Hello, Thank you for sharing! You are experiencing early morning or midnight fear sensations likely due to abrupt dose reduction of Clonazepam (Cloam), which your brain had begun to depend on for regulating nighttime anxiety. Clonazepam acts on GABA receptors and sudden dose reductions- even if by half- can lead to withdrawal-like symptoms including heightened fear, panic sensations, or sleep disturbances, especially during early morning hours when natural cortisol levels rise. Since you are already improving on Nexito (escitalopram) 5 mg, which takes 2–4 weeks to fully stabilize, it's important not to alter any medications without your doctor’s guidance. The fearful sensations are a common and temporary effect of such medication shifts and not a sign of relapse or something dangerous.

Hi! It is advisable to taper down medicines as per the advice of the psychiatrist. Having said that, there are some changes in lifestyle I would like to suggest: 1.Cutting down on stimulants like tea, coffee, any form of nicotine. If at all you want to consume, do so before 4pm 2. Avoid exercising at least 4 hours before your sleeping time 3. Avoid screen exposure at least 1 hour before sleep 4. Avoid heavy meals before sleep

Better not to go beyond the origin of your fear. There won't be any fruitful outcome if you think about it but it will worsen your situation if you are in that loop of thoughts. Maybe something might have happened in the past or childhood that you aren't aware of & is buried in your unconscious mind. For better understanding Google 'Little Alber experiment ' & read. Be mindful. Trust your Psychiatrist. Continue treatment as per his advice.

Midnight awakening or early morning awakening is not only related to ongoing stresses, these symptoms are the presenting features of anxiety, low mood.Clonazepam or any other Benzodiapines are tapered & stopped over a period of one month from the start of treatment, So Don't bother continue medication as advised because if you reduce it earlier in one week, symptoms will reoccur as you are feeling disturbances in sleep patterns, further it lead to anxiety, low mood, lethargic whole day So trust your doctor he will adjust dose as per your symptoms profile

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You're experiencing abrupt awakenings with fear—a classic symptom during Clonazepam tapering, and it’s understandably distressing. This happens because your brain is readjusting to the absence of GABAergic support that Clonazepam was providing. Also as you have mentioned that you are having anxiety issues so it can be due to reemergence of the symptoms.

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Based on the information provided, you have anxiety illness and started treatment. Nexito 5mg is the main drug for treatment and Clonazepam is for sleep. But Nexito dose has to be gradually optimised because 5mg is very less. Once anxiety symptoms are controlled, we can gradually taper and stop Clonazepam. If you stop before , things will get worse. You need adequate dose of Nexito