Please Need Help With Klonopin - Anxiety Message Board

melanie in mary · 10-01-2007, 09:13 AM

Hi everyone. My doctor recently put me on klonopin 0.5 mg (take 2 at night). The first week it worked great. My main issue is sleeping but I think it is from my anxiety. Lately it is still working but I notice I wake up arond 5 am or even 4 am. Or if my little boy wakes up I put him back to bed but cannot get back to sleep. Does this work better on an empty stomach? I used to take ambien and that worked best for me on an empty stomach. I have greatly cut down on sodas, caffeine, etc and try to exercise so please give me some input. I need it!!thanks. The doctor also said after a few months he would see if I needed to take it during the day, etc. but it has only been a few weeks so I hope to not to have to go back to the doctor just yet!

spurs279 · 10-01-2007, 10:15 AM

Well I don't know how to solve your problem but I'm experiencing the same thing. Since I've been taking it I wake up hours before I usually do and can't get back to sleep. Some of the days it's a good thing but other times it's way too early. Typically I can sleep in as late as I want so this is pretty strange for me.

shmeeadiggle · 10-01-2007, 10:56 AM

maybe you need to take a bit more <before> <going> to bed. of course you need to talk to your docter about it. im not on it myself but my friend is and he also takes ambian with it. it works great for him and maybe you too need that combo.

j2006 · 10-01-2007, 11:06 AM

Klonopin worked better for me when I took a small dose .25 in the morning or afternoon and then .5 at night.

So it may be something to talk to your doctor's about.

granny0 · 10-01-2007, 01:45 PM

I've been taking Klonopin on occasion for some time now. I don't know about you, but it gives me horrible indigestion and that's not on an empty stomach. I would not suggest taking it on an empty stomach for that reason, but maybe it's just me. I'm out of ambien, which I do not take nightly, and have replaced it with the Klonopin. Same thing - waking up between 4:30 & 5:00am no matter what time I go to bed - usually around midnight. I'm hoping my dr will refill the ambien because I'm at work right now and have yawned about 20 times in the past 15 minutes. Drinking coffee and hoping I get over this horrible urge to sleep. I know both ambien and Klonopin are addictive but have been an insomniac all my life. My main addiction is to pain pills which I'm proud to say I have been without for over a month now.
Best wishes,

JB