Sleeping Pills

I have to take sleeping pills every single night, because my anxiety makes it to where I cant sleep without them. Is this a problem? Should I see a doctor about it?

May I ask the name of the medication you take? I am strongly aginst psychiatric medication. Many doctors use the same medications to treat axiety as insomnia. These are called Anti-axiety medications, or benzodiazepines. Some of these are named ativan, xanax,klonopin, halcion and valium. These are HIGHLY addictive. All sleep medications are addictive and should v taken with caution. If you want to go off of it you will need to talk to your doctor, and withdrawl slowly with a lot of support. There are alternatives to medications.

Lifestyle changes can often help a lot. Such changes may include
- Keeping a rotine
-Not using Tabaco, Caffinee, or alcholhol
- Not going to bed untill you are tierd and getting up if you lie in bed for more then 45min.
-Taking a warm bath 90min. before bed
- Drinking warm milk or eating turkey

You may also want to get into some thearpy for your axiety or go to a support group. You can often get such services from a hospital or counsoling center. If you tell me your zipcode I will probley be able to find you a place.


If you could possibly give me the name of the medication I can get you more specific information but here are some sites that may intrest you

Benzodiazepines
http://www.worldtalkradio.com/category.asp?cid=383
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/drug ... 02084.html
http://www.kroger.com/hn/Drug/Benzodiazepines.htm
http://www.detox24.com/benzodiazepines.html
http://www.freeofdrugs.com/mental/
http://www.pharm-text.com/benzodiazepines/

Axiety
http://anxietynetwork.com/gawhat.html
http://www.anxman.org/generalized_anxiety_disorder.asp
http://www.generalized-anxiety-disorder.info/
http://www.anxietypanic.com/gad.html
http://www.bu.edu/anxiety/gad.html

Insomnia/alternatives to medication
http://www.4woman.gov/faq/insomnia.htm
http://www.americaninsomniaassociation.org/causes.htm
http://www.relax-and-sleep.com/cause-of ... style.html
http://www.kroger.com/hn/Concern/Insomnia.htm
http://www.docguide.com/news/content.ns ... enDocument