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Should I switch from 4mg xanax a day to 4mg Klonopin a day

I was on 1mg xanax 4 times a day they then dropped it to g 3.times a day.  I have extremember panic attacks anxiety and social anxiety.. the doctor wants me to go to klonopin 1mg 4 times a day.  Should I do this because last time I did this year's ago Klonopin made me drowsy and cranky.  Xanax makes me happy energetic without the anxiety.  Klonopin I never could tell if it worked I never felt different.  What should I do?? Should I switch to Klonopin to help.  Between my xanax doses I shake and get sweaty.  
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Can you give us more info?  Are you being asked to switch because of these side effects?  Are you tapering off the Xanax, because no two drugs even in the same class work the same and withdrawal from benzos can be a very hard and slow road.  And if this drug works and klonopin didn't, given both are addictive and very hard to stop taking and both have the potential to stop working eventually, I don't see the advantage.  Now, klonopin is longer acting, but also takes longer to take effect, but you''ve tried it and it didn't work.  I also wonder why you're relying on these short-acting drugs instead of trying an antidepressant that if it works will work all the time.  
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