januarybabe, I believe, if not mistaken, lorazepam is short acting. And I am not surprised one bit that it helped with nerve pain. After a couple of a years of trying Neurontin, Lyrica, Elavil, etc., etc., my Neurologist, as a last resort, put me on Xanax. That stopped the burning sensations I had with small fiber neuropathy. But since I didn't want to take 3 a day while working (too sedating) she then put me on Klonopin which is longer acting. Yes, benzos are highly addicting and withdrawals can be very, very serious. In any case, you can google neuropathic pain and benzodiazepenes and you'll see the correlation as to why they help. You might have to get down into the weeds but the bottom line is, yes, they can be prescribed for neuropathic pain. Btw, I have been at a dose of .5 mg for about 7 years now. Which is very, very low. I asked my Neurologist why it is that I have not had to go up. Not yet anyway. She just said my body is using what it needs. Personally, I am grateful for it and will probably be on it the rest of my life. But nothing else helped OR made me extremely loopy. I just could never adjust to the other meds; just overly sensitive to the majority. I don't know if I would ASK the doc for a benzo. But it wouldn't hurt to let he/she know that it helped and take it from there.