"i have taken benzos on and off for most of my adult life, for insomnia/anxiety/panic attacks. i will start off by saying i am terrified of hypnotic sleeping pills (z drugs etc) they make me stupid the next day which i can&#039;t deal with. i&#039;ve been prescribed various benzos such as ativan, xanax, klonopin, restoril, out of all of them i find lorazepam (ativan) is the best. i don&#039;t get a &#039;high&#039; feeling from it, it just relaxes me enough to get some peaceful sleep and i have no side effects the next day.  xanax makes me feel high, and restoril makes me high and binge eat - not good at all. unlike other benzos, you can take your ativan pill sublingually as they don&#039;t have a bitter taste; this makes them work quickly."