"i had been prescribed klonopin in the past to treat severe anxiety until my appointment with a psychiatrist who deemed that such an approach to my anxiety issues was heavy handed. he took me off of them and since then i&#039;ve been on lexapro, buspar, seroquel, zoloft, pristiq, paxil, atarax all to little or no avail. i moved to a different area and got a new psychiatrist who diagnosed me with post traumatic stress disorder. the original course of treatment for that was ativan 0.5mg three times daily. i was switched to xanax 1mg twice a day as needed. a couple of months passed by without substantial improvement and i was bumped to xanax 1mg 3x day doctor decided klonopin would be a better approach earlier today. so far so good."