CLONAZEPAM Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (348 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLONAZEPAM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLONAZEPAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anxiety panic irrational compulsive | increased salivation sputum minimal cough but not of much significance wonderful effect thanks to researchers | M | 63 | 6 months 0.25 to0.5 | 4/26/2012 | 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 day | 4/4/2015 | 5 | Insomnia and RLS | No side effects from .5-1mg nightly. | I've read LOTS of negative comments on here from people taking this for anxiety and I can't help but wonder if these are unstable people who harbor negative feelings towards EVERYTHING in the world (lol). By taking only 1mg per day (night actually) I have no side effects whatsoever! It is so much gentler than Ambien, Lunesta, Sonata and Rozerem and has no hangover effect. In fact, I never even notice any effect from this pill at all -- I am just able to get to sleep when I want. | M | 34 | 6 months | 9/3/2007 | 4 | panic attacks, irritable bowel synd | anxiety if dose missed, slight forgetfulness | Even though there are some side effects, it has helped me to live a normal life. I was at the point that leaving the house for almost any reason gave me a severe stomach ache. I now take one half of a .5 mg tablet every morning, and the stomach aches have disappeared. I haven't had a panic attack in a long time either. I am supplementing this medication with hypnotherapy and EFT (a form of acupressure). Would like to be able to discontinue the medication eventually, since it is addictive, but my brain/body are not ready yet. | F | 47 | 6 months | 4/29/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic, Sleeplessnes | None | Love this drug! Completely controls my panic and helps me sleep through the night. I was waking up in a panic every night. | F | 48 | 6 months | 9/2/2008 | 4 | anxiety/panic attacks | A little sleepy but can still drive/function at a normal level but without the panic!!! | be careful when weening off of this medicine. If you do not taper down the side effects can be horrible. | F | 27 | 6 months 1mg 1X day | 1/9/2012 | 2 | Scizoaffective disorder | Anxiety, nausea upset stomach and colon, migrain headaches, chest pains, sore muscles, unable to focus or concebtrate at times, blurry vision, problems falling asleep, loss of appetite, lost of interest in sex, lost of interest in things I like, shaking of hands and body at different parts of the day | Since my doze got changed I keep dropping stuff and trpping over things ad stub my toes because I have prblesm walking, unable toty pe correctly and used words I did not mean to say and forgot what someone said 15 minutes ago and they get mad at me and say they already told me and refuse to tell me. Have clonazepam hangovers that have me sleep during the day a lot but trying to stay awake but too drowsy to drive a car yet. | M | 42 | 6 months 2MG 2X day | 10/3/2010 | 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 | 1 | panic disorder | drowsiness for the first 5 to 7 days,mood changes bad news,depression comes later,nervesness it's bad to the bone,and your sex drive man look out you don't know if you got off or not you look at it and its small and u say any1 have a air pump.ALL YES COMING OFF THE DRUG IS HELL ON EARTH... | STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG ITS BAD NEWS drowsiness for the first 5 to 7 days,mood changes bad news,depression comes later,nervesness it's bad to the bone,and your sex drive man look out you don't know if you got off or not you look at it and its small and u say any1 have a air pump.ALL YES COMING OFF THE DRUG IS HELL ON EARTH... | M | 40 | 6 months | 7/4/2008 | 1 | mild anxiety | Have been taking .5 mg at night for about 6 months. Tried to wean off - wound up w/convulsions in the hospital. | This drug is like swatting a fly with a machine gun for me. Talk about overkill. And now I don't know how to stop safely! DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG UNLESS YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE!!!!! | F | 49 | 6 months | 4/3/2008 | 1 | Social phobia/social anxiety | Hard not to get addicted to this drug due to its long half-life. The withdrawal was really, really bad. Took more risks (and fell twice). Got too tough against other people. | What a hard lesson: Felt some anxiety and a very low sex drive when being on Sertraline 200 mg. Had been using it for about four years. Got prescribed oxazepam and felt great. Decided to try Klonopin (clonazepam). Was not knowing the side-effects. Worked well for one month or so back in april 2007. After about a month I had to increase the dose to get the same effect. More and more. By the end of june I understood something was wrong. Had gotten a bit too impulsive in relationships and was really tough. At work I did some mistakes and did not really care. In august the increase of dose was so high I became like a drug addict. Then read about the withdrawal symptoms. Decided to stop in oktober (took a vacation from work). Stuck on an about 6 mg of Klonopin during september/october was a really bad feeling. That vacation was the worst experience of my entire life. But that is another story. I am not sure how, but during these two weeks my first suicidal thoughts of my life entered my min | M | 32 | 6 months | 2/17/2008 | 1 | My husband was prescribed this pill and it immediately changed him for the worse. All of his family and friends have begged him to switch meds but his psychologist refuses to change it. He has slurred speech, drastic lobido change, impulsivity problems now that he never had before in the years we've been married. It's a definate "I don't give a crap" drug and it's almost ruined our lives. Please, SERIOUSLY do not take this drug! | For the "all knowing" psycologists out there reading this: please listen to your patients when they tell you about the side-effects they are having. Ours won't listen and won't change the drug. | M | 37 | 6 months 1X day | 2/16/2010 | 1 | anxiety | memory loss, behavior changes | This drug and all benzos are crap. Extremely addictive. Should be banned with all other benzos. If you take it for more than a month you will be dependent on them. | M | 27 | 6 months 1 mg 2X day | 5/14/2010 | 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 | 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 | 5 | panic attacks, epileptic seizures | Calmness, Indifference, Drowsiness, Impairment of mental function: slowed thinking; vagueness and very precise enunciation during conversation. | I've been prescribed clonazepam for five months now. It helps with my panic attacks; works a trick in 15 mins. I find .25mg adequate. I am supposed to be taking clonazepam (.5mg) daily but i don't want to be dependent on a drug used to treat what is in my opinion a very unbecoming condition for a man of 18. I sometimes use .5mg before bed to help me sleep - it always does, though i find i wake earlier after a very deep sleep. I think sustained use of the drug might cause dependency and withdrawal symptoms. Occasional abuse of clonazepam hasn't caused dependency or tolerance: once after I woke in the morning I ingested 1.5mg with three fingers of brandy. I had a 'second' sleep within 20 mins and didn't wake til 9pm. | M | 18 | 5 months | 5/3/2007 | 5 | general anxiety/social anxiety | acidic taste in mouth, lower sex drive (could be other med though) much more passive than usual | Developed a serious anxiety disorder 5 years ago. Was on/off meds for about three years. Was finally presrcibed Citalopram and it worked wonders for me. About 90% better. However, approximately one day a week, I would feel awful. Drained, irritable, exausted, just miserable all around. Referred to them as a fooey head day and forewarned all the people around me if I was experiencing one so they would not take my actions seriously that day. If I was having a good day I would tend to overdue it to compensate for the possibility of having a fooey head day the following day. Was prescribed Clonezapam to chase this and has it ever worked! I take a half a .5MG pill whenever I experience a fooey head day, which is about once a week, two tops, and the difference is incredible. I can focus, I have steady amounts of energy, I am pleasant, can deal with customers without feeling a panic attack coming on, and sleep wonderfully when I go to bed. It is so nice not to have to worry about having these | M | 28 | 4 months | 6/8/2007 | 5 | Anxiety, some OCD symptoms | Sleepiness of course (gradually went away), if i take it too late i'll be drowsy the next morning and have trouble getting up | I took this along with wellbutrin XL, which might account for why I didn't have as many sleepy side effects during the day. After a few weeks of steady 1 mg/day doses, it was truly a miraculous help for my OCD symptoms and generalized anxiety. My obsessions are virtually gone and I'm able to function and focus again. My only concern is building a tolerance to the effects, since I know that's what eventually happens. | F | 24 | 4 months | 10/17/2007 | 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 day | 5/10/2015 | 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 |