I never liked benzos. I do drink, but one one, sometimes two but never to the point I feel the dizzying effects. That’s what benzos do, they give me that dizzying effect and I hate it. I don’t like feeling drugged. But benzos were all the rage back then and was was put on all of them, sometimes more than one at the same time as my anxiety was obvious and a symptom that they wanted to eliminate. I’d go off them all the time and sometimes have seizures from quitting too abruptly. When I was on pain meds for my back the pain med doctor told me I couldn’t be on them anymore and switched me to propranolol . I’m so grateful to her. It works far better than any benzo for my anxiety and no high feelings. I wasn’t tapered off I just quit and took the propranolol. I don’t recall having trouble with quitting. I did taper off the pain pills but I went a lot faster than the pain doctor was weaning me. After my surgery I could “feel” them and just wanted off. But all that said using benzos to counter akathisia is different ballgame, it targets a different element. I’m not in favor of using them as a sleeping pill. That’s dangerous.