Hi frank. I just read what you said about what would happen to you if they discontinued benzodiazepine…I felt like you were reading my thoughts.. I have used benzodiazepines for over 20 years and I’ve tried many times to replace them but with little to no success.. it’s frustrating that they don’t individualize each case to see how they are doing instead of painting us all with the same brush. I have managed for years to stay on the same dose and I also made several attempts to stop using them and trying something else, this too didn’t work out for me.. I was 48 years old when I got on them and I’m 72 now.. I am living out the last chapter of my life and I want to be left alone with my meds, they help me better than other ones I tried.. I wish that they would leave me in peace and live out what is left..also, remember if they did decide to remove benzodiazepines, they would most assuredly have to provide us with something else that’s similar otherwise they will create another major crisis considering how many of us there are.