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 | anxiety, insomnia | Initially effctive at .5mg-1mg before bed but eventually (a few months) led to growing depression, fatigue and a viscious cycle of trying to quit and restarting, terrible insomnia and extreme anxiety... this cycle is almost impossible to break---DO NOT EVER START | To quit switch to Diazapam at .5mg Klonopin = 10mg Diazapam. Reduce diazapam by 1mg per 1-2 weeks until last 1mg then skip every other day 1-2 weeks and quit. Do not use Ambien or any Benzo while doing this | M | 52 | 2 years | 1/18/2005 | 5 | arthritis | none | take prn to help sleep cause of arthritis pain would not allow me sleep up to weeks at a time. Very helpful sleep aid but take cautously | F | 42 | 3 months | 1/17/2005 | 4 | | 1/17/2005 | 4 | | 1/17/2005 | 4 | anxiety & depression | in the beginning it worked like a charm for like 1 1/2 yrs. Now it feels like a tranqualizer that puts me out into sleep mode for an additional 6 hrs in the day. Constantly tired and loss of libido. In the mornings my eyes look like I took a hit of cocaine. People ask me if I am drunk. De-sensitizes you into anger mode easily and I feel like I don't have any emotions - like a de-personalized mummy. | Want to get off it, but it does help with the anxiety. I also take atenolol and wellbutrin, and this combonation works well because I still have a sex drive(diminishing)and it gets me through the day. Alcohol really intensifies this drug and in the mornings I feel like an absolute drug-fiend.. and makes my depression worse. | M | 30 | 2.5 years | 1/16/2005 | 3 | | 1/8/2005 | 4 | absence seizures, anxiety, other | Drosiness at higher doses, loss of short term memory infrequently | I have been taking this drug for 6.5 years, as an adjunct to depression therapy (couseling and Prozac) and to control absence seizures. | M | 47 | 6.5 years | 1/7/2005 | 4 | | 1/5/2005 | 4 | Panic Disorder with Agoraphobia | I have taken Klonopin for 2 years and 5 months. I can definitely say that I'm ALWAYS tired and yawning which is annoying and difficult to explain to others why you're always this way. I have had shortness of breath, slight chest pains, dizziness at times, irritability, and confusion. | I am HOPING that I can get off of this (1 mg/day)as my 2005 New Year's resolution!! I would rather have the symptoms of anxiety than all of the side effects of this medicine. | F | 28 | 29 days | 12/27/2004 | 3 | anxiety/sleep disorder | Helped with anxiety. Helped me fall asleep but not remain asleep. | F | 44 | 6 months | 12/10/2004 | 5 | Severe anxiety disorder, PTSD | Have been on it for 2 weeks and haven't noticed an bad side effects. I do have a slightly easier time falling asleep as it is slightly sedating. I have noticed my appetite has decreased. | My dose is .5 mg in the morning, and again at bedtime- it has alleviated my anxiety very significantly- without much sedation. I had severe agoraphobia before starting this med, and it has almost completely gone away. I know the risks af becoming dependant are significant, but i feel that the benifits outweigh the risks. I am willing to be dependant on a medication, since without it my mind is a living hell! | F | 25 | 14 days | 11/29/2004 | 5 | Anxiety | None | Keeps my mood steady,No panic attacks. I have no buzz or high feeling. Able to drive,fly,ski & target shoot. It has enabled me to get my life back on track. I don't drink. I take 10 mg celexa and 1 mg klonopin daily. Still able to have sex. Good fix for GAD. I plan to stay on it for the rest of my life. | M | 45 | 2 years | 11/28/2004 | 4 | Anxiety and Depression | Lack of Libido (interest in sex); When I go off of it for even 1 day, it makes my thinking blurry | My doctor asks me to skip this one day a week- so that I dont become completely dependent. I started on a dosage of around 5mg a day (1-1-2mg), now I am down to 0.5 mg only at night. Its a 'really effective' medication. I am also taking Prozac (20mg) for Depression. | M | 31 | 2 years | 11/25/2004 | 5 | Panic Disorder / Panic Attacks | Almost none. Some short term memory loss, but nothing serious. Some sedation, but also not serious. I would sometimes experience irritability when missing a dosage but other days I would not experience this despite missing a dosage. | Klonopin helped in lowering my general anxiety and decreasing the occurance of panic attacks. | M | 38 | 9 years | 11/21/2004 | 2 | anxiety/nite panic | .25 klonopin at nite, wake in nite disoriented, confused, and unable to walk straight. too sleepy during day to function at work. Vision blurry, brow headache, dizzy and slow reflexes. when do these side effects wear off/ most of us work, and many of us live alone. please reply. | F | 57 | 4 days | 11/14/2004 | 1 | Anxiety | took for about a year.....decided I didnt need it anymore.... BAM!!! Massive MASSIVE withdrawal...HIt me like a BRICK...I could actually HEAR BAnGing in my brain....Worst thing is...doctors didnt even tell me about possible withdrawal...I looked it up HERE on the net and discovered for MYSELF what was going on !!! Withdrawal is NOTHING SHORT OF A NIGHTMARE FROM HELL !!!!!!! screaming in the head....and scratching ....like sandpaper rubbing on my brain!! And EVIL thoughts....wicked thoughts that U cant control !! And feeling like your brain is suddenly on ICe!!! And feeling like U dont know where U are and cant escape from yourself.....Its the WORST feeling in the WORLD...DO NOT GO ON KLONOPIN !!! THIS IS A WARNING !!!! IT FEELS GOOD AT FIRST....BUT I AM TELLING EVERYONE FROM EXPERIENCE....IT IS A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARISH DRUG THAT SHOULD NEVER EVVVVVEEEER BE ON THE MARKET!!! It is now October 2004...and I have FINALLY started feeling | F | 33 | 1 years | 10/8/2004 | 5 | RSD cronic pain | Klonopin has been a wonder drug for me(taking for 12 years post back surgery). I was given a diagnosis of RSD when my cronic foot pain persisted. Another RSD patient told me about Klonopin and my Dr. prescribed it for me. I take one mg daily at bedtime. It really helps calm down the nerveous system thus assists with pain -sometimes completely. I sleep well most nights and stay very focused and lack any anxiety that I believe I did have prior to taking this med. Perhaps it was a blessing. | 53 | 12 years | 10/7/2004 | 5 | Young onset Parkinson's disease | Helps stop panic attacks, that helps control tremor | I realize it is a benzodiazepine and you must stay on it, if anyone can cure PD I will have to titrate off this medication, people who take this should be told this, by their doctors and pharmacist. | F | 37 | 6 years | 9/28/2004 | 4 | | 9/25/2004 | 4 | depression, suicide attempt | - | + | F | 18 | 60 days | 9/23/2004 |