It is true that you need to understand your providers stance on prescribing Benzos. My primary care stopped prescribing and said I had to go to a psychiatrist to get Klonopin. So I found one and the first visit he told me I needed to taper off this “bad drug” while I argued all the ways it helped me. We did months of talk therapy and then a 10 month slow taper. It went ok from 1mg to .25mg but the side effects hit with a vengeance. He kept telling me that my body knew how to be calm and sleep and offered nothing to ease the problems. Before the taper was complete, he discharged me because the practice doesn’t treat seniors and I was turning 65. I felt kicked to the curb with no support.