Clonazepam for Anxiety while driving!

I am panic attacks while driving on freeways, do you believe Clonazepam can help with the symptoms? I've heard horror stories about taking Zoloft, Lexapro, etc, thank you for any assistance.

That medication does work well for anxiety. That reminds me, I'm due for a refill.
I also have extreme anxiety while I'm driving. Whether it's on the freeway or just side roads. I can't stand when people drive behind me. Especially cops. They make me even more nervous than the rest.

My panic disorder started while driving on a freeway. Upon closer examination in therapy, it had absolutely nothing to do with driving while on the highway. Of course, I had to take diazepam while driving until I figured this out, which took around a year. What had happened was, quite often when we drive long distances, our minds wander and I had been thinking of something that produced a high anxiety in me and it was immediately associated with the activity I was doing at the time. Thus, the connection. I wasn't aware of the connection at the time. But later, it came through via therapy. I was then to first deal with the actual fear and then able to, through sheer determination, to conquer the fear of driving on the highway by plowing through the fear by practicing over and over until the automatic fear of driving was overcome.

About 3 years ago, I used to have panic attacks while driving. My job required ALOT of driving. The doctor put me on Effexor. Worked wonders.

i also have panic attacks if i travel out of my so called safe zone . it really sucks. you are definately not alone

Clonazepam is a slower-acting benzo. Cousins to it are: tranxene, valiu, ativan, etc. Better choice than the superseding options.

I am on 20mg lexapro for depression at the moment. I also have agoraphobia, but lexapro does nothing for that.

Also, I have taken Clonazepam before. Not a good idea while driving in my opinion.

I have taken Klonopin (Clonazepam) for over 20 years, and luckily, after my body getting adjusted to it, I have had no break thru panic attacks, and drive anywhere I want. However, as mentioned by someone above, so much of the reasons for what causes us to panic needs to be dealt with thru therapy to truly overcome it. Good luck!

I take zoloft and clonazepam, they work very well for me with only one side effect, long term, from the zoloft - low sex drive. My husband tried zoloft but didn't like it, lexapro and clonazepam are working very well for him.

Clonazepam for me isn't very good for panic attacks unless I'm on a high enough dose and taking it daily. Which I am. It takes about an hour to kick in for me.

You'll need to get used to being on the clonazepam before you go start driving. It made me very tired for the first month. Zoloft gave me moderate intestinal distress for about 2 months or so, it slacked off gradually. But what it did for my mood and anxiety was well worth it.

I still get the occasional panic attack but only under very stressful situations, and once in awhile for no apparent reason at all. But I'm no longer a walking basket case every single day.