"where to start?  anxiety kicked in back in my childhood from a mother who needed hrt but it was not readily available back then and she, well, she hurt us a lot. then about 4 years ago my husband was in a near fatal car accident and a year after that we had to put our daughter into a psych ward for about 3 weeks. long story there, but my anxiety was out of control. pounding heart as soon as i woke up and all day long. the thought of taking a shower was almost overwhelming. a shower!  so my dr put me on klonopin. amazing. helped me so much. then his clinic couldn&#039;t prescribe it for a few months due to laws that were passed and then amended. so i was off of it for about a year. so very horrible. but back on and grateful!!"