Often they switch someone over to things like Valium if they need to taper off, just because it is easier than taper off a short acting benzo. I heard so much about Klonopin, at the beginning it wasn't really even seen as addictive! And when you look at it it should be as "easy" to taper as Valium but isn't. It's kind of strange, it seems like quite a vile med that way.

As for sedating and non sedating benzos, being sedated can even increase my anxiety, so I stay away from stuff that is physically sedating. There is nothing worse than an alert mind in a drugged body for me.

Some people feel really calm as their body is drugged, those people usually like antihistamines as well, because it ties their body down. For me that equals panic.

So, people are really different that way, I guess that is why doctors should really understand that benzos are not all the same. I have met doctors who claim they are all the same with different names. Sigh.

As for Valium LOL, had a paradoxical reaction on it and even if docs want me on it (because it is "less" addictive than Xanax), I remember the feeling on it wanting to go out and do mischief. It made me really hyper. I guess people don't usually react like this....

But I think still most people feel oxazepam and Valium are really different, they are almost the only benzos used where I live, and those I know who take them, will all claim that the "other" benzo is inferior, LOL. I hear people going off oxazepam onto Valium, but rarely the opposite direction. It simply seems like oxazepam is the least liked benzo of them all.