Questions about benzo addiction

[BillyX]

Alright ive been taking Temazepam (10MG) for about a month now usually as a sleeping aid due to insomnia but some nights i get bored and go on a bit of a binge. I obtained a bottle of 25 to use as a sleeping aid and went to another doctor to get 25 more to use when i feel like being a idiot! My question is what sort of use will lead to me getting addicted? i had a spate of 3 weeks where i was taking up to 100mg of vallium a day then stopped and didnt touch the stuff for a good 6 months and had no issues there.
Im just worried im going to fall into the benzo trap which is not something i want to get into. From everything ive read benzo withdrawal sounds like a horrible thing! I guess what im looking for is somebody to tell me what sort of time frame of using benzos would get me into a bad state (addiction, withdrawals etc) if i dont take them i fall back into my insomnia but its no worse than when i dont take them. Its a hard situation i guess as i dont have the will power to use them as they are ment to be taken, altho recently ive noticed 1 wont help me much in getting to sleep and im getting up to 20MGs to get some shut eye. ive only had a few binges on them where i would take more than 40mgs or more! Also does anybody know of any good sleeping aids with little abuse potential? Ive been looking into melatonin i think its called but im yet to try it!
Anyways sorry to rant but yeh any advice on the situation would be awesome & i dont wish to take benzos for a long perioid of time. :hat:

[Eagles06]

I think the safest option for you at this point is to go to Detox.

[Mr.Writer]

The best sleeping aid with little potential for abuse is physical exercise :)

Other than that, melatonin.

If you want to avoid benzo addiction, just don't do benzos, seriousy. If you absolutely must do benzos and want to avoid addiction (although at this point I would say you're already there if you 'absolutely must' do them), then just make it like a once a week thing, or make it conditional, so promise to yourself that you will only do benzos at parties or something.

[BillyX]

I think the safest option for you at this point is to go to Detox.

Yes.... go to detox becuase i have been taking temazepam for a month and most of the time as a sleeping aid as it was prescribed thanks for your awesome advice... (Also thats rich coming from somebody who uses heroin)

Yeh ive tried exercise to help me sleep but it didnt really help much thats why i went to the docs to see what they could offer. Its not that i absoultly must do them its more that i had insomnia before i started taking them so when i discontinue my use of them the insomnia starts up again. I guess the best idea is to slowly stop using them over a few weeks and try some melatonin in the mean time and see if that fixes the bloody issue

[Èllå]

You're under a doctor's care. Talk to him. Be honest that you started using recreationally and now it's a habit. He should taper you down and get you on something else for sleep.

Thankfully benzos have never been my thing. Xanax is prescribed to me for anxiety. I get 30 x .5's / month and I'll admit, they do get gone by the 15th. But from what I understand, benzos really 'click' with some people and they really abuse them. And yes, withdrawals bite butt from what I hear. Really talk to your doc though to do it right.

gl

[BillyX]

Cheers thanks for the good advice. I have an appointment tomorrow so ill bring it up, unfortunately it seems there isnt much much doctors can do on a medical stand point for people who suffer from insomnia the only other drug ive herd of would be Zolpidem (Ambien) and that has some wacky side effects from what ive read!

[Èllå]

They're constantly coming out with new drugs. There could be something new in the works that he'll know about. Post back with update :).