"i think klonopin is the bottom-of-the-barrel of benzodiazepine anti-anxiety/anti-panic medicines. this is from personal experience with it &amp; other benzodiazepines. klonopin, for one thing, lacks the muscle-relaxant effect that&#039;s an additonal benefit of other benzodizepines such as valium (diazepam). but what&#039;s worse is that klonopin caused me to lose 2 jobs. it has this strange effect of prompting me to &#039;speak my mind&#039; -- a little too much! not the case with valium, which has a much more pleasant effect. with further research i found out that klonopin was intially marketed for seizure disorders *only*. but, because it didn&#039;t sell well for that, the company basically pushed into the anti-anxiety market. there&#039;s much better out there."