This med was approved by the FDA for schizophrenia. It was prescribed to both me and hubs for anxiety. We both had bad experiences with it and will not touch it again. My first thought the first time I took it and it kicked in was that it was a heavy duty easily abusable drug.....kids are mixing it in with their pot now, I hear. It changed my husbands personality completely. Both us became zombies. They are handing it out freely but they will never convince me that there aren't better things for anxiety. jmo