I posted another topic recently about my experiences with clonazepam. I am on .5 but take 1mg (to get to sleep mainly). I feel like when I take it during the day (I only take .5 mg) it makes me REALLY tired and feel kinda out of sorts. Plus, it really decreases my cognitive ability and the next day I feel 'hazy'.

I had no idea this was supposed to be the "strongest" of the bunch. I have not tried anything else but am going back to the doc next week and am going to ask for something different.

I don't really know if your expectations are set too high or not. If you are looking to feel carefree, then you probably are not going to get this from an anxiety drug.

Has anyone recommended an antidepressant? They often work really well for people with generalized anxiety disorders. I know Zoloft, Paxil and Prozac are all supposed to be great for anxiety (I took Zoloft but it too made me really tired and the withdrawl from it was a week of hell...and I was on they lowest dose possible). My grandmother takes it for depression and swears it saved her life, so just like every other drug it probably effects different people differently.

I have heard Prozac doesn't make you tired and really helps with anxiety too. By the way I suffer from panic attacks and stress induced hyperventilation (its not really hyperventillation, its more like the feeling of when you are not able to get enough air into your lungs). The last doc I talked to said that when the SSRIs really should have been labelled for anxiety instead of depression so maybe that would be an avenue you might want to explore????

Good luck!