"i was on this medication for approximately 5 years.  the last couple of years, i had increasing anxiety and depression.  i never increased my initial dose of 2 mg. at night to help with sleep.  my pdoc continued to insist that it was not the klonopin that was causing my anxiety and depression.  who knows?  i weaned myself off of the medication slowwly over 4 months.  it really took me that amount of time, even that may have been too fast for me.  when it works, it&#039;s a helpful me.  problem is that many people tend to build a tolerance to the med and will likely need to increase the dose to get the same effect, hence feelings of withdrawal that can come on automatically.  i know everyone has his/her own opinion about this drug."