"The Oppisite Effect"

[BABYGIRL302]

why when i take my klonipin for my bipolar,severe depression,and my panic/anxiety disorder and i get WORSE!! I get EXTREMELY IRRITATED and I snap out very easily and ANNOYED and AGITATED!!!  Why does this happen to me?

[BABYGIRL302]

TO BE TOTALLY HONEST I HAVE BEEN TAKING KLONAPIN THIS TIME SINCE JUNE 2011; LAST TIME I TOOK XANAX/KLNOPIN WAS DECEMBER OF 08; ANOTHER UNFOURTANTE THING IM ON METHADONE; YEAH THAT TOO HAVE BEEN SINCE 2005.TRUST ME I NEVER NEVER WANTED TO BECOME A DRUG ADDICT WHICH WENT OXYCOTIN,GRADUATED2 HERION THAT I DIDN'T START UNTIL I WAS 26 THE METHADONE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WORKED BUT THATS A WHOLE OTHER SUBJECT AND STORY AND SOMETHING ELSE THAT I'M STRUGGILING WITH!!!  AS FOR THE BENZOS AT FIRST I WAS SELF-MEDICATING{GETTING THEM OFF THE STREET} NOW SINCE THIS FEB. I FINALLY SEEKED MENTAL HEALTH I'M SEEING A THEARAPIST& PSYCH. WHICH THE DOC PRESCRIBED THE KLONAPIN TO ME & BOTTOMLINE' WHENEVER DOTORS KNOW THAT YOUR ON METHADONE; THEY JUST WANT TO PUT ME ON PSCYH MEDS SO I CAN ACT LIKE A ZOMBIE! i.eLITHIUM,SEROQUEL,DEPOKOTE MY MENTAL ILLNESS STARTED WHEN I WAS 13 THE DEPRESSION ANYWAY THEN WHEN I WAS 18 I HAD MY FIRST PANIC ATTACK I HAD KNOW CLUE WHAT WAS HAPPENING TO METHIS WAS BACK IN94 NO-ONE REALLY UNDERSTOOD ME BACK THEN MY PSCYH DOC BACK THEN PUT ME ON PAXIL AND I WAS ON THAT 4 6YEARS AND I JUST STOPPED TAKING THEM WELL I RAMBELLED ENOUGH; OVIUOSLY I'VE GOT MAJOR PROBLEMS AND NO SUPPORT SYSTEM

[jencpn]

how long are you on this ? are you starting and stopping it without letting it get to therapeutic dose.If you are compliant with med and take as prescribed ask g.p to review or go see a psychiatris(t as above maybe a paradoxical side effect).Also is there alot going on at home cause if increased stress ,turmoil the psychtrophics arnt magic wands .sorry you know what i mean    

[unluckycharms]

The same thing happened to me when I was on clonazepam.  Instead of producing mitigating effects for my anxiety, it induced panic attacks.  Basically, I was experiencing a paradoxical reaction to the drug.  The best thing you can do for yourself is to notify your physician about what's going on.

[gofio]

Every time I start new meds. it always causes the condition to get really worse, later~ sometimes much later the benefits kick in. The bad side comes before the good one. That's just my experience. Hang on & hopefully you'll improve. Good Luck.

[theguts]

Have you talked to your dr about this?   You may need to be on a different med.

[MMahon]

Irritability is a common side effect with Klonopin.
How long have you taken it?   Some side effects disappear in time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clonazepam#Side-effects