My psychiatrist won't prescribe klonopin (clonazepam) and ativan together. my old psychiatrist did. why is one doctor saying it's too much and dangerous. ?

Benzidiazapines: Each provider practices differently. I personally would try to avoid prescribing two benzodiazapines.

Both are: benzodiazapines and it is not recommended to use 2 at the same time.

Benzos: Instead of prescribing 2 Benzodiazepines, using one or the other at optimized dose makes more sense.

Causes anxiety.: Klonopin (clonazepam) and Ativan are both Benzodiazepines. We now know that using benzodiazepines for other than very short term treatment, ( 30 days) can cause the development of more benzo receptors in the locus coeruleus causing more anxiety. Best to not use these for long term treatment. Older Docs did not know this; Benzo's used to be prescribed forever for everything. Now this is malpractice.