Benzodiazepines (Klonopin) and Memory
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Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002
I’ve had short term memory problems all my life but it was a LOT worse when I was on 6mg klonopin and 2mg PRN of Ativan. I’m now on 4mg klonopin and 2mg ativan plus 1mg ativan PRN and I’m sure the klonopin was the main cause for the bad memory. What were we talking about? Tony — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002 — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002
hi mark. i have not had any memory problems with klonopin. i only take 1mg a day though. ambien messes my cognitive abilities up however so i don’t take it very often. — _TJ_ — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002 — The charter is available at:http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
I have used Librium in the past and will again start using it again starting today. The benzos that I use help me concentrate and get my detail done. I may have a little sleepiness when I start. I was able to get through Mechanical Engineering school with the use of 25 mg every evening before I went to sleep. It had an additional affect in that it helped me go to sleep and stay asleep. My trouble is that I can only take the drug for 2 to 3 years before it no longer works for me. I then need to slowly titrate off the drug and then I can start taking it again in a year or so. Fred — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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markhw2002 schreef: Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002
4 mg of Klonopin is well within the normal therapeutic range. All benzos can impair short-term memory to some extent after a long time on a maintenance dose like yours (or mone). This is reversible when you stop taking them (which should be done only by way of a slow taper!). I never heard of long-term memory problems. My personal exeperience: After almost 40 years on benzos my short-term memory is much worse than it was, in my opinion more so than is warranted by age (59). Still, it’s mostly trivia I forget. I am an academic too < koff koff and I have no problems memorizing facts etc. I need for my work – which these days mainly consists of writing. Philip — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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Fred schreef: – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002 — The charter is available at:http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm I have used Librium in the past and will again start using it again starting today. The benzos that I use help me concentrate and get my detail done. I may have a little sleepiness when I start. I was able to get through Mechanical Engineering school with the use of 25 mg every evening before I went to sleep. It had an additional affect in that it helped me go to sleep and stay asleep. My trouble is that I can only take the drug for 2 to 3 years before it no longer works for me. I then need to slowly titrate off the drug and then I can start taking it again in a year or so. Fred
You can worry about that when (and if) the time comes. There are other benzos which may work and raising the dose is another possibility as you’re on a very low dose. Philip — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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Hello All, I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002 —
I’m on Lexapro and Ativan and do seem to have some memory problems, however I can concentrate well and my problem solving skills have not suffered. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I am curious as to your experience with Benzodiazepines in general, and Klonopin in particular, as to its effects on both short and long- term memory. My memory is important to me as I am an academic who must have his wits, and recall, about me. I am on a relatively high dosage, about 4 mg/day. In addition, I will occasionally take Ambien 10 mg for insomnia. I also take 150 mg of Wellbutrin and 200 mg/2x daily for depression. Thank you for sharing your experiences. markhw2002 — I’m on Lexapro and Ativan and do seem to have some memory problems, however I can concentrate well and my problem solving skills have not suffered. — The charter is available at:http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
It is my understanding that anxiety itself can have a profound effect on memory so I guess it’s a fair trade off. — The charter is available at: http://readystump.algebra.com/~asapm
