I did take Xanex in the beginning for anxiety as needed and to get to sleep at night.
The problem with Xanex and getting to sleep is that I would wake up in the middle of the night and not be able to go back to sleep. I was treating PTSD too and the nice unwanted anxiety attacks that are one of the many gifts of PTSD.

I ended up taking Klonipin in the generic form called clonazapam at night to help me sleep and I did sleep through the night. I would only take 1/2 of a pill during the day if I was struggling with a lot of anxiety however I didn't like the fact that it made me drowzy during the day so I only used it on the very bad days.

I would have to say the draw back with klonipin is in the morning I felt hung over and sleepy and then on that 12th hour I would feel very confused, forgetful and strung out. It took me a while to connect the strange feelings of being confused and it didn't take much to get me all upset after the 12 hour after taking the Klonipin.

And it does effect your short term memory, and I had not noticed that right away and it is not advisable to go into a chat room after taking a klonipin, I found out the hard way. I have never chatted on it before I had just usually taken it before bed and after about an hour to 2 hours I would be ready to zonk out.

If I had to do it over again I would start with only 1/2 a pill at night to see if that is enough to help you sleep.

I have to admit that during some rough time after a bad experience my whole family experienced my husband and daughter did take the Klonipin to help them sleep too.
Both of them did not like feeling hung over the next morning. So they only took 1/2 a pill and even then the mornings were hard but after not sleeping several nights they would take it to sleep.

As everyone reacts differently to different meds you will have to see for yourself how you feel I am just giving you three opinions from my home.

I still take the Klonipin to help me sleep and sometimes during the day, but I do not like the short term memory loss and feeling confused at times.

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