I was prescribed clonazepam for anxiety, and been taking 0.5 mg twice daily for ten or more years, for almost a year, I cut my dose down to 0.5 mg only at night along with the antidepressant trazadone. I have been out of them for 4 or 5 days, and the days are miserable due to anxiety, but I drink chamomile tea and am so far ok in the day time but nights are a living hell....I've been taking benadryl for the runny nose when it gets out of hand, and sneezing, but at night...I can't get to sleep and if I am lucky enough to sleep at all...I have vivid nightmares. Yesterday, a man walked by my house as I was outside and he had a black dog...so do I, I thought his dog was my dog, so I screamed out her name, needless to say, the man looked at me as if I lost my mind, and kept walking, but I was embarrassed and I began laughing almost uncontrollably(insane). Since then, I had a few more laughing attacks and felt like I was on hallucinogens like acid or something, ( I don't use recreational drugs at all) but am aware of them, so I feel like a crazy person. I also experienced sweats, mild shakes, crying,agitation,headache, chills and so on, but I am determined to stop taking this INSANE DRUG. My only concern is wether or not I will have a seizure, but am willing to take the risk because this drug is pure and absolute friggin he'll and should be outlawed,and anyone who has been on it and attempted to stop this drug either suddenly or rapidly seems to agree that it should be removed from the market. Pharmaceutic empires try to scare us out of stopping use, by telling us scary c**p because they want us to buy it and do not care if we end up crazy, but all in all, as of now, I am ok, but it is early still. I think as long as we are aware and understand the withdrawals, we can cope ( if only withdrawing from low doses, I'm not a doctor, but I think some of the withdrawals are mind over matter, either way, it is a horrible nightmare, and it helps to have a support system like this and know we are not alone in our battle, also helps to have a supportive family. I feelmreally bad for anyone who is taking more than I am prescribed, because 0.5 mg withdrawal is no picnic but it can be done I pray to god. I am terrified of what could happen going through withdrawals and their is absolutely no dignity while trying to get off it. I want so much to blame the docs, but I let them do this to me, not knowing anything about this drug in the beginning. While rently researching, I am angry I wad ever prescribed a benzo pill. We all need to learn to just cope with anxiety, this pill made me agoraphobic, not badly, but I hate public places,stores suck, but I am going to fight like he'll to get to the otherwise, I'm tired of being dependent on something so horrible, oh ya, I felt like I had brain saps last night,but I tell myself...it is all in the head, because it is...benzos are BRAIN DRUGS. My brain was just fine before the use of this drug and it will be again. I suffer moderate anxiety but am going to just deal with the anxiety through deep breathing techniques, tea, exercise and any other means drug free I may find. Online therapy is good because I am a very private person, so this is more helpful for me. This morning I woke up a train wreck, made my husband call and ask the pharmacist if I were going to have a seizure from sudden withdrawal, they could not give me a definitive answer because there's a lot of variables such as length of use, dosage and why one was prescribed, but after he called, I got online, and my anxiety is much better just reading what others go through to get of this dangerous sh*t. Never would I have taken it if I knew what I know now, but I know I will survive because of my determination.