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| 1 | Taking clonazepam for sleeping | I took clonazemam for sleeping for about 10 years. It helped me sleep better and to get to sleep but I would never take this drug again. I was in the hospital for a kidney transplant and I had told the Dr's that I wanted to quit taking the drug. I found out later that they stopped it all at once at the time of the operation. Three days later in the hospital my legs started twiching and this strange tingling started to move up my whole body. I was shaking and trying to dig the hair out of my head. I could not stop the anxiety atack. They finally decided that it was because of not taking clonazepam. They started me back on it and I was better within an hour. This must be the most addicting pill out there. Am slowly trying to stop taking it now. | M | 70 | 10 years .5 mg 1X day | 2/1/2011 | 1 | anxiety and bi-polar disorder | this drug is incredibly addictive. my boyfriend and i have both been on it. i took it for 6 months and he's been takng it for around 6 years.we r both bi-polar. it's like poking an angry bull. i stopped taking it as i kept adding more and more pills per day because i didn't think it was working. however my boyfriend sometimes doesn't know when t stop. his speech is slurred and he is constantly forgetting what's going on and trips over things. this is prescibed by a doctor who supposedly curred his opiate addiction with suboxin. i guess i should be happy he doesn't crush it and shoot it ontop of heroin anymore....my bosses husband died from his klonopin addiction. he was 45. do we really need a drug this addictive being given to people with anxiety who may be suicidal??? you'd think our advanced medical industry could come up with something better. side effects: loneliness, stupidity, physical pain, addiction, sedation, and death. | i wasn't always such a bitch. | F | 29 | 6 years 2mg 2X day | 1/23/2011 | 1 | Leg jerks at night | Addicted. Have insomnia, inner head and body tremors, electric shock like feelings in body, mostly while trying to sleep. | I am going to try to get off of it, though I have been told it is a horrible experiance. | M | 60 | 6 years 2 MG 1X day | 1/12/2011 | 5 | Restless Leg Syn. | none except I sleep really good for the first time in 5 years | I read all the horror stories and wonder if I should continue but getting a good nights sleep with no side effects (groggy or depressed etc) I think its a wonder pill. I have tried other things for the RLS that just don't work. I used to laugh about people with RLS thinking it was a made up symptom...its not. Anyway, I can tell when I will not be sleeping well and take the pill 30 min. before bed. Sleep great, and wake up refreshed. I would never take it during the day though. Sorry for all those that have to take it just to function normally. | M | 58 | 30 days .5 mg-1 mg 1X day | 12/31/2010 | 5 | insomnia, possible bi-polar | IMPORTANT: This medication will sometimes, often-times take you into a deep sleep where you may have very vivid dreams; for me, this happens rarely, but are very realistic. | IMPORTANT: reports of addiction may be true. I have found that I can choose one or two tablets to sleep, and my choice is usually correct. I have tried coming off Clonazepam several times and what I find is that I am not "addicted" to them, but return to the exact, same situation I had before starting...racing mind, inability to stop having "conversations" over and over, mentally "re-doing" all my mistakes and how I should have done different. So, in a way, I am "addicted" in that I cannot sleep without them, but I have no withdrawal symptoms as others have listed here. NOTE: I have tried taking them in the day for continued "stabilization" and find they make me very drowsy; I would caution those prescribed Clonazepam for daytime use to be aware of drowsiness. As to the bi-polar issue, I am much less volatile than before BUT I do not take any other medication. It is possible that I could be more "normal" with other medication included, but, overall, I am satisfied with my personality. It is, for me, Less Medication Is Better Medication. Hope this helped someone. | M | 60 | 3 years 1 mg 2X day | 12/26/2010 | 1 | Anxiety attack | Headache, feeling of not caring about anything, heart palpitations, dizziness, fuzzy thinking, bad dreams. After 16 days the effects of the drug was worse than the original attack. It took me 30 days to wean off of it | The withdrawals were horrific and worse than the original attack. I was on such a low dose but I still had to cut that little pill in half, then a quarter, then an 8th and then finally off. The withrdrawals continued even after the 8th. Withdrawals were severe headache, anxiety worse than before, ringing in my ears (which I had not had before), cold sweats, heart palpitations, nausea, blurry vision. I am still suffering from the vision difference but not every day now ( I have been off it now for 3 weeks). I am having the cold sweats every once in a while still and a few anxiety moments which I am using prayer and reading God's word to get through. I know there will be an end to this soon and I will be back to normal. I will never take another mind altering drug for as long as I live!!! | F | 48 | 46 days .5 2X day | 12/17/2010 | 4 | For Agoraphobia and disambiguation | - The only main side-effect I have noticed is that if you are a very active person and work out and such, It cause some disturbances for the stomach, due to its strong muscle relaxant properties. As well as skeletal muscle relaxation. And maybe dry mouth and yawning. Initially tho, it was hard to even walk on 1.25 Mg, but after about a month or so, It goes away people! Especially if used every day, at the same time and not abused. I have successfully tapered from 6mg, in 2mg 3x daily to just the 1.25mg. | Clonazepam has a very long half-life compared to other potent Nitro benzos such as Xanax, Nitrazepam, and Temazepam. So for all of the people complaining about feeling slugish the next day when waking up or sleeping through the next day, you all should switch from this medication. CLONAZEPAM SHOULD NEVER! EVER be prescribed for sleeping. There are much better benzo choices for insomnia. Take temazepam as a prime example, and if your doctor refuses to switch you to that, Try Bromazepam, or even Xanax, they all have short half-lives, meaning they leave your system with in the day. So you go to sleep at 9-10 pm, you take a temazepam (30 mg = 1 mg clonazepam), maybe you feel sluggish at around 8 a.m when you wake up. Drink a cup of tea or small cup of coffee and you wont AT ALL feel sluggish for the rest of the day. And I take this medication in the morning when I wake up... Because like I mentioned before it helps my mood and helps my anger to a great extent! | M | 23 | 5 years 1.25 1X day | 12/12/2010 | 5 | REM sleep disorder/parasomnia | Brief drowsiness in morning, lowered libido. | Clonazepam has literally saved my life. I suffered from severe sleepwalking/acting out actions/insomnia/night terrors. Once I was even found lying face down on the shore of a lake, near death from injuries I had inflicted upon myself whilst sleeping. Now I take 1-2mg before bed and I'm asleep within 15 minutes and don't suffer from any of the previous sleep issues. Yes it's slightly addictive, however the positive effects far outweigh the negatives. | F | 19 | 3.5 weeks 1mg 1X day | 10/29/2010 | 2 | Scizoaffective disorder | Anxiety, nausea upset stomach and colon, migrain headaches, chest pains, sore muscles, unable to focus or concebtrate at times, blurry vision, problems falling asleep, loss of appetite, lost of interest in sex, lost of interest in things I like, shaking of hands and body at different parts of the day | Since my doze got changed I keep dropping stuff and trpping over things ad stub my toes because I have prblesm walking, unable toty pe correctly and used words I did not mean to say and forgot what someone said 15 minutes ago and they get mad at me and say they already told me and refuse to tell me. Have clonazepam hangovers that have me sleep during the day a lot but trying to stay awake but too drowsy to drive a car yet. | M | 42 | 6 months 2MG 2X day | 10/3/2010 | 5 | PTSD | Tired sometimes | M | 56 | 30 years 4mg 1X day | 9/29/2010 | 2 | Anxiety + panic attacks | Always puts me to sleep nomatter what time of the day; giving me weird situational dreams. All are abnormally realistic (nothing that couldnt happen in reality) and most are nightmares. I hope my doctor puts me on xanax because this is also not helping with my chest pains or anxiety as much as it should. | F | 18 | .5 2X day | 9/14/2010 | 5 | jerking awake | None noted | I was prescribed ativan for "anxiety attacks" but switched ti clonazepam because ativan is for short term use. I started having mental jerks whichprevented me from falling asleep. I also have REM Behavior disorder which I'm told by my sleep doc can only be controlled by this drug. I take 3/4 MG before bed and usually get 7-8 hours sleep. It does not give you deep sleep. Lately I get up feeling fine but fatigue within an hour and don't recover til mid afternoon. Not sure if it is the drug or Parkinson's. I was afraid of benzos too but at these low levels I'm told it's non-addictive. Don't know of other dangers. | M | 62 | 7 months 1 mg 1X day | 9/10/2010 | 4 | Anxiety | I've read alot of bad things about this drug! but so far I haven't had much side effects. The dr. told me it might make me tired and that sort of thing but I think it's doing the opposite! I seem to have more energy. But I can not sleep at night!! I'm not even tired. Most of the time I don't go to sleep till like 6:00am. I'm not sure what it has done for anxiety though. I haven't had a situation yet that would cause me to be overly anxious. | F | 24 | 1 months 2X day | 8/20/2010 | 1 | seizure-like jerks, zaps with sleep | originally, felt slow, stupid, drugged or slightly drunk the following day (since I take clonazepam at night only, .5 mg- .75 mg). now i have tolerance. if I do not take it, i get much stronger seizure symptoms--electrical jolts with lights, strong myoclonic twitches, etc. uncertain if loss of libido is due to using clonazepam, or some hormonal shift. uncertain if memory loss (for nouns, data) is related to klonopin use. | i wish my doctor had given me something else originally. i think benzodiazepines altogether should be handled with great care; patients should be encouraged to take the smallest possible dose, and to discontinue use within three weeks. other drugs (and practices) that impact the GABA system should be substituted for clonazepam, or other ways of down-regulating excitement of the central nervous system. i have fought to keep my intake at only .5 mg a night, and will fight to taper off altogether, but will expect an increase in nightly jolts, twitches, jerking limbs, flashing lights, and sudden groans--yuk. i hate feeling like i am trapped in a mind-and-body possessed by demons--but I will still try to taper off, knowing what i must face. | F | 51 | 2 years .5 mg 1X day | 8/16/2010 | 5 | Balance Issues/Mild Panic Attacks | Worked great for me. I started having balance issues caused by inner ear nerve damage. The mixed signals also caused mild panic attacks. Took a couple of years to find this but it immediatly worked and improved my quality of life. I've since started a successful business and raised 2 children. These things would not have been possible without this drug! | It is addictive. If I run out by accident I don't feel right and can't wait to refill my prescription. I have not built up any tolerance unlike other people on this board. I have taken 1mg every morning for the last 24 years. I'm sure that I will have to take it for the rest of my life though. | M | 53 | 24 years 1mg 1X day | 7/19/2010 | 4 | anxiety/moderate long term depressi | .5 mg. 1 half to 1 twice per day as needed. The only side effect I've noticed is that it builds in your system and a dose increase becomes necessary for the same effects. | At this point I am considering asking my doctor for a change as I don't want to continue to build up my tolerance. I guess I was hoping for an alternative. I know I'll be taking antidepressants and anxiety meds for the rest of my life. I develop suicidal ideation w/out the antid's & chronic anxiety attacks w/out antia's. | F | 37 | 2 years .5 2X day | 7/19/2010 | 5 | 3 year severe anxiety | I basically changed overnight did not leave the house was a total wreck (three years) Took Xanax then it did not help anymore so began Klonopin 1 mg. 3x a day and it helped tremendously. I was almost normal again. Then gradually anxiety and all came back gradually. I cannot live like that anymore. What is next? more meds etc. | F | 66 | 3 months 1mg 3X day | 7/17/2010 | 2 | Anxiety and racing mind | I took this drug after severe side effects from an anti-malarial drug called lariam. Clonazepam worked on the anxiety and racing mind challenges. However, I often felt like I was going through withdrawl and had chronic daily headaches. Headaches so severe that I tried over 9 different drugs and had 3 MRI's in 10 years. I visited specialist in three diferent states. I finally got sick of the headches and quit on my own. Funny...after 30 days, my headaches are virtully gone....yes gone. Bitch to get off of but well worth it. Good luck! | M | 42 | 10 years .25 1X day | 7/5/2010 | 5 | Occasional stress | None at all, likely because of the extremely low dosage. | I began taking Clonazepam about 10 years ago during a stressful time in my life where I was diagnosed with GAD. I always believe in the minimum amount of medication to do the job. For me I simply broke the .5 in half. I stayed with .25mg daily for 6 months, and keep a 30 day supply around for those few times I need it. This has been a miracle drug for me. A 30 day supply usually lasts me about a year or more. I am fortunate to get good results on such a low dosage. | M | 55 | 10 years .25mg 3X M | 6/19/2010 | 5 | anxiety from divorce | None...took 1/2 tablet in morning and 1/2 tablet at night...no side effects, no dependency. No problems coming off drug..worked wonders | F | 37 | 1 years 0.5mg 1X day | 5/21/2010 |