I've been taking clonazepam 4 2 1/2 yrs it works 4 me 2mg a day for panic /anxiety disorder its px but people r saying i should not take it as should i try to stop even though it helps fyi i called 1-800-444-1014 hotline to ask ? and she hung up on me

Are those 'people' in your body?Do they know what is right or wrong for you?NOPE!!!

You say it helps,stay on it,never go off a medication like this unless your med doc says to.

people have been saying it due to it being a benzo but i'm not preg they say its a bad drug becuz its additive so there 4 im addicted

I would suggest to you that you should continue to take your medication.
As a doctor I have often prescribed the same medication that you are taking to many people for the following reasons!.

Panic Attacks

For panic attacks, the greatest benefit that medications can provide is to enhance the patient's motivation and accelerate progress toward facing panic and all of its repercussions. For a drug to help in this area, it must help in at least one of the two stages of panic. The first stage is anticipatory anxiety: all the uncomfortable physical symptoms and negative thoughts that rise up as you anticipate facing panic. The second stage is the symptoms of the panic attack itself. Both current research and clinical experience suggest that certain medications may help reduce symptoms during one or both of these stages for some people. However, if a medication can specifically block the panic attack itself, many patients no longer anticipate events with such anxiety and can overcome their phobias more quickly.

The most common benzodiazepines for panic attacks are alprazolam (Xanax) and clonazepam (Klonopin). They both block panic attacks quicker than the antidepressants, often in a week or two. They also tend to have fewer side effects than the antidepressants. Both, however, can have withdrawal symptoms as you taper off them. Because alprazolam is quicker acting than clonazepam, its withdrawal effects can be stronger as well. In studies on panic disorder, 43% of patients on alprazolam improved after eight weeks on less than 4 mg per day, and 30% get better on 4 to 6 mg per day.

A quick look at all the medical journals shows me the following information.

In this multicenter, parallel-group, placebo-controlled, fixed-dose study, the efficacy, safety, dosing characteristics, and discontinuation of clonazepam were analyzed in patients with panic disorder. Four hundred thirteen patients were randomly assigned to receive placebo or one of five fixed daily doses of clonazepam (0.5 mg, 1.0 mg, 2.0 mg, 3.0 mg, and 4.0 mg). After 3 weeks of dose escalation, the fixed dose was given for 6 weeks (the dose-maintenance phase) and then was tapered during a 7-week discontinuance phase. The completion rates for the dose-maintenance phase ranged from 59 to 85% for the clonazepam groups (74% for the placebo group). Efficacy measurements at the end of the dose-maintenance phase indicated clinical improvement in all treatment groups but with a clear differentiation of the four higher doses of clonazepam from the 0.5-mg dose and placebo. The minimum effective dosage, as determined by the Williams' test, was 1.0 mg daily. Dose-response analysis showed that daily dosages of 1.0 mg and higher were equally efficacious in reducing the number of panic attacks. All treatments were well tolerated. Somnolence and ataxia were reported more often by patients in the 3.0- and 4.0-mg groups; depression, dizziness, fatigue, and irritability, although not showing dose-relatedness, were reported by more patients taking clonazepam than placebo. During the discontinuance phase, most patients worsened from their condition at the end of the dose-maintenance phase but did not revert to that at baseline. In addition, with the tapering schedule chosen for this study, patients in all treatment groups tolerated the discontinuance of clonazepam. Daily doses of 1.0 to 2.0 mg of clonazepam offered the best balance of therapeutic benefit and tolerability.

Unless someone has walked in your shoes they have no idea what your going though.
Just follow your Dr. instructions, my hubby has panic/anxiety attacks and I have watched go though them for 9 yrs, the medication helps him also.
Like many thing in life unless people have had the experience they have no idea how bad it can be to deal with the problem or pain.

why are people telling you to stop? i was on it for probably about 3 years and it helped beyond belief. i was slowly weened off of it when i become pregnant (it's not safe for the baby) but i did all of this with a doctor's instructions.