@daveshaw , @wmbcat
Dave makes a good point. I take a very low dose of clonazepam 0.25mg once or twice a day as needed to calm my anxiety. This BENZO works instantly and I’m not willing to take SSRI or SNRI for weeks waiting for them to work. And if they don’t, weening of them is also extremely painful.
I’ve been taking the Benzo for 6 weeks and don’t have any noticable bad side effects. However I am concerned about all the horror stories about physical dependency. But if you have any medical condition and you take medication for it, you effectively are dependent on it.
BTW, I have a very strange story. My 68 yr sister-in-law took .5mg twice a day or 18 years. She stopped cold turkey about a year ago because her anxiety disappeared (an event too unusual to describe here). No withdrawal symptoms whatsoever. Bizarre, I know.
Maybe @wmbcat was given too high of a dosage or her body just couldn’t take it.

@daveshaw - Dave, I guess I have a thing for this particular drug since it caused extreme havoc with my CNS for 2 1/2 years. Seriously thought I had parkinsons coming on at one point, thus my appointment with a neurologist who found nothing, but after finding out about the Klonopin, he looks at me and says, "where there you go"! Yes, I know many love this drug and good for them, have at it. Just know that once on it for any length of time, dependency is pretty much a given for most whether realized or not. For some who plan on staying on it permanently, well I guess that's fine too but obviously many have to up the dose, no different than street drugs that you mention. I do agree with you, I am totally anti-illegal drugs etc., have never tried any and never will. It's sad what opiods have done - agreed. But this particular drug messed me up just as bad I'm certain. I have researched this drug until I was blue in the face, talked to pharmacists about it as they obviously know more about this stuff than most physicians ever will. Both agreed, not a good drug, one who is now retired, said he was surprised it was even dispenced, said it was a drug from the 70's. Talk to physicians, the younger ones, they will tell you it's a no no, the older guys are the ones mostly still prescribing. But Dave, if you were me for those 2 1/2 years you'd know why I was angry, mostly with the idiot who prescribed it and denied it's side effects, (yes old guy). Every day I just walked around with tremors & vibrations, feeling like I was sitting on a running outdoor AC unit. That was life. Sorry, won't post anymore, but I still say NO to benzo's just like opiods!

@daveshaw Why so angry? K is a benzo. In the Olden Days docs didn’t know their dangers. They were and are for short-term use. They are not meant for people over 65. They cause falls and sleep disorders - and central sleep apnea is a bugger to treat.

@daveshaw
I totally agree. I could not have worked without Klonopin. I am now 79 and having balance problems attributed to Klonopin but I have learned to except the downside to live a normal life.