how do you tell the difference?

[[Ju...]]

tapered from 1.5mg daily of klonopin down to 1mg over 7 weeks with no issues, but now anxiety has come back.  how do I know if this is withdrawl symptoms or my actual anxiety that the klonopin was covering? I cannot tell the difference. please help.

[[be...]]

Was anxiety what put you on them in the first place? It was for me. I stayed on them over a decade and went through a horrible early withdrawal. Although symptoms dropped off my anxiety remained. I have learned how to manage it in other ways rather than taking someone, and knowing I never have to go through another withdrawal actually brings me comfort. Anxiety is also a fairly common symptom of withdrawal. If you already had it before withdrawal it certainly could be heightened by withdrawal.