First time post/confession

I am 22 and I pick my skin and eat the scabs-God that sounds disgusting. I have been doing it for the past seven years but I haven't ever had enough awareness, courage, or interest to get help until about a year ago. I've been working with my therapist on trying to stop and even bought a habit workbook, but for a while now I've just been stuck. I really do have the desire to stop, it's just that the practice is such an engrained and sometimes involuntary ritual by now that it seems that no matter how hard I try, I won't be able to stop on my own. I am too embarrassed to tell any of my family or friends about it (although I am sure they can tell by now from the marks and scars) so that rules out trying to help with someone else's help who is actually able to give me gentle reminders for when I do it. I was just about at the point where I thought that it was really never going to get better (even despite my usual optimism about things) when I went to my psychiatrist. He mentioned my skin picking problem after reviewing my therapist's most recent notes and he suggested that since the methods I had tried did not seem to be working, that I could perhaps try Klonopin to lessen my picking based on the assumption that my picking may be anxiety related. Although I usually try to research these kinds of things first and like to take as little medication as possible when it comes to any medical problem, inside I just felt like "This may be it- the way out. This could be my last resort remedy." I'm really hoping that this works because although I am familiar with meds used for mental health purposes (I also take Lithium for Bipolar Disorder), I am not so familiar with meds specifically used for anxiety. If anyone can relate to what I am going through or can tell me about their experience with Klonopin in treating skin picking I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks