"been taking benzodiazepines for near 10 years now. started with 1mg of lorazepam once daily, but it stopped working after about 2 years. i got prescribed clonazepam 1mg twice daily.worked like a charm for 5 years, then stopped having any effect. still, clonazepam is amazing compared to lorazepam. this is an amazing medication. i was prescribed an up-dose (2mg three times daily, but i usually only took one pill a day or two, because 2mg is very strong). i was also prescribed xanax to take along with clonazepam due to having a panic disorder as well as generalized anxiety, but after about a year i decided that the xanax was pretty useless (and tasted like wet chalk) so asked my psychiatrist to stop prescribing it. just clonazepam. it&#039;s great."