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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | For anxiety | I began Klonopin '09. I then began to have tinnitus, feel weak & sick & sinus headaches. I went to doctors & they couldn't find anything wrong. I didn't understand. I began to want to just stay home. I lost interest in life - only did what was necessary, for my kids. But, I didn't do fun things with them. Fun became foreign to me. I had become a recluse, that could hardly smile, I had to force it. I took Klonopin as needed every few weeks, then every few days, & just .5 mg. It didn't occur to me that this was causing my symptoms. Until 2013, I found info about Klonopin & it's side effects. I read that you shouldn't just stop it, so I asked to be weaned off. My shrink said to take half a pill for the next few weeks. I did, & within 1 week I was in the ER. I was hyperventilating,shaking, nauseous, & had the worst anxiety I have ever had. I was told it was withdrawals! My PCP reinstated me on .5 mg. But now, to stop the shaking & panic attacks, I have to take it daily! My shrink didn't think it possible to have withdrawals from a low dose. It happened to me. I'm in the early stages of tapering again, by .125 mg. I hope, I won't go through the withdrawals again. I'm okay, just very weak, sickly, sinus headaches & I'm anxious - that's tolerable. I look forward to getting off of this crap. It is not worth it! It's not intended to be taken for more than 2 weeks. I was on it for 4 years! How could this happen? I trust doctors to know what's best. | F | 39 | 4 years .5 mg | 2/2/2014 | 1 | Anxiety | 1 days | 2/2/2014 | 1 | Grief | Worst nightmare of my life.. 22 months off and still suffering symptoms so severe.. Has disabled me.. Look up benzo buddies.. Should be banned. | F | 52 | 5 years 1mg | 2/2/2014 | 3 | Insomnia | At 1mg, very hungover the next morning. Hard to get up and to work on time. At .5 and .25mg that was less of a problem but drug didn't work as well for insomnia. | Started at 1mg per night due to severe insomnia. It was at a stressful time of life and I also had daily headaches, abdominal pain and a prostate infection. At 1mg it did help me to get 4-6 hours of sleep but never a full night sleep. The next day I would feel very hungover and struggled getting to work on time. Once up and around it got better. However, after 3 weeks on 1mg, I tapered to .5mg for two weeks, then .25 mg for 1 week, then quit taking it due to withdrawal concerns. Withdrawal has been a challenge even at this lower dose for a short period of time. Rebound insomnia occurred at each taper and sporadically... and now that I have been off completely for a few days I'm only getting 3-4 hours of sleep per night. I hope this will pass with time. The drug didn't cause any crazy symptoms for me like some other posts... but did totally snow me on 1mg and was only partially helpful for sleep. But I must say that my sleep problems were so bad at the time that I would have probably lost my job if I had not started the medicine. So it was worth it for me. | M | 33 | 2 months 1mg 1X day | 1/31/2014 | 4 | anxiety. stress | Dreams to start, not bad. So much stress right now taking care of sick husband, disabled daughter, 92 year old mother and keeping up with normal daily chores and activities. Everything seemed like an emergency it all had to be done NOW. Since starting meds I know it still needs done but without the urgency I slowed down and feel it's. Ok, I can handle the load without being in a panic. I need to take care of me now,, not worry about getting off of them later, geez, priorities for now. | F | 64 | 5 weeks 5 | 1/16/2014 | 5 | panic disorder | I only noticed a little bit of irritability. It helped wonders when I was on it. I have since changed Dr's and had to come off it cold turkey. My anxiety levels are through the roof and I am having heart palptations. Probably from anxiety. | F | 34 | 1 years 1 mg 3xday | 1/12/2014 | 1 | Insomnia, Chronic Pain | This drug is pure poison. I wish I had read this page before I began taking it. While it worked well initially, I never even thought that my side effects were coming from this medication. I have no idea why I did not research it as I have done my other medications. Memory loss was the first sign something was wrong. I was tongue tied all the time and conversations were awkward because I forgot the word I was trying to say and my brain worked faster than my mouth but I still got stuck on common words that I could not remember. Forgetfulness was terrible. I could not remember where I put anything. SEVERE procrastination, I did not care if anything got finished or not. Confusion, cognitive problems, depersonalize, no emotion, I don't give a shit attitude, lethargic, tremors/myclonic jerks, muscle weakness, mental fog, sever moods swings Dr. Jekyell-Mr. Hyde syndrome. Insomnia, fatigue, emotional numbness, headaches, heart palpitations, weight gain, no motivation and procrastination. I w | My life stopped when I began taking this drug. It was not obvious at the beginning but as time went by it became obvious to everyone that something was wrong with me. This drug damages your bran and I think it is irreversible. It took me 8 months to get off of this POISON and things have not returned to normal. I am no longer the person I was before taking this drug. This drug took "me" away and all that was left was the shell of the person I used to be. I ruined every single relationship I had, my family, my friends and loved ones could not tolerate my highs and lows. Especially when I promised to do something and then had no idea why they were mad at me and they did not believe that I had no memory of that discussion. Then my moods swings were so bad that I scared people, especially when I became angry. Benzos change the receptors in your brain and you are no longer the same and never will be. This drug should be taken off the market. I have never had problems getting off of medication but this one put me on my ass. I was so suicidal that I knew I would kill myself, it was just a matter of time. I did not know who I was anymore and I did not like who I became. I had to be hospitalized to finally detox off this medication and then it became a mental health issue. After I got off this medication my memory loss did not return to normal. I think I have brain damage and neurological test show that I have noticeable cognitive impairment and memory loss.PLEASE IF YOU DO | F | 47 | 10 years 4 mg 1X day | 12/29/2013 | 4 | chronic anxiety/for sleep | no adverse side effects | Klonopin is a popular and interesting drug. Doctors prefer it over other, more quick-release benzos in particular because it lasts longer, and therefore, one would think it to be less addictive. Maybe so, maybe no, but the body and mind habituate to it in no time. I was always on a rather hefty dose of Klonopin for a long time. Anywhere between 6-11 mg a day in fact. At first, even for the first several years, it did the trick for insomnia and generalized anxiety, but after 7-8 years, even 6+ mg began to render itself ineffective. Primarily, the problem with Klonopin contrasted with other benzos is that while it lasts the longest (12 hours), it takes a full hour, that is, 60 whole minutes before one begins to feel its effects. For someone with panic disorders and poly-anxiety disorders, like myself, this simply doesn't cut the mustard. If one has panic attacks in particular, along with chronic anxiety, I highly recommend Xanax, Xanax XR, or Valium over Klonopin. But it did the trick longer than any of those others for me so far, so I did give it a 4 out of 5. | M | 28 | 8 years 2 mg 3X day | 12/27/2013 | 3 | It helped when I needed it | .50 mg twice a day it made me really calm and tired the first few months. Then it made me feel irritable and more anxious. I've taken Ativan and xanax in the past. At this point I'm only on klonopin because I don't want to get withdrawal symptoms but I'm going to try to ask my doctor how to taper. I wish I never told my doctor I felt anxious because honestly my anxiety was easier to control before taking anything. | F | 28 | 1 years .50 mg | 12/26/2013 | 3 | insomnia/anxiety | It helps me sleep well, but the next day, approximately 15 hrs. Later, i become so sleepy that I have to lay down/ go to bed. I quit taking it for a week and did not have these spells. I would like to know if anyone else has had this problem, please. | F | 52 | 1 months 3 mg | 12/22/2013 | 5 | anxiety | If I take too much I get a little sleepy the next day. | Works great for anxiety. I only take .5 before bed. It helps me relax and get to sleep. If I can't sleep I'll take an extra pill and I fall asleep. | F | 32 | 7 years .5 1X day | 12/19/2013 | 5 | Restless Leg Syndrome | None | Great drug. I read the other comments and wonder if some of these folks have co-morbid psychiatric issues that would be better helped with an old school, low side effect SSRI such as Prozac. I've had to go off Klonapin for 3 pregnancies and never had a problem titrating off. If a medication is destroying your life, STOP TAKING IT and get a new doctor if they disagree. It's your body... | F | 43 | 12 years 1 mg 1X day | 12/17/2013 | 1 | Panic Attacks | Worked real well when first started. No side effects | M | 68 | 10 years 3mg | 12/17/2013 | 1 | Insomnia | While taking the 2mg dosage at night I did not think I had many bad side effects but then went to 5mg and this medicine almost killed me I discovered that this medication caused severe memory loss - I would do things and have absolutely no memory of doing it, severe cognitive impairment, irrational thought and actions, confusion, heart palpitations, severe mood changes - the time I was on it have been a blur. I have been suicidal with irrational thoughts and actions. Very sudden changes in my mood and behavior. I would be fine one minute and throwing a temper tantrum the next. The worst part is not remembering things that I said or did. I wrote letter that I do not remember writing, talked to people and later had no memory of even seeing that person or what I said. I had no impulse control and from what my family has told me I acted like a crazy lunatic. I lost friendships and my own son will not let me see my grandchildren because I have acted so irrational. I was a different person | Getting off this medication was pure hell, I literally thought I was losing my mind. I had terrible mood swings, headaches, and felt at times that I was unable to sit still. I had to have something moving at all times. I had to tap my foot or swing my arms. It was like I had ants in my pants, that creepy crawly feeling all the time. I think I was more irrational trying to get off this medication that I was while on it full strength. Please if you are considering taking this medication, check out the side effects and read the hell that some of the people on this site have been through. My advice is to never take this medication unless you want to ruin every single thing in your life. I have relationships that can't be fixed, I lost everything I loved, my marriage, my son and grandson, my job, friendships and all self-respect that I ever had for myself. I almost killed myself on several occasions. The temptation to kill myself was so great that I had myself committed which was the worst thing I could have done. Three days in hell and I would not wish anyone to go through what they put me through in the psyc ward. It took 6 months to finally come off of this medication completely. I have been off of it for 3 months now but the damage to my family and everyone I loved has not been not been repaired. I do not know if my son will ever let me see my grandson again. Right now I have supervised visits with him but hopefully someday I can prove to my son that I am okay and not the cra | F | 54 | 2 years 4mg 1X day | 12/8/2013 | 4 | Anxiety | I only take it as needed. Sometimes I will go three months without it. Sometimes I will take it ever night for six weeks. No side effects except I have to be very careful not to get hooked on it. It can make me sleepy too. | F | 34 | 7 years .25 | 12/7/2013 | 1 | as a tapering method after Ativan | IT'S BEEN A LIVING HELL. I'm on a slow taper (was originally on Ativan, but have switched to liquid K to taper because of K's longer half-life). Was originally prescribed Ativan for anxiety after an emergency medical situation and subsequent PTSD. No doctor ever explained the problems associated with benzo pills. I didn't take it every day, so I naively thought I wouldn't be hooked. And I believed in my doctors. One day while out walking, I felt like I was having a stroke. I was extremely dizzy, couldn't walk straight, and had to hold onto something for awhile. After it happened again, I realized I was addicted after searching online. My doctor refused to help me taper and instead told me that I needed to see a psychiatrist and be on Paxil. I've been going through an online program to taper slowly from K, and even with the slow taper, it's been hell. I cannot believe that doctors are SO DAMNED IGNORANT about these dangerous drugs. The least they could do is warn people about the many t | F | 61 | 5 months .5 mg. 1X day | 12/2/2013 | 5 | anxiety, insomnia, nervous | Some days tired and some days motivated. Always in a better mood. Since taking this I can now rode add a passenger in a car, I can fly and I don't take my 3 kids and 2 100lb dogs in our 3x5 bathroom during every rain storm now. I can sleep and I don't get angry over silly things. | F | 27 | 1 years .5 | 12/1/2013 | 3 | 1 days | 11/21/2013 | 5 | insomnia because of tinnitus | I had no side effects at all. Sometimes a little blurred vision. Helped me a lot with in my insomnia and anxiety. When tempering with this drug it's quit easy, Iowered my dose 1 time a week with 0,5mg. | M | 31 | 3 years 2mg | 11/20/2013 | 1 | menieres disease | I'm having horrible insomnia. Ivr been off klonopin 5 months. I lierally go a week at a time without sleep. Am I gonna die | F | 58 | 10 years 20 | 11/19/2013 |