Hi there!

I take 1mg of Klonopin every night. It's a miracle worker for sleep, though takes some time to take effect. When I take it, I can be sure that I'll be dead asleep within an hour, so I take it accordingly and that way can plan my sleep patterns (depending on when I have to get up in the morning, etc.). I also like the way it just lulls me to sleep; there's a period of about 15 mins before I fall completely asleep when it relaxes me a great deal. Both the relaxation and the sleep help enormously with my anxiety as well. Having regular sleep patterns also helps to prevent Bipolar episodes (except when they don't...).

I used to take it in the morning as well, for anxiety, but it made me, as you can imagine, way too sleepy.

I get the impression that a lot of pdocs don't like prescribing benzo's, but I've been taking Klonopin for many years and it's been a life-saver. Over all those years, the dose was only increased once, from .5 to 1mg, and the larger dose helps more than the lower one ever did.

So I highly recommend it, though I can understand if your pdoc might be reluctant to prescribe it...