Hi NatalieW,
I have been taking clonazepam for about 5 years now. It does help with anxiety,,,it kinda keeps it at bay,,,keeps it to where its managable. I do still have anxiety though,,,I think it's just a part of who I am. But I do hate it. But it is a good med,,for me at least,,and I hope for you. I will take this forever I'm sure,,,,,or I may have to change to a different benzo. I took Tranxene for years,,it helped,,but price went up and I started the clonazepam. Hope this was helpful. Keep us posted on how it works for you. Take care

Hi Natalie,
I've been taking it for just over 10 years (in addition to Prozac) - at varying strengths prescribed by Dr. - never more, never less - I think that's been one of the most important things. If I take it forever, fine, but I don't mess with dosage. I occasionally have anxiety but nothing like the CONSTANT panic attacks I had (3 or 4 a day) prior to starting the meds. Life still happens, anxiety is part of that. But not when it's debilitating.

i take it and it helps me. i take twice a day one in the morning and one before i go to bed 1mg

I don't know about clonazepam itself, but I take lorazepam, which is a closely related anti-anxiety drug. I've been on a constant 1.0 mg dose for about 20 years. Like Kersta said, it keeps things at bay. However, if I don't take because I forget, then I CANNOT sleep, so in that way I'm dependent upon it. I don't care about that, because it works. I also have a prescription for 0.5 mg tablets that I take if my anxiety gets bad. But that's really episodic. Hope the clonazepam helps you.
Alexa

I've been taking it for 14 years now and want to come off. I've built a tolerance for it and if also if you want to have children then you can't be on it. It also loses it's effectiveness over the years so that it's basically keeping withdrawal symptoms at bay. I would strongly advise that if you have any other alternative, do not go on this medication. Just my opinion after a lot of research.

hi natalie-i am really torn about how i feel about this medication...I first got prescribed to it in 2001 and it helped me medicate the hell out of my anxiety and panic attacks-but i noticed that i had to take almost 1 mg/day for the pills to do their job. I got pregnant with my daughter in 2002 and had to go off the pills and it was NOT fun-and my anxiety level during my pregnancy and until i went back on klonopin when my daughter was 5 months old was barely functional. It saved my life at certain times (i have taken it for the better part of the last seven years - sometimes coupled with ativan or xanex or valium)but it is also a true "drug addiction" after you have been on it for a couple of years. Say you run out and cannot get more or SOMETHING happens and you are forced to be without these pills-hold on for a nasty detox/withdrawl situation. I was on 3 mg/day until January 1st of this year and I stopped taking them cold turkey and it was pretty awful-i really do not believe benzo's are meant to be taken for extended periods of time. It is a highly habit-forming drug and it stops doing its job (the drug) after 2-3 years of being on it. It can also be damaging to your liver.

BE CAREFUL

I'm on 4mgs a day and find it works really well, I can take more if needed but that's really rare.