some people will just have sleeping difficulty. it biological and physiological. medication is the only way to induce a good sleep.

to ts,

another good sleeping medication is zopiclone. but no insomnia medication is for long term use because the side effect is just tremendous, how it change the body physiological is too much against its beneficial usage, and also dependence issue, esp if you are young patient.

there a lot more stronger drugs than diazepam, e.g temazepam but i guess the doctor weight out more risk than benefit for you, hence not recommending/prescribing it to you.

diazepam induce sleepiness but they wont guarantee patient going into deep sleep, just like you, awaken after two hours or so. that is even worse, as you can't get back to sleep and feel extremely tired on the morning.

and with hypnotic drug, because it work on brain/neurotransmitters, you will get nasty side effects like depression, lack of muscle control, nightmares, dizziness, fatigue, etc etc. so be aware of those side effects, and try not to depends too much on these sleeping drugs.

for long term, try to figure out what is the underlying problems rather than resorting in quite fix, drugs. is it stress, lack of exercise, or lifestyle issue, environment issue etc etc. for the sake of your own health, fix those underlying problem. if it is stress, get some de-stressing method (yoga etc), work stress (take leave, take a break), do more extreme exercise as it helps to wear out your body and de-stress.

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Added on November 14, 2007, 7:30 ammean time when you are off from these diazepam or zolpidem, but do need something, get those over counter sleeping pill e.g. Kalm night, Nytol Night (not sure if they are available in malaysia though), or even 21st century sleeping herbal supplement. some of them have active ingredient, pseudoephedrine, which improve breathing so you can have better sleep, and induce drowsiness, so you can start to sleep.

it might not be as strong, useful or direct action as diazepam, but it doesn't harm body much and great for psychological effect.

This post has been edited by youngkies: Nov 14 2007, 07:31 AM

over dose may progress to coma.

but the other way round. current study investigating zolpidem in waking up persistent vegetative state patient.

overdose can cause adverse event (coma etc).

not at over dosage actually. a normal dose will do. not that it will make them horny etc, but some sleeping drugs are hypnotic drug, hence is abused esp. with alcohol to make woman sleepy, sleep and cant remember what happened before.