The more I read about benzos, the more I want off the daily ones for good.

I've learned to be able to "ride" acute anxiety and even use it productively sometimes - anxious rumination can help me figure out when I'm about to do something stupid, mainly. I attribute this to a mixture of CBT techniques, propranolol, marijuana (it's kind of a long story, I don't mean as a drug that stops anxiety), and a lot of time to observe myself and realize with the help of those two drugs, that physical symptoms of anxiety do not have to go hand in hand with mental anxiety.

In that sense I would say for me it doesn't block depression, but in a weird way it can contribute to me staying out of depression if I am already out.