I was wanting to get some opinions on which anti-anxiety medicine worked best for you with the fewest side effects - Clonazepam(Klonopin) or Alprazolam(Xanax)? Serious answers about legal prescriptions only, please.
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Klonopin is better at preventing anxiety for 24 hours, so it's best if you're trying to continually treat anxiety for days at a time. Side effects of both drugs include sleepiness, so it's generally given at bedtime. Xanax is short-acting, so it's better to have around to use on an as-needed basis for brief periods of anxiety, like to take during a panic attack or some highly stressful situation that will pass in a few hours.
If taken for months instead of days or weeks, either drug can be hard to stop taking, but Xanax is particularly difficult.
If taken for months instead of days or weeks, either drug can be hard to stop taking, but Xanax is particularly difficult.