Try to open jsfiddle.net/3hjLb/1/ then click on "Try it" wait until the 0 and click "Try it" and see happen,
How do the "0" it could go back to 10 if you click on "Try it" a second time?
reset your counter variable to 10 before call onclick function
like this
<button onclick="javascript:counter=10; countDown()">Try it</button>
See JS Fiddle