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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR KLONOPIN | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | anxiety | Only sometimes did it make me feel a little spacy. | I only take this drug at night, as needed, and seldom experience spaciness. It continues to be a great option during challenging\stessful times. | M | 37 | 3 years | 7/29/2006 | 1 | Anxiety | Lost appetite, severely, didn't happen right away, so I didn't figure out it was the klonopin until I was addicted (5 weeks) (on 2 mg). I tried to stop at that point (but had withdrawals), so have had to taper at 1/4 mg per week. Am almost anorexic b/c of this drug. Have one month left of tapering. Still very little appetite. | Regret ever starting this drug. I am grateful to other posters who mentioned this as a side effect, as it is only listed as "infrequent" in the prescribing info. I know it's the drug -have had all kinds of testing. Everything is normal. | F | 39 | 9 weeks | 7/26/2006 | 5 | GAD and OCD | MANIC SYMPTOMS, IMPULSIVE BEHAVIOR, MOOD SWINGS | GREAT ANXIETY MEDICATION | F | 35 | 5 weeks | 7/15/2006 | 5 | gad/insomina | I little more drowsy during the day but nothing major. | I taked 1mg at bedtime and sleep through the night. It has rid me of my general anxiety that plagued me for many years. It has given me my life back. It is something I have a dependancy for but I never take more than the presribed dose so I don't feel that there is an addiction issue. No medicine works for everyone so try for yourself and don't read too much about the side effects as you might not even get them. Find out then judge, not the other way around. | M | 35 | 9 years | 7/13/2006 | 1 | insomnia, long term | Severe short-term memory dysfunction, poor motivation, sluggishness, word recall failure, dizziness, spaciness, poor coordination | This medication worked for a while. Then higher doses (started with .5 mg, went to 1.5 and sometimes 2 mg per day) were required to get the same effect. Finally, insomnia returned and worsened even with the drug. I have just finished tapering off, and have bad insomnia, headaches, forgetfulness, trembling in hands, jaw spasms,listlessness, spaciness, disorientation, and poor reflexes. | F | 46 | 2 years | 7/13/2006 | 1 | bipolar 1 | (cont.).....AS SOON AS I STOOD UP CONSTANTLY, CAREENING TOWARDS THE FLOOR SMASHING INTO WHATEVER WAS THERE TO BRACE THE FALL (NO JOKE.) THE DROWSINESS CAUSED WAS FRIGHTENING! >>>> LOVELY 'BLACK OUT' EFFECT... HMMMM ---- WONDER WHY YOUR BRAIN DOESN'T FUNCTION AS WELL AS IT USED TO AFTER BEING PRESCRIBED THIS??? YEAH, BASICALLY THIS MEDICATION IS NOTHING BUT A ((((( MIND ERASER ))))) *FEEL FREE TO WRITE ME IF YOU ARE ANGERED and/or FRUSTRATED BY THIS DEBILITATING CURE-ALL 'KNOCK OUT' DRUG - MY HEART & SOUL GOES OUT TO ANY/ALL OF YOU WHO HAVE BEEN DECEIVED. MAY GOD BLESS/SAVE THOSE OF US WHO ARE STRUGGLING THROUGH THE ADDICTION BREAK-AWAY PHASE (ESPECIALLY LONG TERM USERS!) =[ | M | 32 | 5 years | 6/20/2006 | 1 | bipolar 1 | *DISGUSTING SICK DRUG; PURE DETRIMENT-YOU WILL SUFFER ---- extreme short term MEMORY LOSS / BRAIN DAMAGE ------ DESTROYED MY LIFE ------ HIGHLY ADDICTIVE ----- WITHDRAWAL SYMPTOMS = PURE HORRORSHOW / I have been trying to 'live again' off of this INCREDIBLY POWERFUL NARCOTIC & I was immersed in a DEEP PSYCHOTIC DEPRESSION as soon I quit this substance [ISOLATION-TROUBLE LEAVING MY ROOM] ----- this is pure EVIL & a CURSE to the HUMAN RACE / DO NOT START THIS! ---- IT WILL EAT YOU ALIVE and YOU MAY NEVER RECOVER ----- BE FOREWARNED! DAMN THE APA for letting this POSION pass through as a beneficial mood stabilizer ----- IT SHOULD BE BANNED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! | +MAKE THIS ILLEGAL-----LAUNCH LAWSUITS AGAINST THE CORPORATIONS THAT MANUFACTURE THIS WICKED, CRUEL DRUG!!!!! ANY PSYCHIATRIST WHO PRESCRIBES THIS IS NOT EDUCATED & SHOULD LOSE HIS/HER LICENSE IMMEDIATELY........ I AM DISGUSTED WITH WHAT IT HAS DONE TO ME-----I NO LONGER HAVE THE MIND I ONCE HAD ----- DO NOT RECALL DATES or TIMES / CANNOT REMEMBER INFORMATION; TOTALLY CONFUSED DIRECTIONAL ABILITY (INTERNAL COMPASS DAMAGE) MENTAL/INTELLECTUAL CAPACITY HAS BEEN WEAKENED/DIMINISHED-----THANKS FOR DESTROYING MY MIND!!!!!!!!!! IT WORKS EXTREMELY WELL WHEN IT FIRST ENTERS YOUR SYSTEM(BLOODSTREAM) & THIS IS WHERE THE WICKEDNESS BEGINS.... DON'T EVER TRY TO STOP TAKING THIS DRUG ---- MY CONDITION (MANIC DEPRESSION) HAS BEEN EXACERBATED/WORSENED BY THIS DEMON VAMPIRE CHEMICAL------I AM NOW SERIOUSLY SUICIDAL & HAVE POOR MEMORY / COMPREHENSION SKILLS ------ OH YES, BE PREPARED FOR EXTREME DIZZINESS & LOSS OF STABILITY AS WELL ------ I WOULD WAKE UP & LOSE MY BALANCE AS SOON | M | 32 | 5 years | 6/20/2006 | 1 | bipolar 1 (manic depression) | TOO MANY-----FILLED WITH REGRET------TERRIBLE 'MEDICATION'.......... | WWW.BENZO.ORG.UK/ ------- READ UP ON BENZODIAZEPINES! =( | M | 32 | 5 years | 6/20/2006 | 5 | panic attacks | some mild hair loss. | i have taken klonopin for along time. it has worked great for me. i had panic attacks so bad, before klonopin i was afraid to leave home, or drive my car. like any drug that is put into your body, day after day, your body will get use to having it.so like any drug you cant just stop taking it. your dr. should be more then helpfull to help you wean off klonopin.with your drs help you should not have a big problem weaning off this drug. if you need it, and it works for you, then you should take it. it really helped me with my panic attacks.anytime i take a medication that is new to me, i wait until i see how it effects me before i drive. but i did great for allot of years on klonopin. best of luck to all of you.i hope this helps in some way. | F | 42 | 14 years | 6/14/2006 | 5 | Sever Panic Disorder | At first, a wee bit of drowsiness, after a week or so, no side affects whatsoever--unless making me feel "normal" is a side affect--if so, works for me!! | I have suffered from extremely severe panic disorder/agoraphobia since I was 18. I finally started seeking treatment at 22/23. Tried EVERYTHING out there, including another benzo, ativan (lorazepam) and this drug SAVED MY LIFE. I started on 1mg 3 x's daily and over the years tapered down to a now low dosage of 1/2mg 2 'x daily (an extra 1/2 if needed, but this doesn't happen often). For some of us, this is the only choice and I will probably be on this med for the rest of my life. Which is fine by me, the benefits outweigh ANY risks for me, it has allowed me to live a normal day to day life. Yes, you will be physically dependent, yes it is addictive--so is about everything else out there (SSRI discontinuation, anyone?) so if it enables you to live, take it and don't feel badly about it. It has gotten a bad rep very undeservedly due to ppl who ABUSE it. If you don't have a condition where you need it (or any other benzo) then kindly don't take it and if you do need it and it works fo | F | 29 | 6 years | 6/13/2006 | 1 | ptsd, anizety & panic disorder | keeps me awake, makes me nervous, and highly addicted drug. | to those out there think this is a wonder drug, think again, I started 1 mg. 3xs a day, then I was up to 8 mg, now 6 mg. its horriable, You don't get a feel of being high, you get a feeling of doom, I would have to be in rubber room to get off this crap, no Dr. should give it ou for anixety of such high dosage as they did me to control my anixety, and when I take my self down u don't wan't to be near me this stuff is bad and makes you feel bad, even thou you think you feel good. Do not start on this. | F | 55 | 17 years | 6/9/2006 | 1 | Stress/Panic attacks | Mood swings, inexplainable anger, severe depression, feelings of hopelessness. | My husband began taking this med for problems he was experiencing at work...we have been married 13 years and he is the most happy go lucky person you will ever meet...until Klonopin. He started taking it a very short 2 weeks ago and I just figured out why he has been having these feelings of total rage and anger towards work that were there before, but are now amplified many times over...also the smallest things would cause him to blow, which is totally not his personality...and today he really lost it and was actually weeping on the phone from work saying he couldn't take it anymore and he felt hopeless, hated everything, just completely irrational thinking that I have never heard from him before. I had him come home right away just in case something happened to really make him go over the edge. I plan to throw away the rest of the bottle and pray that he will be okay and not too hooked to get over what this DEVIL IN A BOTTLE has done to my husband. Beware if your loved one is ta | M | 37 | 12 days | 6/9/2006 | 5 | severe anxiety, PTSD, depression | None. It does what it is supposed to do. I suppose if you abuse it and take a handful of tablets, you'd get high; but you won't hallucinate like you will on Amcien. No amnesia. And it's good for insommia. My father recently died and due to family uproar, I had terrible insomnnia. I was rx'd wellbutrin for depression, but that unfortunately can increase anxiety and insomnia (thought for me, it's the best antidepressant). During this period, I had horrendous insomnia and klonopin really helped: it helped me calm down and it helped me relax enough to sleep. Much, much better than xanax becaues of the longer half-life: no rubber band effect. | I love it. It makes me able to cope when life spins out of control. I have PTSD, and although that sounds ridiculous, as though only combat vets should have it, it IS true that every day people can have their CNS so damaged by continuous emotional trauma that our brains go into an overdrive of panic during extremely stressful times. Klonopin does the trick for me. I just wish doctors would stop being so hesitant to rx it for people like me. I do need it. Im not abusing it and it should be obvious. For that reason, even if I am not having problems at the time, I'll go ahead and refill, because I never know when the next crisis is going to happen. Just before my father died, I had an excess/stash of 45 half milligram klonopins, because I'd been feeling fine. Well, before I could see my doctor again, I had to get a refill for another 30. I take it when I need it, and I don't appreciate being ridiculed for it. When I don't need it, I don't take it. At those times, I hoard it so that I've g | F | 45 | 5 years | 5/19/2006 | 5 | Anxiety, Panic | Very tired feeling after 1 hour - no other side effects experienced. | Have to say, as long as you use this on an as-needed basis, you will be fine. I take it only when I feel a panic attack on horizon and I calm right down. For insomnia issues, it's great, you wake up after an 8 hour sleep feeling vibrant and refreshed. | M | 30 | 4 months | 5/19/2006 | 5 | Panic Disorder | Sleepy feeling when taken more than normal dose, thats about it. | I don't understand the people on here bitching and complaining about the med. You should know your body well enough to know if a med is working for you or not. A lot of it sounds like bitter people just wanting something to bitch about. Get to know youself and take responseibility(sp) for your own issues. | M | 29 | 4 years | 5/19/2006 | 5 | bipolar 1, chronic ptsd, add | None, other than a little bit of sleepiness. | In general, it's never a good idea to make umbrella statements about ANY drug. All of our bodies are different, and so they are apt to respond differently to the same medications. I've been taking Klonopin daily for three years. I take two mg each night before bed for nightmares & jerking extremities/sleepwalking. If I have a ptsd attack during the day, I am allowed (by my doctor) to take 1mg as needed. I very rarely take this option, and when I do, I really don't feel any sort of "great" feeling. I just feel "a little bit" calmer. I've never felt the need to take more of it. Stick to your own experience please. AND IF YOU TAKE IT AS PRESCRIBED, YOU WON'T GET ADDICTED. You will get physically dependent, but not addicted. There's a difference. If you have a good shrink, they can wean you off over a period of MONTHSSS. Try to do it yourself in days or even weeks and you will go through hell with any benzo. If you find it's addictive for you, do something | F | 27 | 3 years | 5/4/2006 | 3 | Panic attacks | difficulty thinking, basically feel a little drunk all the time. Was on it for only 1 month at 2mg/day and tried to taper in 2 week timeframe, I got VERY DEPRESSED. My psychiatrist said we tried to taper too fast (was trying to get off it for school) so now I'm on .5mg twice a day for a month. I felt so depressed but it didn't happen until I was off it for a week so I didn't associate it with the Klonopin at first. | Panic attacks stopped. I was taking 2mg/day for 1 month now down to 1mg/day for the next month. I hope I can quit without the panic attacks and severe depression coming back. I had no idea the withdrawals would be this bad. I had suicidal thoughts and thought I was losing my mind. | M | 27 | 2 months | 4/30/2006 | 3 | anxiety | bit of a reboud effect | use caution | M | 35 | 1 years | 4/29/2006 | 5 | nightmares,anxiety,panic | dry mouth,bleeding gums.If stopped taking for more than a week you want to slit somebodys throat and then your own!kinda sleepy. | Ive been taking klonipin for 3and a half yrs.it will kill my night/daymares but only with a combination of other drugs i cant go with out it im hooked i guess but i cant cope if i dont have it i take 3mg.s a day along with400mgwellbutrin,200mg.provigil nightly w/my klonipins 45mg.remeron,20mg.geodon,500mg.depakote but if i dont take it w/those other 3meds it doesnt kill the nightmares and somedays when i feel like iwant to check myself in i take about 7mg. i wish i felt that warm fuzzy feeling someothers described.i dont ever see myself living w/out it will be in my toxicology report the medical examiner orders.i know you will build a tolerance to it quickly and you have to suffer cuz you dont want the dr. to think ur selling to get them to up ur mgs.but overall i dont think i would not be out in society without it.it is a blessing for those and people shouldnt take advantage of it and take away something that helped save lives just because they feel addicted. | F | 25 | 3 years | 4/25/2006 | 5 | Anxiety/panic disorder/PTSD | some drowsiness, but that is SO welcomed after shaking and never being able to take in a full breath of air from severe anxiety. | I generally begin with 1 mg 2x/day during the anniversary of my son's death, then I taper down to 1 mg/day split into two doses (.5 in the am and .5 in the pm). After the acute PTSD subsides, I taper down to .5/day for 2-3 months. I use it like this every year and I do not have the bizarre side effects listed by anti-klonopin users. Without klonopin, I suffer from severe PTSD, nightmares, insomnia, panic attacks and anxiety and would never be able to function. I need this medication, it is the only one that has ever worked. For those of you who had a bad experience with it--quit trying to scare everyone with your negative experience. Everyone's body is different and everyone will react differently. | F | 32 | 4 years | 4/22/2006 |