KLONOPIN Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (1073 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare KLONOPIN with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | insomnia | Initially I was on .5 mg and did experience a few weeks of rebound insomnia. However, I have been on the lower dose for several months at a time without experiencing any withdrawal problems and with generally excellent sleep. I can sleep normally for months at a time (no prescription aids) but then something happens to retrigger my insomnia (usually in the Fall, oddly enough) and I go back to this very low dose. However, I have discovered that when I begin using it I need a larger dose the first couple of nights (just to get a decent amount of the stuff into my system I suppose). Here is what has worked for me: 1st night -i mg. 2nd-3rd nights -.5 mg. Then .25 mg. for the duration. | At this very low dosage I think it's definitely worth a try. | M | 61 | 5 months .25 mg 1X day | 10/21/2010 | 4 | Anxiety attacks, feelings of dread | Drowsiness, sluggishness, "heavy footed", lack of balance | I've been on anti-depressants (300mg) since Feb. With my doc's help, I started to reduce the dosage, as my "issue" was resolved. Then in Sept, a MAJOR traumatic event ocurred that has changed my life completely. I'm on a higher dosage of the anti-depressant, AND am now on Klonopin. I take it as needed. It works well for my anxiety. I feel that 1 pill, though, doesn't quite do it. I've started to take 1 & 1/2 pills. It leaves me feeling more high than anything. I don't want to get high, I want the nervousness to go away, and it does. But can this be addictive? I don't want to get hooked on this and suffer whenever I come off. This life-altering issue (an unexpected death) will one day be "accepted", but I don't want to have problems in coming off Klonopin | M | 46 | 2 months 1mg 1X day | 10/15/2010 | 5 | Insomnia, anxiety, teeth grinding | no bad side effects | I have anxiety, insomnia, & clench and grind my teeth at night. I had tried Ambien, Ambien CR, some terrible drug that begins with a T that gave me night terrors!! All of these did not help me sleep much, if at all. I did an internet search and found Klonopin could help with the teeth grinding. I asked my doctor for it and VOILA! it WORKED! I sleep through the night, maybe getting up once to go to the bathroom, but I fall right back to sleep. I take Buspar 7.5mg three times a day for my anxiety. Doctor wants to take away my xanax which I used for my panic attacks. Not sure what's going on there. I will be talking to her tomorrow about it. I think she believes that if I am taking Buspar and Klonopin, I don't need xanax. But what if I have a panic attack? Will the Klonopin stop it? I've read it does, but more slowly than xanax. If she takes away my Klonopin, I am going to a different doctor! NOTHING has worked for my insomnia except for Klonopin!!!! I am going to pray extra hard tonight! | F | 42 | 6 months .5mg 1X day | 10/14/2010 | 1 | withdrawal is horrible! | Good luck to all those who will be coming off it in a couple or few years. | F | 49 | 2 years 2mg 1X day | 10/10/2010 | 5 | sleep myoclonus | I was unable to sleep due to the severity of my sleeping disorder. Unfortunately no other medications would work. I wish I did not have to take medication to sleep but there is no cure for my disorder and the cause cannot be found. Without clonazepam I would not be able to function. | F | 42 | 3 years .5 mg 1X day | 10/5/2010 | 5 | Anxiety/Insomnia | Drowsiness, decreased anxiety and worry. | If you take this drug correctly and are monitored closely by any competant Dr. you should have NO PROBLEMS. The only times problems arise is when people begin abusing this drug and stop being honest with their Dr.s and themselves. There isn't a Dr. out there that would not warn you of the addiction and the side effect you would have if you suddenly stopped. Klonipin is a narcotic, don't kid yourself. If you have been on this for years and just think you can stop taking it, I apologize but your are simply not smart. Research what you are taking before taking it!! Klonipin works and is a wonder drug for millions of people who know how to take it correctly. | F | 29 | 2 years 1mg 1X day | 10/4/2010 | 4 | Anxiety attacks | I stopped taking it when I was pregnant, with only side effect, a few sleepless nights. Now, my tolerance is increasing. I need to take 1 mg for me to really calm my anxiety, and that just makes me really sleepy. Plus, I am starting to feel rather "weird" if I don't take it. | This drug dramatically changed my life for the better when I first started taking it. It completely took away my anxiety and left me feeling "normal." I had horrible social anxiety, plus was having anxiety attacks "for no reason." I took it only as needed, NOT everyday. But for all those people who say how horrible it is, what exactly wer ethe horrible withdrawal symptoms/ not too specific. I still care about all those I love, my life, etc. It's just this surreal feeling, with anxiety, but I think I had that anyway...which is why I took it. Now it seems, I felt anxious most of the time, without any triggering factors. | F | 43 | 4 years .25-.5 3X W | 10/4/2010 | 4 | anxiety/depression | none | Trying to come down in dose from 4 mg to 1 mg caused seizures. Reduce dose very very gradually. As a drug, it is excellent, works in 20 minutes, extremely calming | M | 34 | 4 years 0.5 mg 2X day | 10/1/2010 | 3 | Panic Disorder and OCD | Tired, sleepy, memory problems, increased saliva production, confusion, stomach aches, very much decreased motivation, uncoordinated movements, blurred vision, libido decreased/increased | This drug does it's job, it does what it is supposed to do but with major effects. I've started to have worsening effects, and think that this medicine is to blame. It is very very effective for anxiety and OCD behavior, but takes away most of my motivation-even paying bills on time has become a problem. Sometimes I can't drive because of it. My OCD has gotten better and I don't really have bad anxiety attacks anymore. And, gee, I can't hardly wait to quit this medicine, according to everything I've read, it will be like being stuck out in the middle of the Pacific Ocean for a year... | M | 35 | 5 years .5-1.0mg 1X day | 9/29/2010 | 2 | Anxiety | Chronic headache and sores in mouth. I was emotionally all over the place and withdrawal would start hours after taking drug. Mind would race and I would be itching to take another pill. I also started this cough when I got stressed. Stopped taking drug and it all went away within months. Coming off was scary and I never felt so alone....but I did it! | M | 42 | 8 years .5 mg 2X day | 9/25/2010 | 1 | Anxiety,insomnia,panic | You want to know the long term use of this medicine is! I'll tell you, works great for a few years or for some several until I hit tolerance, it was bad, it just stops working all at once when it does, if i had known this 4 years ago, never would have even tried it! it's bad, hell more like it to get off it. it's like everything it worked for at the beginning now it creates and i'm tapering off, plan on switching to valium as it is longer lasting to finish my taper. google klonopin at all the stories ppl have to say about it, it's surprising what this pill does in the long run to people. | at first it worked ok, i never abused or used anything else with it, such as ssri's, dope, or whatever but when tolerance hit i felt so sick, it was like lethargy all day, went off on ppl, psychosis to some point, very dangerous drug, IF YOU HAVEN'T TAKEN THIS DON'T START i assume ppl rating it a 5 will come back one day and read about this and know what others here are talking about. it's worse than heroin to come off of, the doctor said, but i was warned and kept taking it, looks like there's no good news after all :( i signed a petition to have this banned or more strictly prescribed, it's not worth it, i seen a petition against it a few weeks ago on a forum. | M | 47 | 4 years 1mg 1X day | 9/23/2010 | 5 | Insomnia / Anxiety | Some drowsiness which was what I desired. | The comments about Klonopin that I have been reading on here are really surprised me. I have safely and effectively used it for years. I have taken many medications for chronic pain and depression that have had some bad side effects, but Klonopin has been so mild. It makes me wonder if other people are mixing it w/ alcohol? too many other medications? taking too much of it? It just doesn't seem like a drug that warrants labels like "Evil"...and so much anger. It has really helped me and w/ none of the hangover effects of other sleep meds. My insomnia is so severe many other meds don't work at all. I'm sorry that other people have had bad experiences w/ Klonopin-I still am curious about it. | F | 46 | 3 years 10 mg 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 4 | Panic attacks | Drowsiness, impaired balance and coordination. I don't suggest doing anything too physical while on this... | Works great for panic attacks, but use it sparingly to avoid dependence. I take an SSRI antidepressant along with it so I won't need it as much. | F | 23 | 1 months 0.5mg 1X day | 9/21/2010 | 4 | anxiety | First able to sleep much better, but insomnia came back quickly. Worked well and can take as needed. I like this drug, however, doctors are reluctant to prescribe because of its addictive properties. After being on Xanax, I find this drug significantly less likely to be habit forming. | F | 30 | 6 months .5MG 3X day | 9/20/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | PLEASE tell ME THIS WILL STOP FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS HOLY. | F | 33 | 7 days 2 mg 3X day | 9/18/2010 Patient History | 1 | Anxiety disorder | Increased seizures, depression, sensitivity to light, hyper all the time, Doctor said these were normal NOT! I hit tolerance, it may take a few of you a while but you will eventually! Good luck coming off, complete hell and back. No drinking or other drugs added, although the doctor told me to add in celexa to buffer withdrawal, nothing buffers it QUACK! He should know this! Amazing to me this hell drug in the long run is still on the shelves, there's a petition floating around there right now to give this drug a Black box warning! It's a dangerous and hell on wheels drug! If you think you're doing good on it, think again, Big Pharma is laughing at you! I hope your tapers go well when you start coming off because eventually you will. | I THOUGHT I WOULD BE ON THIS DRUG FOR LIFE AS THE DOCTOR TOLD ME I WOULD BE! KLONOPIN IS A DOWNER IN THE LONG RUN, IT WILL DESTROY YOUR LIFE...I CANNOT SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THIS MEDICATION OTHER THAN IT WILL EVENTUALLY STAB YOU IN THE BACK. AND I HAVE NO INTEREST WHATSOEVER HOW OTHERS RATE THIS DEVIL IN A BOTTLE BECAUSE I ALREADY KNOW AS WELL WHAT IT DOES IN THE LNG RUN, YOU'LL SEE AND WHEN YOU DO, GOD BLESS YOUR SOUL. THIS MEDICATION IS SO NASTY AND DISGUSTING, IT TAKES YOUR LIFE! HEALING FROM THIS DRUG ONCE OFF NO MATTER WHAT THE DOCTOR SAYS..IS INITIALLY 6-18 MONTHS. GOOD LUCK TO THOSE IN DREAM LAND. | F | 37 | 2 months 0.5mg 4X day | 9/18/2010 | 5 | anxiety'ptsd' | dry mouth/ mood changes "happy" | works great for me. I was precribed 2mg xanx twice a day. I was on that ride for a year and half. I changed doctors. Now I take small hoidays with the klonopin. I THINK YOU SHOULD TAKE IT ONLY WHEN U NEED IT OR IF UR EXPECTING A RUFF DAY (COURT OR A BIG SOCIAL EVENT WHERE U ARE GOING TO SEE PEOPLE THAT U HATE. It helps with my back pain. U PEOPLE WITH THESE SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS SHOULD NOT DRINK ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES WHILE TAKING CLONAZEPAM. NONE UNTIL ITS OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM. Good luck. | M | 30 | 9 months 0.5 2X day | 9/17/2010 | 1 | Neuropothy | This drug is a mind twister, it is dangerous! I had so many withdrawals coming off it, it's so hard to explain unless you go through withdrawal which you eventually will when tolerance hits without warning. | I am a 56 year old mother, I forgot who my own kids were coming off this drug. I forgot my husband's name, It's a nasty drug, very hard to come off of. Those who think they are not addicted, try going without it a week, you will find you are, it needs to be knocked off the shelf into the garbage. It destroyed my life and family! | F | 56 | 1 years 0.5mg 2X day | 9/13/2010 | 5 | Panic Attacks | Calm, quiet, sleepy | Initially I was to use this with Zoloft. I found this to be too much for me. So I stopped taking Zoloft but continued using the Kolonopin. I have found no major side effects and can not believe some of the negative comments listed. I really trust this drug to help me calm down when I start having racing thoughts. Sometimes I start to worry about bills, or work, but as soon as I start feeling anxious I just take one pill(sometimes just half of one) and I will start to feel more calm but NOT sedated. I can still focus and this will last throught the remainder of the day. I do not recommend taking more than 4mg a day... I can see where people can start feeling numb or addicted. If you take the least amount possible it WILL work! I sleep better too. When I know I'm running low I start taking less as needed. When I run out I can wait till I go to the doctor. It's not a MUST have and I don't feel addicted. You have to be responsible with this drug. I'm suppose to take 2 a day but I don't. I just take as needed, some times I only take half and some days I take 2, some days I don't take any. I really feel Klonopin can help a lot of people if you take it properly. I know of a couple of people who should take it as well, lol. My suggestion is to try it. Give it a month, then judge for yourself. | F | 30 | 2 years 1mg 2X day | 9/8/2010 | 3 | Social anxiety | Memory loss, emotional numbness, clumsiness | Klonopin helped immensely with my social anxiety. I have always had an extremely difficult time communicating verbally, as if there is a wall of anxiety blocking my thoughts from emerging as words. Klonopin breaks down that wall, allowing me to communicate with my fellow human beings. Unfortunately it has dulled my brain. I experience almost no emotion in my life. Some would say this is a good thing, but I feel that emotions are an important part of the experience of life. I find it disturbing to observe that I have felt no strong emotions about, for instance, the recent death of a close family member and the ending of a romantic relationship of several years. I simply don't seem to care, whereas before I would have been completely torn up over these losses. If I could go back, I would not have taken it and would prefer to have experienced the emotions I should have felt, along with the social anxiety. | M | 28 | 1 years 0.25 MG 2X day | 9/8/2010 |