It is one of the reasons for me.
Benzos were the only med that ever helped me, and helped me to be functional. I have been on every antidepressant out there - and absolutely none of them work, and ironically they too can cause severe withdrawal symptoms.
I have also had seizures as a result of withdrawal as well as being put on atypical antipsychotics (I have severe anxiety, cPTSD, and social anxiety not to mention some severe traumatic brain injuries).
I was on Xanax for 9 years at a dose of 3 mg/kg/day - never needed a dose increase, and it worked. My doc decided it was making me depressed (ummm - no, my life situation was depressing me but not to the point it was causing me any problems) and he arbitrarily decided to take me off them (just about cold turkey). I wrote about it in another thread.
I have to add the caveat that we are all different and what happened to me may not happen to others.
But yes, because he took me off of benzos, which were pretty benign for me and enabled me to function coupled with the severe withdrawal effects that almost killed me and permanently disabled me, it is one of the reasons I am here. If I knew then that this would have happened, I would never have touched them.
