Years before being diagnosed with BP 2 in 1995 I've had trouble sleeping. I spent over 10 years on clonazepam for my anxiety with I have a lot as well but since I told the truth about being an addict, not just to drugs many other thingsas well nowadays the Drs. won't give you anything. I've abused a lot of things but the benzo's were not one of them. You know what they think, it might a trigger a response for me to go back using weed, opiates, or alcohol. A good night sleep for me is 4 hours but lately it's less than 2. I've got a script for visteril but it really doesn't do much for me. I don't want to go back to buying anything off the street, guess I'm like some people just lucky to be alive with that foolish behavior. Usually takes about 5-6 days of this before I sleep good. One other question I have for any other BP ppl is for some reason I've always had more intense fear that I never shared before with any Dr. and have been at a loss to explain. I really think that is why the clonazepam helped me so much. Any suggestions or comments would be appreciated.