Panic Attacks Support Group

A panic attack is a period of intense fear or discomfort, typically with an abrupt onset and usually lasting no more than thirty minutes. Symptoms include trembling, shortness of breath, heart palpitations, sweating, nausea, dizziness, hyperventilation, and sensations of choking or smothering. Panic attacks can be very sudden, appear to be unprovoked, and are often...

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Klonopin

Christopher22
Christopher22
For all of you that take some form of Benzo for you anxiety and panic attacks I highly recommend klonopin. I took ativan for many years and it gave me some relief but a friend told me about this med and I have to say it made a vast improvement it treating me. For me it works better and is must longer lasting. Just though I would pass that along.
harry3333
harry3333
it helped me a lot, but its only part of the cure
Janet7
Janet7
Klonopin helped me enormously for 15 years, but unfortunately it seems to be losing its effectiveness after all these years, so I have to transition to another medication for the time being - but I highly recommend it for panic disorder. Just speak to your doctor about the pros and cons, so you can make an informed decision about taking it. I would go back on it again, as I feel the benefits far outweigh the "cons".
harry3333
harry3333
some do rely entirely on these valium type meds for many years with no harm done to them but, IMO there are better ways to recover
harry3333
harry3333
klonapin or clonazepine is an older benzo, originally developed for epileptic siezures, so some docs happily prescribed it, not knowing it was a dreaded valium type med
eventually valium addicts learned about it so its usually now harder to get

BTW valium addictes have an addictive type personality, few of us have this