This doesn’t surprise me. I have Klonopin for as needed use. (Since early 2019, I’ve used 106 0.5mg pills, so not a significant amount.) Being bipolar, I find

This doesn’t surprise me. I have Klonopin for as needed use. (Since early 2019, I’ve used 106 0.5mg pills, so not a significant amount.) Being bipolar, I find they are necessary for suitations my regular medication and coping mechanisms can’t handle. Without them, living a normal life would be difficult. That said… benzos scare me. Taking one pill will calm me today, but at the expense for increased anxiety the next two. If I go to a convention, I’ll have ramped up to my max dose around the second or third day. After that, it becomes less effective because I can’t (and won’t) increase it more. I’ve only gone five days at most and by the fifth day, my anxiety is the same it would be without medication. Coming off that afterwards is brutal. If I had another effective option, I would use it. I’ve tried very hard to “power through” my symptoms or find alternatives during my first year being diagnosed. My psychiatrist, therapist, and friends had to just about physically slap me to use them.