Insomnia
"I have taken benzos on and off for most of my adult life, for insomnia/anxiety/panic attacks. I will start off by saying I am terrified of hypnotic sleeping pills (Z drugs etc) they make me stupid the next day which I can&#039;t deal with. I&#039;ve been prescribed various benzos such as Ativan, Xanax, Klonopin, Restoril, out of all of them I find lorazepam (Ativan) is the best. I don&#039;t get a &#039;high&#039; feeling from it, it just relaxes me enough to get some peaceful sleep and I have no side effects the next day.  Xanax makes me feel high, and Restoril makes me high and binge eat - not good at all. Unlike other benzos, you can take your Ativan pill sublingually as they don&#039;t have a bitter taste; this makes them work quickly."