Its the only thing that helps me sleep I could get off the drug If I want but I dont get side effects from it and it makes my life better so why stop taking it?
I wouldn't turn this into an argument about Benzos. Most people have no clue how they truly work or what they are prescribed for. They are not only prescribed for Generalized Anxiety Disorder. They can be prescribed for sleep, but since tolerance rises so quickly, that actually isn't a very good recommendation.
Anxiety disorders and Depression can cross over, and many times they do, but taking an SSRI doesn't always cure the effects of anxiety nor does taking a benzo cure depression.
A side effect to benzodiazapenes is sleepiness.
If a guy is flipping out all day b/c he can't handle the juice he is taking, its easy to understand why a benzo would be in demand.
Too many variables here... also a "benzo" is NOT a narcotic, and *narcotics* and "opiates" are NOT one and the same either.
Carry on, you two, carry on.