Clonazepam for Epilepsy User Reviews

• Anonymous
• Taken for 6 months to 1 year
• February 2, 2025

Klonopin Wafer (clonazepam) "I've been on 1 mg clonazepam once a night for about a year now. I’ve never had a seizure since. In fact, two months from now will make a year since I've had my last seizure! I pray it will stay this way."

• Cuj...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• August 29, 2024

"Klonopin has been the only one out of at least 50 that has been effective at controlling my seizures. I've been on it since I was 7. I don't know why the neurologists had to go screwing around with my brain like I was a guinea pig. At least they always kept the first-line treatment going (Klonopin), which eventually became available as generic in the '90s-and by then they were done poking and prodding, trying this, that, and the other... just left me be. Today, it's almost September 2024, I'm 55 years old, I've been on Clonazepam since it came out in 1975. And I'm still on the same dose today, seizure-free, as I was (titrated up to over the course of 12 years) 35 years ago-20 mg/day. They say I could get dementia. Well, I say back: if I can live this well, long enough to get dementia, I'll be too happy to remember to forget to remember I have dementia."

• way...
• Taken for 1 to 6 months
• November 13, 2020

Klonopin (clonazepam) "If you are having trouble withdrawing from this drug, declare war with yourself and exercise like you have never exercised before. With an understanding of what the drug does to the brain, you have to fight for it back. Yes, it's hard-the hardest painful workout I ever did. I went against doctors' advice, and the doctor told me to keep doing it on the next visit. And make this part of your life till the day you are no longer on this earth. Keep fighting the war against addiction. I wouldn't wish benzo use on my worst enemy. Good luck."

• 2M_...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• July 15, 2022

"I have multiple reasons for my lifelong prescription for Klonopin™ (1981-1996) Clonazepam (1996-Present - July 14, 2022, my 61st birthday). #1 Epilepsy (seizure prophylaxis) #2 Agoraphobia with panic disorder #3 GAD/Social Anxiety #4 Nerve pain. #5 Migraine #6 Insomnia #7 Because I don't have ANY interest in discontinuing the one and ONLY medication that's helped me live my life! I've been on various doses since 1981, but the best, lowest effective dose has been 2 mg × 8 daily. 10x/day - 20 mg - was just enough more to make me have dizzy spells. 16 mg is what keeps me at an even keel. I take 2, 2 mg tabs 4x per day. I know ALL the details - FDA BOXED WARNING ⚠️"

• Drd...
• March 31, 2022

"Clonazepam is a lifesaver for me. Other benzodiazepines like Xanax were too harsh and had a super short half-life. This medication has the longest for me. If you don’t take one for a couple of days, it’s okay. It doesn’t give you harsh withdrawals. No seizures and no anxiety! A winner in all categories for me."

• JPe...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• March 12, 2025

"This is, bar none, one of three medicines I can't live without -- and wouldn't want to. Klonopin is the ONLY one that ever helped my epilepsy. I had the usual garden-variety of side effects at first. I got sleepy, forgot things, and lost my appetite for a few months. That all went away, and my seizures completely stopped. OFF LABEL, it has been a huge help for my anxiety! Now, after 50 years and lots of dosage increases, decreases, and ASM adjuncts, with new neurologists trying to reinvent the wheel (I currently take three 2mg wafers three times per day / 18mg total), I've comfortably back where I need to be for the rest of my life. No side effects, and I always end up with extra each month - they add up, get rotated in the safe, and then I return the thousands of extras to a safe site pill drop yearly. My other lifesaver is my fentanyl Duragesic patches 100mcg/72hrs x2 for chronic pain due to the spinalis cancer that left me wheelchair-bound in 2014 ~ and for the acute pain, 2.5mg Dilaudid via IV push every three hours."

• Kas...
• December 8, 2019

"Clonazepam is a life-saving drug. It broke my constant partial seizures and reduced them by 99%. It also helps me not be anxious, controls my mood swings, and prevents my migraine aura headaches. My only complaint is it makes me a bit emotionally numb and my memory is a bit affected, but the pros far outweigh the cons. Very cheap where I live, too."

• cjw...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• January 11, 2022

"I took clonazepam for about ten years, and it calmed down my brain to enable me to sleep soundly. I was admitted to the hospital a year ago, and the doctor changed my medication from clonazepam to Keppra. Liquid Keppra has a foul taste but seems to control epilepsy better than clonazepam."

• joe...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• November 24, 2024

"The best seizure prevention medication. This medication actually prevents a seizure from happening. In addition, Klonopin is used for panic attacks and epilepsy seizures."

• Oga...
• April 14, 2019

"Clonazepam is great for my epilepsy."

• pop...
• Taken for 10 years or more
• October 28, 2021

"Clonazepam worked well to control my seizures for over 30 years. No side effects."