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My pdoc just started me on .5mg of klonopin 2x a day. Has anyone had any luck with this drug?
Posted on 05/24/08, 08:05 pm
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Reply #1 - 05/24/08  9:06pm
" Love this drug. Worked for me. "
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Reply #2 - 05/24/08  11:54pm
" Works great on my anxiety. I've been taken it for years now, with no side affects. "
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Reply #3 - 05/24/08  11:57pm
" I just started too! And I have noticed it doesn't control my symptoms and makes me feel like I am Drunk. They keep playing with the dose right now but this is not my drug of choice! I had best luck with Alprazolam and they won't but me back on that for some reason! Good Luck each is their own so it may work for you "
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Reply #4 - 05/25/08  12:03am
" i was prescribed klonopin with effexor and it completely freaked me out. i only took it for about 6 weeks and ended up in the hospital because i was burning myself and laughing about it. most drugs dont work on me the way they are supposed to and i have heard many people say they its a miracle drug. im just telling you to be careful. i really hope it works for you. "
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Reply #5 - 05/25/08  6:12am
" this drug is a benzopine which is highly addictive especially is taken daily. I was on xanax for 3 years and had a hard time going off it. They do work but take them sparingly and cautiously. You really need to get to source of your anxiety because all this drug is doing is masking your anxiety. "
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Reply #6 - 05/25/08  6:22am
" i am on this, the same dose as you, to be honest it has saved my life! i've been on it a few years.

now however i am struggling to get off it to have kids, i've managed to cut it down before, but when the going gets tough i reach for it, and currently am back to square 1.

i dont really feel bitter or too bad about the struggle i face now, cos i needed it soooo bad at the time when i was prescribed it, it was like, finally some relief, my prayers have been answered!

so in a nutshell, only go on it if you absolutly, 100% are not coping with your symptoms.

good luck. "
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Reply #7 - 05/25/08  8:21am
" It works, sure. But read about the stories of people trying to come off it. Go to benzos.org, it's quite sobering. I have been on it for 15 years and know it's going to be hell to come off. I want to have children and my time is closing in as I'm 35. Do your homework before taking this drug. It is addiction city. "
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Reply #8 - 05/25/08  8:42am
" YES AND YES!!
Thankgoodness for clonopin, its great for the anxiety!.
Good Luck Love x "
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Reply #9 - 05/25/08  9:29am
" Lots of luck...for 7 years.
Went off it cold turkey cause I stupidly never bothered to read up on it.
(Never attempt to do that!!!)
Just had "faith" in the Doc that put me on it and then quit his job so I was left without and had no choice but to come off of it. :( "
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Reply #10 - 05/25/08  10:11am
" I take 2mg/2x a day and I words can't describe how much it's changed my life for the better. It's been a miracle for me.

I've been on the same dose since 2004 with no issues. I'm not addicted to it but my body is physically dependent on it. If/when I were to go off of it, I'd do it slowly and it would be difficult but it's worth it for me to live the life I want. "

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