy, unmotivated even for sex, feel like i constantly need to be sleeping during the day, and am having problems sleeping at night, and i think i have gained weight..i don't know if this is all due to the drug- i have depression and the rough winter here is adding to my discontent | it has helped me with my panic attacks although ifeel i have become way too dependent on it, i have tried to stop taking it..and i had a rough week of headaches ...once i did..my sexual life was much better.. i am scared it is too habit forming and my relationship with my wife is suffering | M | 38 | 4 months | 2/2/2009 |