I'll need someone else with experience with Clonazepam? to comment on how
it's used and whether it works that fast.
 Its operation sounds somewhat similar to Ativan Sublingual (Lorazepam),
that I've used, in case that name is in same family as mine.  Before I was
fully controlled I carried some Ativan with me and if I had an aura before
onset, one tablet under my tongue would dissolve in under 5 minutes.  (There
are blood vessels there that absorb the medicinal properties far faster than
Swallowing the tablet.  In fact I think if this was swallowed mine might
produce erratic levels of control or be destroyed by stomach acids etc.)
   It was common for me within a couple of hours of using my Lorazepam (a
relaxant)  to relax off into a snooze of 1-2 hours.   Quite nice, and
relaxing actually.  And that probably helped my type of szr. to pass, as it
might have been more likely, due to blood levels of oxygen or ?? that caused
the auras (simple partials) I was getting ahead of a szr.  /G.

*** Does it say to swallow the tablet or use as a Sublingual as I described
above?  If you swallow it, does it say to add Juice, Milk or Food to help
with dissolving in your stomach?
  Note that *Grapefruit juice should Never be used with Tegretol.  It's
yucky and disgusting anyway, so a good opportunity to put it into the
landfill and use Hot Chocolate, apple juice, or something more enjoyable.
But one of the acids in G.fruit conflicts with Tegretol, that's not in other
juices that do Not contain the grapefruit.  G./

I am also due to integrate another

** Probably once you've added the secondary tablet and Slowly reduced the
Tegretol, the 2 will work together better than what you have so far and
you'll start to see some daylight.   I removed my night dose of 2x200mg
Tegretol CR (solid tablets) over a period of 8 weeks, and about week 4 we
added my second tablet for Complex Partial type szrs. (Temporal Lobe szrs.
on some sites). My 2ndary tablet happened to be Clobazam (Frisium) and we
started with half tablet (5mg) as night dose - when I had a szr. 3-4 weeks
later, we added half tablet With A.M. Tegretol I still take (200mg),  later
a full tablet of Frisium alone at night, and finally full tablet Frisium
with Tegretol as above.   Last dose change I did was about 1996, last szr. I
had was June 1998 with that combination.

    That isn't necessarily how your's might work out,  but the synergy of a
Second Tablet  with a Primary Anti Ep. Drug can provide seizure control in
some of us without the side effects that a single Med. alone might produce.
I rarely have any tiredness like I had on pure Tegretol CR, unless I'm up
late on this computer... :-<  but had none of the sensations I once related
to pills I was taking (Dilantin or Tegretol alone). I didn't notice Any side
effects with my 2nd pill after it was fully added and at final dose change 9
years ago.  G./

 I didn't realize it was in the same family as Lorazepam (bottom here). See
my earlier note on this thread about how sublingual works  (If your Pill
bottle says Sublingual on it, you should have been dissolving these under
your Tongue alone, without liquids or other things, and Not Swallowing it.)

.  As listed below by Mike, they are potentially habit forming and aren't
intended for Long Term Use.   It was a Stupid thing to give you without
instructions on how it works or how to use it.  It is a relaxant, that can
compliment some types of treatments, for some types of seizures.  It is
potentially habit forming and might stop working over a period of use, and
it's not intended to be used over a long period.

  When he prescribes the Second (Tegretol Supplement) Tab, *I'd consider
taking  the script to a Second Doctor for another opinion before filling it.
I think I listed on an earlier post about how **slowly I reduced the
Tegretol I was taking when a second tablet was added.
Do *not stop taking Tegretol abruptly -- Doctor or not-- it should be
reduced slowly over a period measured in weeks, if the dose is reduced when
a second tablet is added.  That's what I did with mine -- ~8 weeks to remove
2x200mg solid tablets.  I still use 2 tablets x 200mg with a second pill for
CP Seizure control.   (I can list in more detail how we reduced the Solid
Tegretol Tablets as an example, if you don't see anything in the history
file or talking to the pharmacist, *if they decide to reduce your dosage.
If a second pill is added for seizure control, it would be normal to reduce
(first) some of the current Tegretol, so the 2 don't over-medicate you.)

And as Mike noted in post below, my second (complimentary) tablet, **wasn't
Lorazepam.

  Those are Not Smarties (Candy)..  The Pharmacy at a minimum should have
given you a printout describing what it is, how it's used and what Not to do
with it.   I don't know who is worse for this lack of patient information,
the Chemist or the one who wrote the prescription.

There's probably an entry under the U.S. Ep. Foundation Website, under
medications, then scroll to pill name or type it and click 'search' or
whatever the button says beside the search box.  EFA site is at
http://efa.org  then look for Medications Glossary.    (Take out your Pill
Bottle and type the exact name that's there, to make sure it finds the
correct pill --you're looking for a 1-page printable report on how it's used
and what it's for.  That is a page similar to what a Pharmacy should have
Given  you.)  /G.

Smiles,I was only on Tegretol for a very short time. But I have been on
cloazepam for quiet a while. Along with Dilantin, Zonegran,Keppra and
Diastat as needed. I have been on almost very AED there is. There are
two  I can't go back on because I got Pancreatitis. That would be
Tegretol and Depakote. But at the time I was on Tegretol and Cloazepam
and the other med AED's. I do not remember having any bad side effects.
But then that was just a bit over a year ago and I was having seizures
everyday. Now The seizures have decreased and I can truely say I know
how I feel now. I take the Cloazepam twice a day and I am not so tired
unless I have a seizure.
The other seizure meds I think I have gotten use to but then maybe I
just forgot what it is like not to me drugged up. But it is far better
then having Gran Mal seizures everyday. Any med you have to give it a
chance. There were some I took for just 3 days and would not take
anymore. But that was rare. Just hang in there. Hope all goes well.
Maybe you should tell your DR.  M.

Thanks to all that replied to my post.

I have been able to get little "official" advice quickly(this is the NHS
for you). And so I have had to design my own reduction programme. I have
only been on this for 3 weeks now, and I was taking 1mg at night (2x0.5mg)
pills. For the last 3 nights I have reduced this to a single pill, and was
goling to reduce down to half a pill tonight. This seems a safe way to
reduce a tablet, but with me unable to get the info I need I have to make
decisions.

Q1. Has anyome else reduced themselves off this pill?

Thanks
Ross