Insomnia Support Group
Insomnia is a symptom, rather than a disease, and is characterized by inadequate quantity or quality of sleep. People with insomnia complain of difficulty falling or staying asleep, which results in significant impairment of daytime functioning. Insomnia is categorized as transient (shorter than one week), short-term (one to three weeks) or chronic (longer than three...
So I've read a lot of posts here that hint at horror stories involving the benzo family of drugs. I was prescibed 20 pills of 30 MG Temazepam (like Toad) a month ago. I've taken between 2-3 per week. I use them to knock myself out if I'm not asleep by 2AM (I hit the hay at 10PM, sharp).
But my experience with the Benzos is different than others. I don't feel a "pull" for them and I have been able to get my 3-5 hours of sleep on many nights without them. But it seems like to many people they represent the worst of the medical world in regards to insomnia treatment.
I'm interested in your stories and will keep an open mind. Maybe it will inspire me to use even less, or consider dangers I never considered with the pill.
Wondering why you don't consult your doc on this question. That person has examined you, knows your medical history, other meds you've used or maybe are now taking, contraindications, adverse side effects you've experienced, etc etc. None of us in the group has done any of that, so none of us can or really should try to give you medical advice, and it's dangerous to infer what works medically for one person will work for another.
Curious to me how sometimes people take as gospel medical advice they read online from an anonymous poster. Sure, there's some good info online, but you have to be careful. And nothing substitutes for the services of a medical professional.
I would second the fact that I am also not a doctor and can only speak for myself but I developed an addiction to Valium (another benzodiazepine as I'm sure you know) that started harmlessly enough to help me sleep. The withdrawals have been very, very unpleasant.
May work for you though but I would advise caution.
Hope that of some help anyway.
I have had the exact opposite experience of getting addicted. The more I take them the less I like them. It helps me sleep, but I get a hangover effect the next day anyway so what's the point??
Now I usually only take a half of the lowest dose pill available if needed and when I do it's for one of my two big phobias - dentist appointments and lightning storms! (As well as visits with my mother, but yeah... moms AmIRight???)