I would put Clonazolam on the MUST TRY list myself but life is subjective af. Really tapering Suboxone has been harder IMPO/E
You are aware that unlike other benzodiazpeines, nitrobenzodiazepines have been proven to be toxic. I have posted this before. Initially it came from the suicide figures in Sweden. I very quickly noted that nitrazepam, flunitrazepam and clonazepam represented 100% of cases in which a single drug was responsible for the death.
I've posted links elsewhere but the key thing is that while the body is mostly an oxidative instument, aryl nitro moieties are reduced and form to toxic species. I'm uncertain if it was one, the other or both that made the nitrobenzodiazpines so hazardous.
I figure doctors in North America are now so scared to prescribe a benzodiazepine, the fact that clonazepam was and is still only indicated for the treatment of epilepsy meant that the DEA (and Canadian equivalent) had to exempt clonazepam from the various systems put in place to stop the overprescribing of benzos - but that's a guess on my part.
I don't think clonazapam is in any way special. Like the other nitrobenzodiazepines it appears to produce mood lability and loss of executive function out of all proportion to it's anxiolytic effect.
Can you design a safe nitrobenzodiazepine? Yes you can - pynazolam.
BTW the reason nitrobenzodiazepines were found to be more hypnotic is simply because they increase levels of extracellular serotonin. Which I suppose MAY produce more euphoria in some people. Oh, nitrobenzodiazepines have high a1b1y2 affinity and have been demonstrated to produce dopamine disinhibition. So if anything, clonazepam is almost the last benzodiazepine one should consider for anxiety. For the purposes of abuse, a good choice as long as you are willing to run the risks
But I can upload dozens if not undreds of academic papers which demonstrate that ALL benzodiazepines produce tolerance in 2-4 weeks and dependence after 8 weeks. These are studies with very large cohorts. So while a case study has value, nobody can assert that because a drug works well for one person, it's likely to work well for another.
That is why I NEVER recommend anyone consume even a prescribed medication unless they NEED it.