CLONAZEPAM Reviews (CLONAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.3 (348 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare CLONAZEPAM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR CLONAZEPAM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 4 | Panic Disorder | tried,dizziness | F | 30 | 15 days | 1/29/2009 | 4 | Anxiety attacks/depression | A little drowsy in the morning. However I Am using clonazepam along side an antidepressent. Having extremely rough times in life, and has made me rest and let go of feelings for a while. No bad side effects | M | 22 | 6 days | 1/12/2009 | 5 | The first few days I felt tired, but not anymore. I have lost my appetite, but that's ok, it's winter and I'm not as active as usual! For me, I have only been on this for about a week and it has turned my life around instantly. | My whole life I have had problems with depression (even on effixir and others that I tried) and suicidal ideation. Nothing ever worked. Now a week later with this medication I feel fantastic and no thoughts of suicide. I can't express enough what a change in me this is, I feel like I have a new vitality. | F | 37 | 9 days | 1/10/2009 | 3 | anxiety, panic w/agoraphobia | Drowsiness, emotional numbness, spaciness, inability to think- especially about feelings, forgetfulness. sex drive and appetite have gotten better- not worse! | I got on this medication (.5 mg 2X daily) when I was 17 and experiencing constanst panic, incessant anxiety,severe depression and suicidal ideation because of the anxiety. I still had anxiety, but it lessened a bit. I was able to return to school and start socializing again.Still had panic. Became pregnant 2 mos after starting meds & quickly weaned off. experienced no withdrawal. I didn't start them again after the birth of my child since I was nursing and I didn't put much stock in the drug's effect anyhow. But 3 yrs later I couldn't stand the lie I was living- trying to convince every1 that I was functional when really I was in full panic mode every day. Finally I called my Dr. in desperation. 1st time I took them I got high. My system was more pure than it was as a 17-yr old party girl because I really felt the effects- & my speech was so slurred I was embarrassed to talk. After a couple days this effect lessened. I thought "oh my God! I'm ME again". My anxiety le | F | 26 | 6 years | 1/7/2009 | 2 | Anxiety | I tried this a year ago to counter post cancer anxiety. I remember being incredibly tired. A year later, I asked for it again to control axiety. I took it for 2 days and was again completely exhausted. Last pill was taken on Friday night....It is Sunday and I am still feeling tired. Im not willing to feel this way for more than a few days...Anybody want the rest? | M | 35 | 2 days | 12/14/2008 | 5 | Symptoms Associated w/ Opiate Detox | I was prescribed 1mg tablets to take up to 3 times daily to help with symptoms from OxyContin detox/withdrawl. Slurred speech, forgetfulness and drowsiness are the most common of my side effects. | The drug has helped me tremedously in weening off of opiates. My co-workers had no idea I was taking Oxys and I took a week off work but when I returned they IMMEDIATELY noticed something different. They said my speech was slurred and I seemed "sedated." It bothered me but I didn't believe them. I phoned-in to check my voicemail shortly thereafter, which I change every day...when I heard my voice I could not believe it. I actually sounded drunk. It must have been painfully obvious that I was taking a sedative to everyone around me. I still take the medication to help with my anxiety but only after work, and I have to admit I am a little scared to stop taking it. Yikes! I seem to have replaced one addiction with another. So, if you're like me and have an addictive personality, I would not recommend taking Klonopin (Clonazepam) or ANY benzos because now I have developed a habit for taking it and I'm once again worried about withdrawl from ANOTHER pill. | M | 30 | 2 months | 10/17/2008 | 3 | leg muscles cramping at night | dizziness,drowsiness,coordinaton problems, blurred vision, weight gain & dry mouth. this problem goes away after being up for an hour | still have leg cramps, just not as often. have tried other medications, nothing works completely yet. | F | 61 | 1 years | 10/4/2008 | 5 | Anxiety, panic attacks. | None. When the prescription ran out for 3 weeks my anxiety came back but that was it. | I had been taking Paxil for 2 years, hated it, had suppressed libido, started .5 Clonapepam prn (as needed) and it has worked admirably, a little drowsy but nothing else. | M | 53 | 9 months | 9/28/2008 | 4 | Restless Legs Syndrome | Sometimes sluggish in the morning but only when first starting. | This drug helped me sleep after years of problems with RLS. It was such a treat to go to bed and not wake up until morning! My only complaint is that you have to keep increasing the dose as your body adjusts to it so this led to needing more and more. Long-term side effects are relatively unknown and there is a reputation for these drugs to have an effect on memory so I had to stop taking them after two months. Now I'm back to Restless Legs! | F | 29 | 2 times | 9/4/2008 | 2 | Anxiety, social phobias, depression | It helped somewhat with the anxiety and public speaking, but at a cost that was not worth it for me. The side effect is severe drowsiness. I started off on .5mg, then to 1mg, but they were not helping with the anxiety. So I went to 2mg, and it helped with the anxiety somewhat, but made me very drowsy during the day. Just wasn't worth feeling tired and sedated all day, as I also suffer from depression. I also had a high tendency to forget things easily, especially in the short-term. I decided to stop taking this med and now have to deal with the withdrawal symptoms. | Trying to come off this med, the biggest withdrawal symptom is being unable to sleep. I was only on this med for a couple of months, and at a relatively low dosage (2mg), and I already developed a strong physical dependence on it just to simply go to sleep! Another notable withdrawal symptom is mood changes and becoming easily agitated. I would not recommend this med, along with any benzo, unless it is absolutely necessary and the side-effects (severe drowsiness, being tired and having no energy) are worth it. For me it wasn't. Just trying to come off of it is a big problem. I recently switched to Busparine, which is known to be less effective than benzos, but do not come with the bad side-effects and withdrawal symptoms associated with benzos. Hopefully this will work out better for me. | M | 27 | 2 months | 9/3/2008 | 4 | Anxiety, Panic, Sleeplessnes | None | Love this drug! Completely controls my panic and helps me sleep through the night. I was waking up in a panic every night. | F | 48 | 6 months | 9/2/2008 | 1 | depression, panic attacks | I have gone from being depressed with panic attacks to irrational, suspicious, paranoid, angry, explosive, depressed with panic attacks. If you become spacy, confused, unable to eat, suicidal, and easily angered over things that normally would make no difference to you, stay off this drug!!!!!! | I always read the side effects of every drug I take, but the side effects of this drug slowly crept up on me. When I would complain about how I felt, my psychiatrist just thought I was "not getting with the program". Only took it 3 months but will never, never take it again. In those 3 months I have seriously strained every relationship I have. It is truly hell to go back and try to apologize for everything you have said and done because of a medication and know that everyone just chalks it up to further evidence of how crazy you are. Be very careful of this drug, it is very, very subtle. If I could rate it lower than a 1 I would. | 56 | 3 months | 9/2/2008 | 5 | sleepwalking | none. took to stop sleepwalking which was getting to be dangerous - i hurt myself after a fall while sleepwalking | 17 years at 1.5 mg/day with no loss of effect | M | 57 | 17 years | 8/28/2008 | 1 | [email protected] | I had taken CLONAZEPAM for a few years..noticed I had to take naps during the day. One day 'fell asleep at the wheel' during trafic time..Did not hit a car nor was I hit. Adoctor told me the Clonazepam buildsu[ in your si=ystem the older you get..so i quit 'cold turkey'. BIG MISTAKE. I didn't sleep 'at all' for 1 1/2 months. I was miserable! it finally wore off after I started taking Temazepam. With Clonazepam 1mg I was getting no more than 3 hrs sleep. With Temazapam, I get approx 5 hours sleep...BUT I am beginning to get sleepy again during the day. Could the Clonazepam resodial be kicking back in again? | Which is the worst as far as side affectsl..Clonazepam or Tenazepam? | F | 79 | 50 years | 8/26/2008 | 3 | Anxiety, teeth grinding, insomnia | vivid dreams, laughing for no reason, uneven heart rate. I had been diagnosed with panic attacks, insomnia, and anxiety about 18 months ago. I grind my teeth horribly at night and clench during the day and decided to try this drug after reading information from Mayo Clinic. | My physician prescribed .5mg 2x per day. After reading all the comments on this site I decided to try .125 mg, which is 1/4 of .5mg, before bedtime. She told me I would have to stop taking my Ambien if I started taking clonazepam. After about 30 minutes I started feeling "weird" & my heart was racing. So I added .25 mg of xanax. I layed there and started laughing for no reason. This happened about 6 times in 1/2 hour. But I noticed my jaw was not clenching anymore. I had cool dreams. This was only my 1st night. I will try again tonight but am afraid of taking a higher dose at this point or during the day. Will update later.. | F | 40 | 1 days | 8/15/2008 | 5 | Insomnia | None | Life saver for me. Nothing else helped me to sleep. Three Ambien's only gave me 3.5 hours sleep. Temazepam only gave me 4 hours. 1mg of clonazepam gives me 6 to 7 hours. It's not been addictive to me as I go off it on my days off and only use it for a good nights sleep for workdays. It really HAS been a life saver for me because I could not sleep and may have lost my job by now without it. | M | 53 | 4 years | 8/4/2008 | 4 | anxiety, panic attacks, insomnia | a little clumsy, sleep, mood swings if waiting to take meds too long. | i can't give it a 5 rating because i've only been on it for 5 days. but i'm wondering for those of you who are having bad effects maybe its not working with the chemistry in your body. everyones body and chemistry is different. just wondering. so far so good for me but i'm listening and thanking you for your feedback. i'm already scared to get off it since i feel pretty good on it. i noticed last night that i took my rx at 11 p.m. instead of 9 p.m. and i started having a break down by crying but ran to bed relaxed a little, took the rx then fell asleep. i wake up with alot of energy (maybe the panic attacks under control) but still have anxieties about leaving the house and such. please share more about your experience with clonazepen. | F | 39 | 5 days | 8/4/2008 | 4 | panic attacks | At first my doctor put me on .05 mg 2 times a day. I have to tell you it made me feel better and free of panic attacks. Life was good! After a year. I told my doctor, I didn’t want to depend on this the rest of my life. So I went down to 1 tablet a day. Than 6 months after that, I went to ½ of .05 mg a day. Than I went to 1/4 of the tablet. It took me 2 years of 1/4 of a day to taper off. During this time frame, I experience these systems. Tired, dizziness, fatigue, blurred vision, memory loss at times, lower leg cramps and lower body sweats at night. | Its been 3 weeks I’ve been free of this drug CLONAZEPAM and feeling good again. How ever during these past weeks. The first weeks was dealing with migrans and sensitive to bright light. I would have to rest and sleep in a dark room with no noise. Thank god, I took a 2 week vacation. Because it would of been very difficult to function in the work place. | F | 44 | 4 years | 7/14/2008 | 1 | panic disorder | drowsiness for the first 5 to 7 days,mood changes bad news,depression comes later,nervesness it's bad to the bone,and your sex drive man look out you don't know if you got off or not you look at it and its small and u say any1 have a air pump.ALL YES COMING OFF THE DRUG IS HELL ON EARTH... | STAY AWAY FROM THIS DRUG ITS BAD NEWS drowsiness for the first 5 to 7 days,mood changes bad news,depression comes later,nervesness it's bad to the bone,and your sex drive man look out you don't know if you got off or not you look at it and its small and u say any1 have a air pump.ALL YES COMING OFF THE DRUG IS HELL ON EARTH... | M | 40 | 6 months | 7/4/2008 | 5 | bipolar GAD | Feel great, positive and more interested in life, very energetic - I believe this is an occasional parodoxial effect some people get. | Worried about addictiveness and if me docter would prescribe more since it was only supposed to be temp. Wonder is good effect will last. | F | 41 | 24 days | 6/21/2008 |