I am on Klonopin and dislike it, plan to discontinue in the near future. It has a super long half life so you can't take it as often as you can with Xanax or most of the other benzos, so if you have a breakthrough episode you're either out of luck or you take one anyway and run out of your Rx sooner. Its long half life makes it harder to get off, too. I found Xanax was more helpful when I took it as far as controling anxiety but it made me such a zombie way more than Klonopin does, and I have kids to look after so I chose to switch, my doc recommended the Klonopin as a replacement and I regret going with her suggestion instead of looking into all my options first. I would have opted for a milder benzo and supplemented with an acceptable herbal alternative like KavaKava or Valerian instead, at least to try for a while and see if it worked.