Benzo got a terrible rep because of addicts. People who have addiction problems shouldn't be prescribed benzos. I can tell only my own experience working with a

Benzo got a terrible rep because of addicts. People who have addiction problems shouldn't be prescribed benzos. I can tell only my own experience working with a psychiatrist. I started on SSRI and the first month was horrible. They gave me benzo to help with anxiety and sleep. It really did the job, my sleep improved a lot. I used a low dose (1/2 of what I was prescribed) and had no symptoms besides being a bit more sleepy when walking up in the morning. I stopped taking it after two months of taking it daily, when things started to stabilize. I had no bad symptoms stopping it besides a hard time falling a sleep in the first few nights. About 4 days after I went back to normal and never had issues since. I also know that in many countries benzos are the more common sleep drugs, unlike the US where z-drugs are more common. I know at least one person in my family that is now 90 who has been taking benzos for sleep for about 40 years. He is doing well cognitively. This is of course very anecdotal.