Been on .5 mg of Clonozepam 2x day for 8 years for another movement disorder. Have never been addicted or taken more than as directed! Although neurologist has said I could take another if I felt I needed it I have never done so.
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Hey T. I functioned well during that long time period. I slept well when I was on it, but I didn’t oversleep. I worked lot’s of overtime, and made tons of money.

I remained calm, but I needed an increasing dose to maintain my calm. The Panic Attacks were crippling. I just felt like curling up in a ball. without Xanax I couldn’t function. When I found Paxil, they simply went away.

I take. 05 clonazepam at bed time to help me from acting out my dreams and hurting myself

I have taken Klonopin 1mg nsince 2006 for anxiety. I can take three times a day as nxeeded for anxiety.

It's helping, mostly with sleep. The rigidity I get stops me sleeping. The lack of sleep gives me anxiety. The original 0.25mg Clonazepam they put me on reduced the rigidity a little. I did 28 days on it and asked for an increase, mostly because of the feedback from this forum being that 0.5mg was the usual dose.

I've only taken it twice, but it has resulted in two nights of blissfully undisturbed sleep, which has in turn reduced my anxiety and restored my ability to actually take on some projects that I would have shied away from.

So thank you, good people of MyParkinsonsTeam for giving me the opportunity to say "I told you so" to my "we know best" healthcare team. If only they'd listened when I first asked about clonazepam about nine months ago!

Edit: I first asked about clonazepam in an email to the Parkinson's nurse on the 27th of March last year. It took them till the 27th of November to actually prescribe the damn thing, despite me mentioning it over 20 times in emails. In that time I have had to put up with their suggestions of yet another l-dopa extender that doesn't work and the insinuation that the real problem was the anxiety not the rigidity and resist their insistence that I take something like sertraline.

I am glad I held out but it shouldn't have to be such a battle.