of course everything does stop eventually 🙂 but, if it were me, and it is because im just a few weeks behind you, i would take it slow, dont sacrifice the work youve put in with effexor by doing a hard benzo stop now, work with your doctor and take it slow. remind yourself a year from now you are going to be off the benzos if that is what you really want, but it is something that has to be done in a supervised slow manner even if you were only taking them on as needed basis