"i&#039;ve battled with anxiety most of my life. in the last six months i&#039;ve suffered greatly from severe anxiety due to changes at work. the nurse practitioner i was seeing put me on lexapro, risperidone, and remeron for sleep. nothing was working, and i was not sleeping at all, i mean literally not sleeping more than one hour night, i was not eating barely anything. it got so bad but i put my notice in at work. the nurse practitioner would not prescribe any benzodiazepine because she was worried about my history of substances abuse with alcohol. i ended up trying to kill myself by stabbing myself seven times and overdosing on my prescription medication. after that i went back to my previous psychiatrist and she prescribed me on clonazapam. i&#039;m now back to work and i&#039;m feeling much better. i wish this was prescribed to me sooner."