I am not on klonopin.

Hope you find someone who has taken it or is taking it.

I take it - 2 mg at bedtime, 1 mg in the afternoon if things get crazy anxious and I have the ok to take another 1 mg at night if I can't sleep (which sadly is always). Klonopin is nice cause it lasts in your system longer than Ativan. I've been happy with Klonopin and it handles my anxiety pretty well.

Hi! I am have a lot of anxiety. I take Klonopin for my anxiety and panic attacks. I take 1 mg up to 3 times a day. I used to be on 2mg 3xs a day but I got a new psychiatrist that doesnt believe on ppl being on that much so this new one has me at a lower dosage. I find it works best for me when feeling anxiety. It works fast and does it job. I also suffer from insomnia and have tried Ambien, Trazodone, regular over the counter stuff, restoril, and other things. I dont know how to fix the insomnia. It comes and goes..I have been on the benzos for 5 years and have been on valium, ativan,xanax and klonopins seems to work the best for my body. Im really not sure what kind of stuff you are wanting to know with taking klonopin. Just let me know :)

tonnieg thanks your reply i hear what you are saying. I however have been experiencing some side effects i think and feel a little down on this drug. I have been on it for about 8 years. i guess i want to know how you feel whether you feel down or sad at times also dizzy type symptoms and tired. I am seeing a shrink and he was going to put me on zoloft and then get me off klonopin however i couldn't handle the zoloft felt awful and it also has sexual side effects.

The only side effects that I have experienced is that I have a little bit less energy (which is good because my anxiety usually turns into panic attacks and thats hard on a body) I tend to want to eat more food- sweets mostly and thats it. It really works great for me. I also am taking Celexa for depression. Im sure that effects my bodys interaction with the klonopin. I was on Abilify for my bipolar but I took myself off of it because I dont believe I am bipolar and the medication wasnt do a dang thing for me. I have also been on Zoloft before it did nothing for me therefore I went off of it. I have been on a lot of meds since I was 16 years old and the doctors started me on therapy and medications. I hope this helps. It doesnt sound like it does and I apologize. :) Have a good day and if theres anything I can do to help u out let me know.

Klonopin and Ativan are the only drugs that have ever worked for me.

Klonopin I was on nightly I believe .25 mg for like 3 yrs. I also took it as needed for anxiety, usually in work situations or crowds.

It worked great for the first year or so and then I kept needing more. On top of that, I got panicky and extremely paranoid and also just plain sad. I felt flu-like quite often.

My doctor just pulled me off of it which is not good. I found out later you need to withdrawal, even at only .25mg daily.

Benzo withdrawals are a nightmare but once I got off Klonopin I felt a lot better.

thanks for the replies i do feel that you need more because what you take eventually loses its ability to work. Some of you I have the same symptoms sadness and panicky symptoms. I feel a sense of dizzyness not spinning but just not right. I was put on this for anxiety from afib I wish i never would have gotten myself into this.

I also take klonopin. I started staking .5 and now I am up to 1 - 2 mg as needed for anxiety and panic attacks. Just recently it stopped working as well so I am trying out Valium. Hopefully this will at least make me sleepy (sorry I have been up for over 24 hours with insomnia)

I was on Xanax for 8 years, and it worked when I needed it. But after an event with my heart, I was switched to klonopin because of its half life. I also was instructed to take it daily on a reg. schedule. I never did that with Xanax.
I want off klonopin after 1.5 years of it. I take .5 mg usually twice a day. Sometimes more, sometimes less. I would like to be medicine free again. One reason, to maybe try and have a child.

I have been on it for many years. I hate this drug. It is very hard to come off. I depend on it, and I feel like I am dying if I do not take it. I take 0.5 3 times daily. It is the worst thing I ever did, I fear it will stop working and i will not be able to cope. I have tapered myself down, and it was pure hell. I don't advise any one to begin this medication unless it is short term treatment.

I agree with HeatherAVia about the drug. I take .5mg morning .25mg in afternoon and .5mg evening and i have been on for about 6 years I am seeing a shrink to try to get off of the drug but i agree i would not recommend it to anyone what side effects do you have Heather?
Nay what is your plan to get off the klonopin i see you are on it and you take about what i take. What is your plan and do you have any side effects from drug? thanks steve

Steve,
Well that is what I am challenged with right now. The way my shrink wants me to withdraw is not the way I want to. She wants me to use a drug that is safe for pregnancy, like Buspar. I do not want to go from one drug to another. I asked a doctor that I work with and he said to just start a gradual decrease and hold myself to it. So, I have been trying to take .25 at each dose, never .5mg. It is hard and the symptoms are crazy. I regret the day I listened and switched to it. I never had issues with xanax, and could go weeks without it!