Just for the record I've more or less been on a benzodiazepine for decades (clonazepam) - for sleep. I've varied the amount but almost never had to increase to more than the prescribed maximum for me .05 mgs. Once in a blue moon. Often going down to a quarter of this. Once I 'ran out' without realising and so went cold turkey - which according to most google searches is a very dangerous thing to do. I just felt quite weird but was otherwise fine.
I've stopped taking it for months at a time, and did 3 years ago, substituting Gabapentin, which worked very well for sleep. My then doctor was against me taking clonazepam and happy with me taking Gabapentin. I think If I hadn't started splitting the dose of Gabapentin this year, I'd still be on it, but it was splitting the dose throughout the day that got me in trouble. I'd be happy to stop clonazepam too, and will try to lower once again, using CBD instead if it works, although it's my understanding only the medical form is a sure fire sleep creator and that's not legal here. I know an Irish writer who gets his in Italy, and it's mailed to him (CBD oil with 6% THC).
I have a serious sleep disorder and if I lose sleep I get immediately ill and /or suicidal so it's critical for me, and if clonazepam is the way I get it, then so be it. I know however that it does not give me good regenerative sleep. I'm now trying Trazodone which is supposed to give structured sleep. I'm also now using Inositol and CBD for anxiety, and something is working - either these two, one of these two, or stopping taking gabapentin during the day. I was so desperate I did not try one thing first to see..... but happy that I'm not in a continual state of anxiety, so....