Anybody on Klonopin?

Posted By: PAMT~MDM on 2007-02-28
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I went to the ER at 3 a.m. on Monday morning for chest pressure that turned into a full blown panic attack. I saw my family doctor today and he put me on Klonopin for anxiety. Just wondered how others tolerated it and if it was really sedating or just mild. I'm picturing myself falling asleep at my desk and drooling all over my keyboard. TIA!

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Anybody on Klonopin? - PAMT~MDM
- Anxiety is a terrible thing. - It can cause sob and uncontrollable shaking.
- Klonopin is a wonderful drug but a benzodiazepam. Be aware of withdrawal. - It was ~~brutal~~
  - I was also on clonazepam (generic) and - went through withdrawal
  - Wow! That's terrible. - PAMT~MDM
- My husband is on them too for anxiety. - Hayseed
- I've used it.. best to take at night. - Escriptionist
  - I just took a half a tablet at about 8:30 - PAMT~MDM
    - I have been on Klonopin for many years. I take it at night. It is a good med for me. - sm
      - Do you take it all during the day or only at night? - PAMT~MDM
        Sorry s/b do you take it AT ALL during the day. - PAMT~MDM
        I only take it at night. I take it about 35 min. before I go to bed. If I were to take it during the - day, I'd be on the floor! nm

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I have been on Klonopin for many years. I take it at night. It is a good med for me.
I am VERY anxiety prone. Full blown panic attacks are dreadful and wipe you out for the rest of the day and night. Dealing with the root cause of your panic attacks is key to getting better. For me, the death of my grandma who I was very close to me followed by a car accident where a woman purposely jumped out in front of my car trying to commit suicide is what triggered it. I went through counseling, which helped a lot, but I am still quite anxiety prone and so I take medication to help with that. I'm not a depressed person, it's different. Not everyone who is anxiety prone is depressed.

Klonopin is a wonderful drug but a benzodiazepam. Be aware of withdrawal.
I was placed on Klonopin during a stressful year when sleep was elusive, leaving me dragging all day.

It worked amazingly. But, there came a time I had to get off of it. I thought I could just stop taking it. Not so. The drug leaving my system placed me in a state that was far worse than the anxiety I took it for. For three months, I had ringing in my ears, was in an agitated state that I likened to listening to fingernails being scraped across a chaulkboard and then having that sound magnified a thousand times.

I watched a show that featured drug addicts in a methadone clinic and one person interviewed said that the worst drug to get off of was "bennies." Worse than heroin and methadone, and I believe him. I also came to realize there are many people hooked on these powerful drugs simply because the withdrawal is so very unpleasant to go through.

I suggest taking it periodically, never more than two weeks in a row. I only wish my doctor would have said that I would become physically addicted to it to the point that medical supervision would be required to stop taking it. Instead, they appeared to think I had developed "drug-seeking behavior" because of my anxious calls to the office when I was experiencing the symptoms.