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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 1 | extreme stress, sleep issues, pain | Exhaustion, took FOREVER to kick in. It totally knocked me out for one hour and then made me bitchy, made my inner ears hurt, exacerbated my pain (headaches, joint pain, lower back pain). | This med sucks. I have an extremely high tolerance to any kind of narcotics or opiates, so my doc prescribes this for the longer lasting properties, so my system didn't flush it out so quickly. I was given on an as-need basis, because I don't want to be on anything EVERY day. ~ But this should be labeled as a 'sleeping pill' because when I took .5mg (1 pill), that's all it did after a FULL HOUR that it took to kick in. It totally knocked me out for one hour and then made me bitchy, made my inner ears hurt, exacerbated my pain (headaches, joint pain, lower back pain). It did not help me feel 'better' or have any less anxiety whatsoever. I cut the dose in half after the third day (.25mg) and it did absolutely nothing at all. So it's either one extreme or the other. On a positive note, I will say that the first three days I slept really well, even though I did not take it at night. I've switched to old fashioned Valium, which is what I wanted to begin with, but we thought I'd go through it in an hour and it would be pointless. I'd rather have a stress free hour (that kicks in in 20 minutes) to get over my panic or 'moment', and then settle back down... than this crap. Ya live and learn. | F | 44 | 6 days .5 1X day | 7/8/2010 | 5 | panic attacks and agoraphobia | None | I suffered with panic attacks from my teenage years until my mid-thirties. I would not drive at night, stay alone at night, drive over bridges etc. I had seen multiple Doctors and taken multiple meds. Then I went to one that said try this drug...old anti-seizure med that might work. From the first week on it, I have been panic free. I have not increased my dose over 20 years and I have my life back. I drive long distances without anyone, I fly alone, I stay in motels at night alone...I am living again!! I will take it forever without hesitation. | M | 53 | 20 years .5 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 1 | Suicidal ideation, memory loss, insomnia, night terrors, anxiety, depression, flu symptoms, stomach issues, migraines, body aches, fever, vomiting, body shocks, fatigue, tooth pain, tooth grinding, MS symptoms, IBS symptoms, etc. | You will feel like you are doing great on this drug and then you will hit tolerance and start to get strange physical symptoms that doctors will not be able to figure out or they will tell you that it's not related to the drug. WRONG! The moment you discontinue, you will realize how much this drug trashed your physical health and how much of your life has been wasted by the irresponsible doctor that prescribed it to you in the first place! | F | 35 | 7 years .5 mg 1X day | 7/6/2010 | 1 | Insmonia | Nervous system feels fried... Too many others to even put down. | Withdrawal from this drug is ridiculous. Over 4 months has past since taking my last dose and still experiencing a ton of symptoms. And I was only on .5mg. I thought since I was on a low dose, I wasn't too dependant and I'd be safe once w/drawing but no such luck. For anyone coming to this site thinking about wether they should take this or not, I would highly suggest you don't unless you want to deal w/ w/drawl that seems endless. Your initial problems will become 10x worse, along w/ a host of other issues.. This is much worse then getting off opiates! | M | 30 | 9 months .5mg 1X day | 7/5/2010 | 1 | anxiety | SEVERE MEMORY LOSS!!!, tinnitus, ear pressure, headaches, electrical pulses, night sweats, nightmares/terrors, dermatitis, rash, SEVERE STOMACH AILMENTS, lack of bladder control, fever, vomiting, gait, EXTREME JOINT PAIN, tremor, mania, worsening of depression and anxiety. | This drug will COST YOU YOUR LIFE and you won't even realize it. The doctors who prescribe it are complete idiots. I feel sorry for people who believe that they are doing well on this drug, because when you try to stop taking it and go into withdrawal, you will realize that you have been emotionally numb, not living the life you wanted, going nowhere fast, and are now also physically damaged for life. (this is once you make it through withdrawal, which can take months to years) The one drug all of the dead Hollywood stars have in common, is a benzodiazepine - it is not a coincidence. Look up toxicology reports for MJ, Anna Nicole and her son, Brittany Murphy, DJ AM, Casey Johnson, Corey Haim, etc. | F | 42 | 10 years 1mg 1X day | 7/4/2010 | 1 | Anxiety and Panic | Everything while withdrawing, please stay away from this drug, My doctor had no clue like most how to taper a patient down. This medicine is a life taker! | It destroyed my Life! Doctors' (Plural) say it's safe and can come off it easily while tapering, I can attest the smallest cut is misery beyond understanding! | M | 25 | 2 years 0.5mg 2X day | 7/3/2010 | 5 | Anxiety/Insomnia | I have not really experienced any negative side effects of this drug. In fact it is THE ONLY drug that has relieve my long standing anxiety and insomnia. I don't think I had had a dream in years and years, and with this drug I have dreams again, which to me signifies that I am sleeping more deeply. I wake up feeling well rested, something that I also had really never experience before either. This drug can work wonders when taken correctly under an experienced physicians care. When and if I come of of Klonipin my Dr. has already talked to me about withdrawal and the need to taper. The withdrawal is manageable and doable when done correctly. Find an experienced Dr. and there should be no issues!!! | F | 29 | 6 months 1mg at bed 1X day | 6/29/2010 | 1 | Anxiety | Suicide attempt upon withdrawal - almost died. Before this happened, I had been in withdrawal for 9 months with suicidal ideation, acute anxiety, night terrors, tremor, tachycardia, mania, incontinence, severe gastro-intestinal problems, electrical shock pulses throughout my body, depressed respiration, derealization/depersonalization, cessation of menses, vomiting, dizziness, teeth grinding, acute joint pain, tinnitus, earaches, headache, severe itching of the skin, severe acne, dermatitis... | I cannot begin to tell you what a nightmare this drug is. The number of people who die while trying to withdrawal from klonopin or another benzodiazepine increases yearly. The number of people who die with klonopin or another benzodiazepine in their system, along with other dr. prescribed drugs, increases yearly. My "doctor" prescribed the drug for anxiety while I was going through a divorce. He told me that I would not get addicted, as I did not have a history of alcoholism or drug abuse. Over the years, when I tried to withdrawal, he convinced me that my withdrawal symptoms were my "anxiety coming back." He told me that I would need this drug for the rest of my life. After withdrawing myself after 9 years of use and almost dying, I ordered my medical records. His notes show that he knew I was in benzo withdrawal the entire time. It is not a coincidence that Michael Jackson, Heath Ledger, Anna Nicole Smith, Brittany Murphy, DJ AM, Casey Johnson, Corey Haim, and countless other stars all had at least one benzodiazepine in their system when they died. | F | 38 | 9 years .5-1.5mg 1X day | 6/29/2010 | 3 | anxiety, panic do | M | 45 | .5 mg 1X day | 6/24/2010 Patient History | 1 | Anxiety | Nightmares, impared memory,fatique, angery moods, suicidal thoughts, can cause severe respiratory depression if combined with lunesta or ambien, most pain meds (and other meds). It took my life away. I wanted nothing and couldn't care less about anyone or anything. | This drug is very hard to withdrawal from even if you take it as prescribed and taper(something your DR won't tell you). First, there is the physical withdrawal but then the most damaging is the mental withdrawal. My experience is that I was left feeling that I couldn't mentally survive the day without it. I stuck with only 1mg a day as my DR prescribed. Not everyone that takes this medication abuses it but still maybe left with terrible side effects and withdrawals that are unreal (as was my personal experience). There are better and safer meds out there. | F | 36 | 1 years 1X day | 6/22/2010 | 1 | Anxiety and Seizures/ Panic. | Side Effects? More like Hell Effects! Drowsy, Increased Seizure Activity, Had to increase dose as time went on... and you will... you better think and study before taking this medicine, it's not even a medicine, I call it "A Drug"... a Nightmare, a choice of living r coming back from the dead! I had so many side effects after 4 years on this poison... I lost count... and kiss your brain goodbye is right! | The person who rated it a 5, and said "Responsible people only need to take this" must be with the Medical Profession or Big Pharma because after 8 years as a 33 year old woman on this stuff, I can tell you I took it responsibly like this so called "Doctor" said to, and he wanted to keep up dosing the mg. I was so numb, I didn't know where I was! Thank God for online support, as I see many rating it a "5" will need it once you hit tolerance, HELL IS A UNDERSTATEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO WITHDRAWAL... when you're laying in bed and you feel like your soul is out of your body, all you can do is lay there shaking in fear, wonder if those "5" ratings will stick... you will hit tolerance and you will know it, want to see your family, life, dreams shattered... take Klonopin! You're buying a pill that eventually comes with a one way ticket to hell and back! -Nay. | F | 33 | 8 years 2-3mg 3X day | 6/22/2010 | 1 | anxiety | Diarrhea, SEVERE MEMORY LOSS, loss of friends and family due to sleeping all the time, impaired ability while driving. Your life is basically over on this drug. This horrible drug numbs you. It's not just a benzo, it's a BENDZO. Distortion. Withdrawal is HELL. It took over three years to recover - you are a fool to take it. I have paid a very high price. I am highly educated and used to be active and involved. I was SO sedated that nothing mattered.. I took Klonopin as prescribed. When my ex-psychiatrist fell asleep while I was talking to him, I had to stop. | You are a fool to take it. My hearing and eyesight were damaged. When you take Klonopin and then stop (no matter how) you may experience life-long damage. If you want to fully tune out the world, then be my guest. I truly regret the damage it did to me and my family. I went from being an accomplished elementary school teacher to a slug. I missed a lot of my life. Your life is at risk on this! (Can't say this strongly enough.) | F | 52 | 17 years .5 3X day | 6/20/2010 | 5 | anxiety/sleep support | Occasionally foggy; very talkative at times; less facial blushing. | I hold great respect for this simple compound. It is abused, and that is not its fault. Withdrawal is difficult; I would keep the dose low (I range from 1mg to 3mg [rarely]) [usually 2mg]. It is helpful at supporting sleep. I read that REM sleep is reduced w/Klonopin, but I dream lovely things, and sleep well when I take my meds as prescribed. It works well for anxiety, but one must give it extra time (more than Xanax) to help. It acts for about 8 hours. It passes through the liver twice, so it can be slower, and thus longer-acting if your liver is stressed. It is a good med to go with others. I rely on it to stop the "up" effects of Provigil, a stimulant. I'd rather not be on anything, but this drug has helped save my life. Care must be taken to not stockpile this drug. It is not really that dangerous, but a lot of people try to overdose with it (and related drugs). It's a safe drug for responsible adults. | M | 46 | 9 years 2 mg 1X day | 6/15/2010 | 3 | anxiety, insomnia, RLS | huge drowsiness, important mental fog, spaced out. | it is a good drug for insomnia and social anxiety, but the pay to buy is too high to hold this med. now i take Gabapentin and it seems quite well. to sleep, i suggest Seroquel XR, Remeron, or better, Zyprexa 2,5 mg. | M | 24 | 4 months 1 mg 1X day | 6/10/2010 | 1 | Panic/Anxiety | Well, where to start!!! Fatigue, depression, tolerance, withdrawal, seizure like activity!!!!!!! Mania, horrible thoughts, nightmares, suicidal depression, flat feeling, Hateful and destructive! It ruined me! I'm sorry to say but it ruins lives! You will hit tolerance and will have to withdrawal! | Only 3 words to describe the withdrawal, Hell, Misery and Death! You will build a tolerance sooner or later!!! Please change to Valium and go slowly, Coming off Klonopin directly is complete HELL ON EARTH! Torture to the point of insanity and I can't exaggerate that more! PLEASE STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG! | M | 32 | 7 years 1mg 3X day | 6/8/2010 | 1 | situational mild anxiety/insomnia | 3.5 yrs.Numbness in vascular, feet, legs, high/low blood pressure, muscles siezing up,(mimic fibromaligia,and wasn't), total paradoxical effect, excacerbated anxiety/insomnia, virus feeling, shakes, major body fatigue, memory loss, cognitive impairment, eye weakening, muscle contraction connecting to eyes, nose polyp, gum blister, esophagus irritation, bleeding. Finally off 7 mos and having horrendous painful physical post withdrawal symptoms. Non-drinker, no illegal drugs ever. | Am a member of benzowithdrawal.com. Was coached to stay on for 3.5 yrs. Attempted on my own unsuccessfully to quit when I was having paradoxical effects, and body sickness. Docs never identified anything from the drug, found out the truth on the internet and saved my life. Was totally uninformed by 5 G.P.'s and finally one psche-doc. Never told about addiction, taper, nothing. They have no idea of the nature of a benzodiazipine pharmocologically while on it. And have no idea how to get a patient off through tapering and drug equivalency's in regards to taper. They refute what Dr. Heather Ashton has researched with the behaviors of benzo's, especially long term which shouldn't be done. And misdiagnose when patients are sick on it due to their lack of education and arrogance. I personally experienced all of the scenario's with doctor's. Very dangerous drug. They refute that a patient gets an iatrogenic illness like I did. I learned these terms and researched everything after the fact on the internet. Disgusting. 7 & mos out of a cold turkey I did by choice after so much run around with 5 "esteemed Doctors." No support whatsoever when I came off as I was told my withdrawal couldn't be happening. Affected my body, job, family. Disgusting. I don't even believe in psychiatry, I went in to see if the shrink had knowledge of this. Left the appt., he wanted to banter semantics on psychotropics, had nothing to say about post withdrawal syndrome with benzo's. Refuted again | F | 46 | .5-2.5 1X day | 6/8/2010 | 3 | anxiety | Too sleepy during daytime then depression. | Withdrawal is Horrible!!!!Rated it a 3 because it did work, but not worth the withdrawal. I am going through it right now! Was prescribed Klonopin while hospitalized for major panic attack. At first I liked the drug (1.0mg 3x day), but then it was making me too sleepy, so got dosage cut back. When released another doctor cut me back to 0.5mg 3xday. The afternoon dose still made me too sleepy, so cut back to 2 a day, then to only one a day. Then noticed that I was getting depressed so i started skipping doses since i could still sleep on my own. After backing dosage down, I felt like ants were crawling on me. After 2 days of no dose (was only down to 0.5mg everyday/every other day)my skin got flushed and felt like it was on fire, my abdomen swelled, more frequent bm's, had major panic, so decided to take half a 0.5 (0.25) this morning. That was an hour ago and my panic has come down, but my skin still burns. I think Psychiatrists should be made to take these drugs to see how damaging they are before prescribing them. The withdrawal is "hell" like the others have said. I have always used faith and prayer to help me through anxiety with no side effects! | F | 40 | 3 months 0.5 1X day | 6/6/2010 | 3 | Nerve Disorder due to Medication | None that I noticed - this drug really sedates you though- | I am now tapering off this drug - and it it TOUGH. I was on a very low dose, but this drug is obviously very potent, SO GO VERY SLOW. I have had some mild withdrawal symptoms, but nothing I can't handle. I just stay positive and know that eventually I will be off this drug. It was prescribed to calm down my nervous system when I became overdosed on my thyroid medication. I was having severe tremors and anxiety - this medication helped me get stable while we corrected my thyroid medication level, but now things are stable, and it is time. I think we need to realize TWO things: Drugs are sometimes needed, but we should look at them as short term, and get off them as soon as the "crisis" has passed. THere are so many other options for anxiety, inability to sleep, depression that are natural and support your own body's function. In terms of tapering GO SLOW, and have support : I am having the odd sleepless night, and have had a few episodes of anxiety, but I take "Rescue Remedy" (available at Natural Health Stores) and am getting through this alright. Good luck to everyone. | F | 53 | 4 months 0.5 am/pm 2X day | 6/3/2010 | 1 | severe anxiety | memory loss, acting off around people, mean, able to let out aggressions, mini rages, brain fog, inability to think of the word I wanted to use. There is more, but I can't think of it right now. | Hard to get off of. I met a lady who had been of it for 7 months and she had severe memory loss. | F | 39 | 60 days 20 mg 2X day | 6/3/2010 | 1 | social anxiety | Weight gain while on it, debilitating withdrawal effects | Coming off this is like hell. I had vivid flashbacks of everything that ever was done/said to me negative in my life, which is a lot. I've lived a very sadistic and lonesome life- abusive adoptive family, ugly duckling to prostitution- if it wasn't for my fiancee while withdrawing from this crap, I would have certainly have succeeded in killing myself. It is the equivalent to being in Hell while withdrawing. It is worth it in the end (to withdraw) though as to stop constantly waiting to "take that next dose" so your ears will stop clicking, your mind stop racing. This drug is worse than meth, coke, crack, and heroin combined. | F | 32 | 4 years .5 mg 3X day | 5/27/2010 |