"i suffered from debilitating generalized anxiety since high school. during university (25 years ago), it really spiked and the doctor i saw suggested rivotril/clonozapem on a longer term regular basis. for many years i took .5mg three times a day without incident. the anxiety never again got out of control...and i never felt need to increase. about 6 years ago, i decided to start cutting back very slowly. eventually, over a long period, i actually tapered it back to .25mg once in the morning. this worked for two years until my marriage ended recently. i added another .25mg in the evening. my life has not been great, but imo clonozapem has been a saviour. the gad i had/have is not bearable. and other approaches alone do not work."