I've had anxiety since I was 13 smoking weed, that's when I first noticed the mood swings and mental health going a bit, well, mental, so it could be down to that also
Can get paranoid too which some of my mates have had to deal with being the subject of, but I can tell myself more now that I'm being paranoid and need to chill out, I just sometimes snap
You say you are in no position to talk, have you went or go through similar issues? I don't think the diagnosis is anywhere near correct as obv there are underlying problems in daily life but I feel benzos have brought it more to light, maybe not caused it exactly