Many people feel tired or run-down at some point during the day. A lack of energy could affect your daily activities and make you less productive. What does your prescription say?.5 isn't a heckuva lot so if you REALLY need it I wouldn't say it's going to cause any problems. But I'm not your dr. Nah, I totally understand having trouble with tapering! Can you up the gabapentin temporarily? Does that help you at all? I do recommend talking to your doctor, though. That hasn't been an issue since I stopped taken the barbs and clonidine. I would like to know what an addiction doctor is,I asked and the nurse let me talk to a shrink and he put me on wellbutrin. Pictures of Klonopin (Clonazepam), drug imprint information, side effects for the patient. They say generics can vary 10% either way, I've found this to be true. You can do some research on the web and fin out who's manufacturing it as a generic, then request that from your pharmacy, but give them time to order it, usually the smaller shops will more readily accommodate. The Prozac will take full affect in 4 to 6 weeks, with you seeing some improvement in a few weeks. The Klonopin will kick in within a few days, and these two medications work well together. Hi cwake19. You pretty well covered describing how klonopin works and well. Its a long acting/lasting drug. Because its long acting, your body doesn't crave it. It’s not Adderall or Oxy. It’s Klonopin. And doctors are doling it out like candy, causing a surge of hellish withdrawals, overdoses and deaths. DESCRIPTION. Klonopin, a benzodiazepine, is available as scored tablets with a K-shaped perforation containing 0.5 mg of clonazepam and unscored tablets with a K-shaped perforation containing 1 mg or 2 mg of clonazepam.