Klonopin and AAS

[jlh98765]

I take Klonopin (Clonazepam), a benzodiazepine, at night to help me sleep and for anxiety problems. Will they affect the results/gains of AAS or inhibit fat loss? FYI: the AAS is not causing the anxiety. I've had problems with anxiety before I ever started taking AAS.

Anybody have any scientific or first hand knowledge?

 

[shamrock11]

Don't think it will hurt your gains as long as it helps you get the sleep you need it may help them. Not sure about the anxeity though. AAS may increase the anxiety.

 

[LVTitan]

not sure about the prolonged use and gains, but i seem to remember seeing a thread like this quite a few months ago from a guy who was taking like 4mg a day of xanax !!
i sometimes will take half a mg to help me sleep every couple weeks but i dont take them on a regular basis...
bump for any other users of benzos ie: valium,klonopin,xanax,buspar,etc..

 

[Synthetic1]

Sometimes it kills my intensity at the gym the following day. That's about it.

 

[2lunatics_ina_rubber_room]

My wife takes Klonipin for a REM sleep disorder, 2mg at bedtime. She just finished a Primo/Var cycle. Can't see that the Klonipin was a factor either way.

 

[Bruce]

i have been on klonopin for 3 years for similar reasons. mainly so i don't put my hand thru some kids head cause he is staring at me for too long. i have no problem gaining with klonopin in my system. i don't like goin to the gym on it i feel week and slow, but after it is when i take it, i feel like it mixes with the endorphins released and i feel great. but i used to play basketball and tennis on klonopin as i was more level headed and my concentration was better. don't worry about it your fine.

 

[TheAssholeFomerlyKnownAsDBBT]

I take Klonopin (Clonazepam), a benzodiazepine, at night to help me sleep and for anxiety problems. Will they affect the results/gains of AAS or inhibit fat loss? FYI: the AAS is not causing the anxiety. I've had problems with anxiety before I ever started taking AAS.

Anybody have any scientific or first hand knowledge?

I've been on clonazepam for over a year, no problems with AAS or anxiety or sleep or lack of gains etc.

 

[marqui77]

Sometimes it kills my intensity at the gym the following day. That's about it.

Its kills my intensity for the following week,lol.. all I want to do for days afters taking it is sleep.

 

[mts198]

it will definitely make you weaker...i would go off it and try some valerian root at night with some GABA or even some kava kava, melatonin, 5htp....there are alot of supplements out there that work just as well without the sides
but if you want to stay on a benzo try switching to ativan its just as strong but it will make your intensity become around normal again.

 

[kbrkbr]

it will definitely make you weaker...i would go off it and try some valerian root at night with some GABA or even some kava kava, melatonin, 5htp....there are alot of supplements out there that work just as well without the sides
but if you want to stay on a benzo try switching to ativan its just as strong but it will make your intensity become around normal again.

No offense, but everything you said is just plain wrong. Klonopin will not "definitely make you weaker." That's just nonsense. It might, at the very worst, slightly reduce the intensity of one's workout, but that's about the worst that can be said. This lacking in intensity can be avoided completely by timing one's injestion of the drug. I take my first dose early morning. I work out late afternoon, and by that time, most of K's effects have begun to wear off. Ativan, BTW, is a sedative, and will make you much more drousy than K. And for someone who suffers a physiologically induced anxiety disorder, there are no OTC drugs that work anywhere nearly as well as benzos.