I'm not currently taking it but I took it for over 10 years and because of my addictions the docs are reluctant to give it to me now. All I can say is what it did for me. I'm 54, male, bipolar 2 and when everything caved in for me anxiety was a MAJOR problem as well as uncontrollable fear. Back in 1995 the pdoc started me on Buspar, then vistiril then finally clonazepam and for the first time in forever I felt I could sleep. For the first time in 7 years I had no anxiety and didn't realize how bad it had been until I got on the clonazepam. People used to always ask me, don't you feel high or something like that and all I could tell them is that for the first time in a long time I FEEL NORMAL. I've abused a lot of things but clonazepam was not one of them. If you take it on a regular basis the morning hangover side effects will go away. It can be addictive because once you start taking it your body stops making it's own natural "benzodiazapine's" and with clonazepam it is used is some patients to control seizure's. It was the right fit for me at the time and there are days I wish I had had a bottle full. There is a draw back because if you move and you have to see a different doc some don't and wont' give you what the other one did. That has always confused me the most about treatment for bipolar is that different docs don't always prescribe the same. They all have their favorite meds. Good Luck...