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 | fibromyalgia pain and sleeplessness | After being on it for a year I started feeling unwell - kind of like my pilot light had gone out. Sometimes the 2mg at bedtime worked, sometimes I couldn't sleep. Was never advised by Dr. that it would be so terrible to discontinue. | Went to new Dr. who weened me off too fast. Went into full blown withdrawal including twitches, whole body spasms, and high blood pressure. Ended up in the emergency room and admitted to the hospital. This is a very powerful drug that affects your nerve endings and central nervous system. Take it away and all hell broke loose. It has taken others 2 years or more to taper off, and even after they are | F | 56 | 1 years | 4/11/2005 | 1 | anxiety | short term memory loss, severe unbalance, horrendous tolerance w/d, central nervous system damage.....worse decision I ever made was to eve start this very dangerous drug. | Do not take dangerous. Drs have no clue about the dangers they just say take more I lost half my life believeing in this miracle......it only takes a few days for this to happen to anyone. | M | 47 | 20 years | 4/11/2005 | 4 | Restless leg syndrome; insomnia | Irritable, leg cramps, emotionally labile. | I was satisfied with the drug but when I tapered off of it, it was scary. I developed a lot of twitches and jerks in my body for some months, and I cried for six months. I think more warning should be given about withdrawal before this med. is prescribed. | F | 70 | 2 years | 4/10/2005 | 1 | Panic and anxiety disorder | Hair loss, loss of urinary control, memory loss | I reached tolerance on Klonopin and my life became a living hell. I was not sleeping at all. I had to start weaning from the drug. Even at a very tiny drop amount, the withdrawal symptoms are too numerous to list here. Let's just say that I have one good day for every four bad days. Pain, nausea, tremors, body thermostat out of sync, profuse sweating, bone chilling cold | 51 | 6 years | 4/10/2005 | 4 | PTSD, Extreme NM hit wife /sleeping | I have taken this drug for over 16 years. I had to take it to stop from hitting my wife while we were sleeping. I only wonder if the drug is producing the more intense nightmares. I cannot sleep if I do not take 2 mg at night. | M | 56 | 16 years | 4/8/2005 | 4 | Insomnia | I had to take increasingly large doses due to getting habituated to it. | Withdrawing from this medicine is a rough ride. I had to get acupuncture to get through it. Some strange things happened to me. Four days after I stopped taking the last dose, I had spontaneous out of body experiences! I also experienced other kinds of psychic experiences, such as telepathy. I know it sounds odd, but I think that this medication affected my central nervous system in a permanent way. I am not as I was. This is a very dangerous drug. You should only take this drug as a last resort. | F | 50 | 2 years | 4/7/2005 | 3 | Anxiety and insomnia | I was taking ambien but its half life would wake me up at 2:00 am. I am having problems staying asleep. A .5 mg of Clonazepam would knock me out. Because of my insomnia, memory has not been too good. Not sure if it is the low dose of Clonazepam or not. | M | 4 weeks | 3/31/2005 | 4 | Anxiety and social anxiety | Sleepyness, short term memory loss, loss of pubic hair and inhibitions. Short term memory loss was not severe, it wasnt so severe as to forget my name ( Carlos Montobon ). | Its great to take if you want to get messed up but you gotta be sure to have stimulants too or else you might fall asleep hangin with your buddies. My name is Carlos Montobon . | M | 19 | 5 months | 2/28/2005 | 4 | Anxiety | minimal | There is a slight feeling of lack of muscle coordination or feeling of being spaced out, but definitely cuts anxiety, and works very fast | M | 36 | | 2/26/2005 | 2 | Anxiety | For the first 4 months this was a very helpful tool that helped me through the day. The withdrawal is a nightmare, however. Klonopin reminds me very much of alcohol, and can cause more problems than you started with. | This is by far the most addictive substance I have ever been prescribed to. It seems far more dependancy causing than narcotic painkillers, which is surprising. Irritability and anxiety persist months after stopping. | M | 23 | 8 months | 2/26/2005 | 2 | anxiety | gained 70 lbs ... not happy | | 2/25/2005 | 3 | Bipolar II | Took it for anxiety. Clonazepam has one major side effect. It kills your short term memory big time. | It works well, too well. And you get sortov addicted. You need more and more and can't make a day without it. I quit and now use non-addictive meds to control anxiety. | M | 26 | 6 months | 2/19/2005 | 3 | | 2/15/2005 | 4 | anxiety | none | I'm scared I'll get hooked but it's pretty great for anxiety. | M | 41 | 4 months | 2/13/2005 | 5 | Anxiety | If I take a Klonopin in the am (dosage is 1mg as needed, up to 2mg per day) I do feel drowsy and tired by the end of the day. | I feel I have built up a tolerence to Klonopin, as it takes much longer for it to kick in than it did originally. I used to take it when I felt the anxiety coming on but now I take it as a preventative measure if I feel I may be in a situation where I may experience anxiety. If I waited to take it when I began to feel anxiety it would not be effective fast enough to ward it off. I tried taking 2 once...it didn't take effect any sooner, just knocked me on my butt when it did take effect! As for becoming addicted I go for days without taking it and feel completely normal. | F | 41 | 2 years | 2/12/2005 | 3 | SLEEP | HOW LONG DOES IN STAY IN YOUR SYSTEM | M | 43 | 3 days | 2/10/2005 | 4 | Social Anxiety | As long as I take it I'm fine. If I stop for longer than a day, I experience extreme irritability, tunnel vision, over sensitivity of the skin, and the feeling that I'm unable to function in any social situation, including grocery shopping. | I take 1 1/2 pills in the am (0.75mg) and it definitely helps me get through the work day. I try not to take it on weekends, but feel like I don't have much of a choice if I need to leave the house for any reason. If I don't take it on Sat., by Sunday I'll start feeling the skin and light sensitivity, tunnel vision and enough irritability to make me snap and lash out, sometimes physically. (Like having a hard time controlling the urge to slap loved ones when they're getting on my nerves!) Overall though, it's done me a lot of good. I feel disconnected and impersonal without it. | F | 40 | 3 years | 1/26/2005 | 5 | Amazing! This is my savior drug! I dont get addicted and it slows me down enough to get by. | F | 21 | 2 months | 1/22/2005 | 4 | Insomnia | none | I take this medication PRN for bouts of insomnia. I'm bipolar and it helps to slow down my brain when I'm trying to sleep (ie, stops the racing thoughts) | M | 27 | 4 months | 1/21/2005 | 4 | M | | 1/20/2005 |