@raspberrytorte - Best if you are going to try to start weaning a benzo to do it with your pdoc's help. It is not a fast process. But I do have to say I am less forgetful, never lose common words in conversation anymore, can read books again and once I got used to being off benzos have fewer and less severe panic attacks. I think once you are at a point where a tolerance has built up, benzos do more harm than good. However, then entire weaning/tapering process is no fun at all, and you have to be prepared to face that and hopefully have some things like prn Seroquel and propranolol that can take some of the edge off.