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 |
| 1 | Insomina/anxiety | Worsened anxiety, weakness, loss of mental acuity, fatigue, withdrawal symptoms | Be careful. I was rx 1-2 .5 mg tabs/day, but I knew enough to realize that a long half-life drug like Klonopin should not be taken at the same frequency as a short half-life benzodiazapine like Xanax. So why are doctors prescribing them the same way? If patients truly take 2 tabs/day, there would be an incredible builup in your system in as little as a week. I took 1 tab every 3 or so days at bedtime. For the next couple of days I would feel like a weak, emotionless zombie. After a couple of weeks, I realized that as soon as the Klonopin started to wear off (usually 2 days later), my anxiety would rebound ten fold. So, I tapered and eventually stopped. Now, two weeks after my last tab, I feel horrible withdrawal symptoms. My anxiety is in check, but I still feel physically weak and shaky all the time. I have never felt this way before, and I am taking no other meds. This stuff made me feel gross, and I took it incredibly sparingly. My doctors refuse to acknowledge that I developed some form of physiological addiction to this drug. A long half-life means this stuff stays and accumulates in your system. Therefore, it's only logical that your body is going to have a tough time getting rid of this junk when you stop. | M | 25 | 21 days | 8/8/2005 | 1 | anxiety and depression | extreme weigh loss. didnt act the same as family and friends told me. | I had to be taking off med. cold turkey due to pregnancy. Extreme withdraws to where I wanted to die......be very careful! Did not realize I was addicted. | F | 26 | 2 years | 8/4/2005 | 5 | social phobia | tired when waking up but after a few cups of coffee, i am ok | great drug. You dont need antipsychotic meds, all you need is klonopin by itself | M | 48 | 14 years | 7/25/2005 | 5 | generalized social phobia | drowsiness | F | 34 | 2 days | 7/22/2005 | 1 | anxiety | THIS DRUG IS DANGEROUS | I hope anyone who takes this and tries to come off it has God in their life because you are going to need all the help you can get! I took a LOW 2 mg dose x 11 months and tapered 1/4 tablet every 3 weeks. Stopped after getting down to .25 mg. 2 1/2 weeks into withdrawal and I have had severe numbness in my limbs, dropping things, vertigo like you never want to know, insomnia, horrid nightmares, sweating, involuntary jerks, twitces, jaw pain, memoery lapses, AND I VOMITED IN MY SLEEP AND WOKE UP CHOKING ON IT. I lose the feeling in my hands, face, and my brain feels | F | 35 | 11 months | 7/12/2005 | 1 | anxiety | NIGHTMARE!!!!! Took 11 months at 2 mg. I had heard of the addiction factor before I started the drug but thought | Gee, is there anything else to say? THIS DRUG WAS A NIGHTMARE TO COME OFF OF!!!!!! Good luck finding a doctor who will actually tell you about how serious the withdrawals can be or who will convey warm fuzzies when you're flipping out trying to come off this stuff. Also, my withdrawals lasted for weeks and months NOT a few days. Read the warnings. I WILL NEVER TAKE THIS DRUG AGAIN. | F | 35 | 1 years | 7/5/2005 | 2 | GAD, panic attacks,insomnia, phobia | little short term memory loss | I dont see how people get addicted to this drug it does nothing for my anxiety and I am on 2mg in the morning 1mg at 12 and 2mg at 5 and I am also on effexor XR 150mg and I am still having panic attacks and I am still depressed because I am afraid of everything ..I spend alot of time sitting in my apartment alone because I am so scared to have a panic attack in public and i take the drug exactly how it is prescribed and nothing I dont even feel tired i just feel somewhat normal | F | 20 | 3 months | 6/28/2005 | 5 | panic attacks, PTSD, | No side effects. Sometimes when overly stressed I find the usual dose is not as effective. However, this is only true of the generic drug. | I was sexually abused as a child and have been taking this drug for over 14 years and would not be alive and functioning if it were not for Klonopin. I have never had any side effects, except for being too tired if taken too early before rising. But that would be the true of anyone without a nights sleep. I was only on 1 mg all these years and took it PRN. I have gone weeks without taking it and never had a withdrawal effect(not true for Paxil, which I took for 1 year-that was hell). I now just keep Klonopin around for security and take it only at night or when panic sets in, which is once every 2 weeks on average. I am sorry people have had such bad problems with it. For me it was a miracle drug for extreme, disabling panic. | F | 48 | 14 years | 6/26/2005 | 4 | REM Sleep Disorder, Hallucinations | Memory Loss, Dry Mouth, Possible liver damage (checking into). | Memory loss is pretty bad, didn't know it was a side effect of Klonopin until recently. Recent blood work showed possible liver damage - also side effect of klonopin, still looking into. I have taken myself off of it, it is addictive, I am probably going to start taking Remeron and see how that works. | M | 32 | 5 years | 6/15/2005 | 5 | Panic Attacks | M | 32 | | 6/8/2005 | 5 | depression/ anxiety/OCD | none | I take a small dose of klonopin along with my 20 mg. celexa. Very helpful with bulimia and hairpulling. I decided i was cured and went off both with no withdrawal problems but bulimia and trichotillamania returned. Started back on both meds and recieved immediate benefits. need it. pissed off at people who say it is the | F | 50 | 4 years | 6/3/2005 | 5 | anxiety / insomnia / hypnic jerks | None really, aside from drowsiness, which was the goal. I can see it being very addictive though. It flat out makes you feel good and relaxed. | I was in a very bad state when I first started Klonopin. I had severe insomnia with hypnic jerks (for those who don't know what these are - every time you start falling asleep, a body part will involuntarily move and wake you back up). Hypnic jerks are generally associated with high levels of anxiety (too much brain activity causes the neurons to fire out of control). I was at a point where I had not slept for the good part of a month. The occasional times I did fall asleep, I would wake up within 2 or 3 hours with my heart racing, and feeling completely wired and unrested. I was at a point where I was having a true nervous breakdown because of lack of sleep. I finally went to see a psychiatrist and he prescribed the Klonopin. I took a 1 mg pill that night and slept restfully for about 7 or 8 hours. It totally killed the jerks. I still felt tremendous anxiety over the next couple of weeks, but I kept taking the Klonopin religiously every night and it would get me to sleep. With each passing day, my anxiety seemed to drop lower and lower. After those initial couple of weeks, I felt like myself again and, being aware of the addictive quality of the medicine, stopped taking it every day and would only take it if I absolutely couldn't fall asleep. It is now 8 months later and I no longer take the Klonopin regularly. I do, however have some around still and like the idea that it is there. I will pop one every once in awhile if I feel a bit wound up and can't fall asleep. My psychiatrist says that it's fine to do that as long as I don't use it daily. All in all, I feel it's a great medication if used properly and not abused. It was great for breaking the insomnia cycle, lowering my anxiety, and me feeling like I had regained control over my life. | M | 29 | 8 months | 6/1/2005 | 4 | anxiety | short term memory loss, problems concentrating, sleepiness, feel | It really helps with anxiety, even at very small doses... but I don't take it during exam time, because I have problems studying. | F | 22 | 2 years | 5/21/2005 | 5 | SEVERVE PANIC AND ANXIETY | SLEEPINESS,SOME S/T MEMORY LOSS BUT IT HAS MADE MY HEART STOP HURTING FROM ALL THE STRESS.TAKING .5 THREE TIMES A DAY. | MY NAME IS ALSO CARLOS MONTABLAN | M | 38 | 30 days | 5/5/2005 | 1 | Insomnia | I am trying to ween my self off of klonopin and now i have been off of it for five days and it has been the longest 5 days of my life. I have terrible withdrawls every night and can only get 2 hours sleep. I don't reccomend klonopin to any one because it is very addicting | If any one out there has any information on how to get off of this drug please e-mail me at [email protected] | M | 38 | 2 years | 5/4/2005 | 5 | Panic Attacks | Not really any side effects for me except for the obvious drowsiness feeling. Does pot have a effect on this drug? | Without this drug I would be in a mental hospital right now, I have no doubt about that. Question do you think smoking pot has any effect on this drug? | M | 23 | 3 years | 4/22/2005 | 2 | PLMD induced insomnia | Nausea (after a couple of nights at .5mg/night)... Extreme depression (after 2 weeks at .25mg/night)... Diminished appetite (after a couple of days of use, regardless of dose...loved this side effect!) | This med did help my insomnia but didn't extend the number of hours I slept, regardless of dosage. I'm extremely sensitive to drugs and was really hoping that this one would be free of intolerable side effects. Only the depression was intolerable. I sure liked that diminished appetite, tho'! | F | 60 | 3 weeks | 4/14/2005 | 4 | R.E.M. Behaviour disorder | Hair loss, some shaking at times, dry mouth, congestion. | So far, it is the only drug that controls my R.E.M. behaviour disorder. I was thrashing about in my sleep, talking and screaming. Klopin controlled all of that but there were some side effects, such as hair loss, shaking, congestion, dry mouth. | F | 54 | 2 years | 4/13/2005 | 1 | Paradoxical reaction to estrogen | I experienced severe depression 3 weeks after taking the drug and also had strange thinking. Started getting physical symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, IBS, lost appetite. | I was c/t off 3mg 2 years ago and almost died. I spent 4 months in pure hell. I had to be reinstated and am doing a very slow taper. This drug is nothing but poison to me. I had no idea at the time that the klonopin was causing my problems. Thought is was due to hormonal changes post hysterectomy. | F | 51 | 6 years | 4/13/2005 | 1 | muscle spasms | far too many to list. it was horrible torture. it took 1 year to taper and i paced non stop with no sleep for 5 months. you people who praise this drug have no idea what awaits you when you will try to get off this drug. god help you all. then go to this web site for help on how to get off the poisonous crap. http://www.benzo.org.uk | i did not realize that klonopin was the poison that was making me sick for most of the 6 years i was on it. i have been off it for 16 months now and i still suffer from it's effects. it is poison. it fools you to think that it helps but really it is destroying your life, brain, and body, you all will find out when you try to get off it. read the ashton manual here http://www.benzo.org.uk/manual/index.htm | F | 47 | 6 years | 4/11/2005 |