I had a former well renowned doctor, an internist, who wanted to send me to a psychiatrist because of my need/preference to take only 2 mg of clonazepam before bedtime, for control of generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), which I have had lifelong. So maybe he was protecting himself against future malpractice litigation in case things went bad for me somehow, but I was incensed by that, and I called him an asshole and walked out of his office, changing doctors soon thereafter. If they have a reason to refer patients to psychiatrists, they need to explain that ahead of time.

My pcp also did not want me to take lorazepam long term. I followed his advice and weaned off it. Took me awhile but glad I did.