I don't know if it increases your chance of dementia but i have been on carbi levi with clonazapam for 8 years before my doctor changed it ... now i take citalopram...that was 12yrs ago so after 22yrs of poppin pills and trying to mantain somewhat a normal lifestyle is it PD or is the medication. I dont remember
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I've been taking Clonezapan for over 25 years for acute panic attacks. I was diagnosed with PD in 2001 and have been taking "Sinemet" since about 2004, continuo after my DBS surgery in 2012. I've been retired for 7 years, and think I've lost some of my "executive function" capabilities. How much of that is DBS, getting older, or just not using that part of my brain as much - I can't tell.

@A MyParkinsonsTeam Member, I've had a similar problem with 'going-blank' mid sentence. Doc told me it's more likely just part of PD rather than a side effect of Clonazepam. I'm also mid-fifties - diagnosed when I was 44.

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Thanks, @A MyParkinsonsTeam Member and @A MyParkinsonsTeam Member for your useful comment. I was able to go off it last time when I was not yet diagnosed with PD. Still it took me more than 3 years to get off. I think I will need another SNRI/SSRI to get to the threshold where I can contemplate getting off it. I am on 0.5 mg X 2 daily of Clonazepam. I feel part of my memory recall (slow or no recall in the middle of a sentence) is probably due to that. I am wondering if any of you have similar situation. To give you the context, I am in my mid fifties. and was diagnosed around 2012 December.

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I'm in the same situation as you - wondering if clonaz will be detrimental. I've been on it for years, and worry I'm "stuck" at this point given how hard detox is. I've read some posts on Klonopin detox forums, and going off is really serious business.