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 |
| 5 | GAD, Panic Attacks, Slight Phobia | Slight moodiness, (very slight) | M | 32 | 2 years 2 MG | 2/15/2014 | 2 | Myoclonic Jerks | Drowziness, depression, trouble with sleeping, problems with co-ordination, memory loss, 'brain fog', confusion, poor attention, DEPENDENCE | I have Clonazepam at such as high dose because I have a rare Neurological Movement disorder called 'Myoclonic-Dystonia'. Sure, Clonazepam alleviates the twitching and muscle spasms... until I get more tolerance and have to take more. Started taking Clonazepam about a year and a half ago- initially I started on 2 mg a day :/ If anybody is offered this drug should really question it, especially it is being indicated for long-term use. I didn't question enough and now I have such a strong dependence and ever increasing tolerance, there are plans to up me to the max dose (20 mg). This drug has made me an addict, I sometimes try to try to take less but the withdrawal is HELL. Stevie Nicks said in an interview it was easier to give up heroin and crack than this drug :/ | F | 20 | 3 months 4mg 3X day | 1/28/2014 | 4 | Panic/anxiety/depression/bipolar 2 | None really | Clonazepam works for my panic attacks/anxiety and helps me to sleep. If I lose sleep I become hypomanic. I have had GAD since I was a child and am now 71 years old. I stopped drinking alcohol 24 years ago, since it was not a medication, and it only made my mental disorder worse. I can't take any antidepressants beyond beginning doses because they induce hypomania. So I take the clonazepam when I have episodes that bring me extreme panic or anxiety, or when my insomnia gets worse. Typically I take between three quarters and one and a half milligrams at night only for sleep. When my panic or anxiety kicks up because of situational things, I am increased to a total of 2 1/2 mg per day. At present I am on that protocol. It has been the first time in almost 5 years that I have needed to take regular clonazepam during the day to break up the anxiety, panic part of my disorder. While I don't like taking it, it is the only thing that helps me. If I tried to cut back to soon the episode only gets worse. Normally, I take only the bedtime dose. From time to time the psychiatrist is in support of my tapering, which I have to do very slowly. Then I may get down to 1 mg at night for several months. Many people here talk about the severe withdrawal reactions. In my case the doctor and I both agree, that when I get down too low, it is not withdrawal, but my primary bipolar to that kicks in , which includes panic anxiety insomnia and depression. Right now, I seem to have episode | F | 16 years 1-1&½ 1X day | 1/22/2014 | 5 | Insomnia, anxiety, IC | None but if I take more then 0.5 mg then I feel drowsy and very relaxed the next day. | This is by far the best anti-anxiety medication out there. SSRIs are garbage compare to this. Allows me to get a good night's sleep and feel in control. | F | 37 | 4 years 0.5 MG 1X day | 1/15/2014 | 1 | insomnia | Didn't even touch my insomnia. Still only able to sleep 2 hours a day. The times I did fall asleep were no more than an hour and I would wake up with constant nightmares. | F | 20 | 7 days .5 | 1/14/2014 | 1 | Dystonic cerebral palsy | insomnia, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts | I was first prescribed this when i was about 16, so then i thought it was a wonder drug because it controlled my tremors and muscle tightness...at least i thought. What it really did was put me in such a fog that i didn't notice my tremors. After about a year we raised the dosage from twice, to three times a day. That's when all hell broke loose with the side effects. I strongly urge you to try different alternatives and really do some research on this drug before making the decision to take it. | M | 18 | 2 years 1 MG 3X day | 12/17/2013 | 1 | For anxiety | rage, derealization, depersonalization, suicidal thoughts and urges, depression | Within an hour or less of taking this drug I would get extremely depressed and lethargic to the point my husband had to help feed and bathe me. I started having rages FOR NO REASON out of nowhere and then suicidal thoughts and even urges, again for no reason. This drug as well as others in its class (benzodiazepines) should be limited to short-term (2-4 week) use. Beyond that, the user could develop a tolerance where more of the drug is needed to reduce anxiety/insomnia. Users also get interdose withdrawal from the drug and feel the need to take more of the drug before the next dose to calm down. Before you know it, your brain is dependent on it. Withdrawals from this drug are Hellish and last longer (YEARS in some cases) than withdrawal than from street drugs. Cold turkey withdrawal from this drug made all the above side effects much worse and I'm still healing from its effects 18 months later. | F | 36 | 10 weeks 0.125 3X day | 4/8/2013 | 5 | GAD/Hypochondiasis | No side effects to describe | This has been a wonder drug for me. My chest pains and back pain disappear in 15 minutes of taking the medication. When I run out I experience what I thought was a heart attack, or worse lung cancer. Now I realize that my anxiety gets out of control very easily and I use clonazepam effectively to control symptoms. | M | 34 | 8 years 4mg 2X day | 1/14/2013 | 5 | Tremors due to anxiety | Drowsiness. This drug really takes away my a tremors. Tried other meds first. Clonazepam is the only medication that works for me. I havent built up a tolerance either. Everyone is different. I take it every night. Its strange because I remeber a lot more than I use to. It helps me focus more. My memory has improved. This medication works wonders with me. And yes I take it as prescribed. | F | 38 | 2 months 0.5 | 10/12/2012 | 5 | extreme anxiety, agoraphobia | lethargic early in the day, flat effect in speech, lack of inhibition | I increased the amount to 2 times a day and it reduces agoraphobia and constant angst. I am very happy with it. It helps my therapy progress faster by reducing fear of memories. Sometimes I forget to take it until the anxiety interferes with going out or doing things. | F | 63 | 1 years .5MG 2X day | 9/13/2012 Patient History | 4 | Panic and Anxiety | When first taking it and lasts for about 15-20 min - dizziness, out-of-body experience maybe, imbalance, tiredness, spaced out. It doesn't last for long though, it goes away and you begin to just feel calm, maybe a bit drowsy still. | It definitely helps when I'm feeling the onset of major anxiety or a panic attack and I need help calming myself down. It's not a cure, I use it along with therapy and tools to help myself relieve my anxiety and panic. It's just an aid to help me get through what's going on. | F | 25 | 9 months .25 MG 1X AN | 9/10/2012 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety Disorder | Sleepy, clumsy, slight headaches, euphoria. | I have never had serious anxiety issues until about seven months ago. For whatever reason my anxiety steadily increased to the point where I had this incredible daily fear that I had something physically wrong and I was dying. I never used to go to the doctor for anything (years i didn't go to the doctor) and suddenly I was calling every week to set up an appointment with an ailment I was sure was life threatening. I convinced my doctor to give me a referral to a cardiologist because of personal fears that something was going on with my heart. I met with an endocronologist over fears that my glands were not functioning correctly and I had an inbalance. I visited the ER thinking I was having a heart attack, and I had two seperate severe panic attacks. I had numerous blood tests. 2 EKG's, an echocardiogram, chest x-rays for lung cancer. I honestly had fears that I had cancer, an irregular heart beat, liver failure, kidney failure, bone cancer, deep vein thrombosis, pancreatitis, diabetes, irritable bowel syndrome, and the list goes on and on. All completely ridiculous, but my fear was completely real and I couldn't escape it. After finally realizing these daily fears and my constant anxiety wasn't rational or normal I attempted to control it through diet, excercise and meditation. Months of failed attempts to make anything better I finally set-up another appointment with my doctor to discuss my anxiety issues. After a long conversation she explained that I had GAD, I need co | M | 35 | 3 days .250 2X day | 8/18/2012 | 5 | back neck spasms | Wonderful. Helps tremendously with my anxiety which I had never been treated for. Ran out once and couldn't get refill for 10 days and suffered horrible withdrawal. It was nightmarish, frightening. Will try not to ever run out again. | F | 60 | 10 years 10mg | 8/9/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | Drowsiness, dizzyness. Almost feels like I am drunk at times, especially when I stand up to walk after a period of sitting. | Helped my anxiety tremendously. Relaxed me and helped me sleep. Decided to stop taking it after learning different techniques to help cope with anxiety from my psychologist. No withdrawal symptoms. | F | 22 | 2 months .5mg 2X day | 8/6/2012 | 4 | anxiety,panic disorders and depress | Well clonazepam did help me. Till one day a doctor said that it was time to detox. So I went not knowing any better. I had no idea how my life was going to change, for the worst. The detox center had me go cold turkey and so three days later all hell broke loose. When i say all hell, I literally mean it. The next 2yrs were pure HELL. I was in and out of hopitals the situation got so bad, I had rather someone take my legs off as long as I was better. I am traumatized from the hell I had to live. Till this day when I talk about I still cry like a baby. So plz if u decide to come off any benzos, do it in a way that u feel comfortable. First talk to ur Dr. and make sure its done very slowly. Plz I just dont want anyone else to go through what I went through! Also remember most of these Dr.s are overworked and dont care, so real quick they'll wright a prescription for benzo's. Always ask all questions u might have. THIS IS UR LIFE, LIVE IT! | F | 40 | 21 years 1mg 2X day | 7/23/2012 | 3 | facial pain | sleepy .foggy brain..dizzy...hard to concentrate on things | F | 4 months 0.5 | 7/16/2012 | 1 | anxiety going off effexor xr | i have only been on 2 or 3 days.all i di is sleep.dont know what day of week it is .has gotten rid of suicidal thoughts but probably because i am too tired to commit suicide right now.i feel like i am drunk. very foggy headed.hope ing it will get better once my body gets used to it | M | 54 | 3 days img2xa day | 6/22/2012 | 3 | for sleep | i have taken the tablet last 10 years | M | 38 | 10 years 1mg 1X day | 6/13/2012 | 5 | My mother has a prescription to these, but I've taken them from time to time to help with anxiety, stress and severe painful muscle tension. I have issues with depersonalization and I find it impossible to relax. My shoulder muscles are constantly rock solid and massaging them won't help. These meds really help it all. | F | 21 | 1X day | 5/13/2012 | 1 | Anxiety from serious car accident | Awful medication. I took .25 Xanax as needed for a few months but it stopped working and I did not want to increase dose so dr switched me to this beast of a drug. My dose was .5 twice a day and I took .5 once a day for eight days and .25 once a day for nine days then I stopped. I don't remember anything for those two and a half weeks. I was very depressed on this med. don't ever take it! Ever! | F | 41 | 2 weeks .5 | 5/6/2012 |