Just to share my insomnia experience with u. Hope can be of help to you.
I used to suffered from insomnia for many many years ago and now I m 90% recovered.
In the past, I have tried many types of medicine such as Valium, Xanax, Dormicum, cough syrup etc etc you name it....... the drugs helps of course but I paid a very heavy price. I'm now become very forgetful and sometimes I can't even spell out a simple word. My Doctor already warned me of memory loss side effects if taking too much of sleeping pills. In fact in the past, I m quite disciplined ( See, i just had problem to spell out "discipline") when taking sleeping pills as i usually consumed 1/8 of a dormicum pill and i m only took it when it was absolutely necessary. But still I m now having mild memory loss problem.

Since last 2 years, I slowly adjust my body biorhythm clock to sleep before 12am ( initially with the help of cough syrup) and I have to keep to it because if i breach it for just one night, my body sleeping timing will be disturb and i will have sleepless night for the next few days before it goes back to normal again. Therefore, you must first set you body clock to a fix sleeping timing and keep to it as best as you can.

Another drug free way to easily get to sleep is to listen to the talks by Ajahn Brahm. Let me guide you how to do it.
1) Goto http://www.bswa.org/
2) Download the talks in MP3 files to your pc (Free download).
3) Transfer the MP3 files from your pc to your mobile phone/mp3 player.
4) Get to your bed 30min early before sleep. Plug in the ear phone, adjust the volume to the lowest and listen to a human voice talking to you till you fall to sleep.

These are many topics of talks such as Happiness is mental energy, The power of mindfulness, Patient, Argument, Hopelessness, who's right ?, learn meditation and many more. This method help me to get to sleep very easily and now my insomnia is 90% cured and most importantly, i don't depend on drugs anymore to help me get to sleep.

Last but not least, stay away from sleeping pills and give my methods a try and hope you can get over it.

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Nov 14 2007, 08:09 PM

I guess you still insist on taking sleeping pill, do u?
OK, If u want to take the risk of memory loss side effect, Go get dormicum. You will sure like it. I once took only 1/4 tablet, within 10 min total black out already.
I must warn u that u must not abuse sleeping pills. Because, your body will slowly immune to the drug and you will need to increase the doses. The more pills u take the more difficult your body is going to sleep naturally without drug and when this happen, it will be what we call addiction. Prolong usage of sleeping pills will damage your memory brain cells and the side effect can only be felt over some time.

BTW Valium is not sleeping pill. It is a tranquilizer. Too much of Valium also no good to your brain cells. T

This post has been edited by aeiou228: Nov 15 2007, 08:40 AM

You took the whole 15mg dormicum tablet and you said "so so only" ?

I would say it is either your body is starting to immune to sleeping pill and you require more doses or you use dormicum for other purpose ?

Don't abuse drugs, trust me, is gonna harm your health.