KLONOPIN??? is that all you take? - Anxiety Message Board

laineyk · 08-18-2005, 10:42 AM

I am taking klonopin at night .5mgs to help with sleep....I then take another one at like 4:00 am so I won't wake with my anxiety I am just starting back on zoloft which always sends my anxiety out of the roof...once the zoloft takes effect I won't need the klonopin (never have in the past & thsi is my 4th time) But I was just wondering how many of you just take kloopin & do fine & by the way...I DON'T CARE ABOUT ADDICTION!!!! I just want to feel normal...lainey

harleydavidson · 08-18-2005, 11:52 AM

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The poster was asking if anyone took only Klonopin for their disorder. That was the only question and the only thing that should have been addressed in an answer. As stated several times on this board as well as on a "Sticky" at the top of this board how someone chooses to battle this disorder is their choice. It's not for others to question why someone wants to take medication to battle this disorder rather than going a natural route. For some medication is the ONLY thing that works for them. Ms._Mod

smc612 · 08-18-2005, 01:21 PM

laineyk--- i have taken nothing but klonopin for about 3 years until this week. if i am really bad i take 2 a day. when i start to feel tired during the day i cut the morning one out and just take 1 before bed. this week i started 5 mg of lexapro, not for anxiety but for hot flashes and night sweats. i am still taking the klonopin at night becasue the lexapro makes me a little more anxious. hopefully that will subside in time. to answer your question yes klonopin is the only thing that has helped me for years with no side effects. i'm with you,if it helps i will take it. i have never had to up the dosage so the original still helps.

livfortoday · 08-18-2005, 04:25 PM

Hi, I just take it as needed and works good for me, everyone is different

NotUnderstood · 08-18-2005, 04:34 PM

Hey there,

I used to take Klonopin (clonazepam) along with Paxil, and it seemed to me that I was feeling better back then, but that was a few years ago today, and now I have been taking Effexor XR, and also Seoquel to help me sleep and supposedly to get rid of some paranoia.

I don't feel good at all today, as a matter of fact, I just feel existant, and I don't know why, I am so tired of waking up and feeling this way, I wish there was an answer. I don't even think that the Effexor is really helping me at all, so I may see if there's something else that I'd be better off taking.

I don't understand why we have to feel depressed almost every day, or battle with our anxiety all the time. Sometimes I think it was given to us by something out there, something in the store, something, I don't know! I do feel however, that a lot of it stems from things that we've been thru in the past, but hell, everyone goes thru harsh things at least once, so why just a portion of us have to feel so crappy!?

I don't know anymore, all I know is that I want to feel some shred of happiness, and to stop felling this way when I wake up to the time I go to bed most days.

I'm sorry that I wasn't helpful with this issue.....but all I can say is that when I took the Klonopin, it at least seemed to help me a bit more than what I'm on now, but I was also taking the Paxil, so maybe it was a mixture of the two, who knows.

Well, I hope the best for all of you, and try to have some faith, cuz' I know mine is running short.