I have been taking klonopin for 12 yrs and I am 56...I suspect the doc gave this to me for peri menopause as I had a panic attack and he gave me this and I have been on this for 12 yrs at .5 mg. I cold turkeyed two times and got so sick and reinstated the benzo..and now slowly withdrawling from it and as I go lower I get more sicker and sweatier...... more