I agree I will be 74 in May I've been on ativan for a month or so and then Klonopin since 1994 or 5 I had my breakdown when I went into the hospital in 1990 and they treated me for depression four different psychiatrists in the same Hospital all diagnosed me with depression the head psychiatrist recommended shock treatments my wife taking care of me at that time went along with it knowing not what else she could do they gave me 10 shocked electrical shock treatments that didn't help they gave me multiple multiple medications I couldn't tell you how many none of those helped except for having side effects and not feeling well and this went on for years until in 1994 I believe I went into the hospital my wife said this is the last time I'm taking you to the hospital I think it was like 4th or fifth time of going to the hospital to stay and the doctor there gave me an Ativan and it was like someone flipped the light switch my anxiety my fears my inability to rest concentrate sometimes sleep all all faded away after a week they let me go home on Klonopin and after about a month I passed the medical examination and I was able to start driving a car again I passed my driver's examination I was back to being able to go to church to concentrate to read to watch TV to function with my wife I was no longer like a child to her and a burden and we started to be able to do things together again I've been taking clonazepam as they change the name to it for all these years and I don't take 3, 1 mg tablets a day as I had for the last couple years I only take 1 mg in the morning and 1 mg at night and I've been doing that with my doctor's okay and blessing and I've had the same psychiatrist for the last 10 years and he's told me several times not to go off of the medication our other psychiatrist that we had before him I had for about 9 years and he was pretty much in agreement and they both have been really great I would not go against their advice just because of reading some kind of report on the Internet or the news or whatever I'm doing just fine on my medication and if I have any problems with memory or brain fog or whatever you want to call it it's more from my growing older and the stress of life and the economy and the same thing that other people are drinking and taking drugs and taking their own lives that's the world we live in and I couldn't make it without the Lord Jesus Christ he's the one that healed me he's the one that keeps me going and I have to give him all the praise and glory but he has used doctors and he had to use medication in the same way that he uses these things for other diseases and sicknesses that people used to be plagued with and now they're practically extinct God bless you I hope that your things go well with you