Versed is often given pre op with the anesthesia. I HATE Versed!

Ahhh, fresh chamomile and euchaliptus...crushed together and steeped like a tea bag in your bath water is great for RLS !!! I put mine in a big coffee filter and twist tie it shut...let it in HOT water in tub till it cools enuf for you to soak in. AHHHH!

I have to agree with QMan. If I go for a month or so with no chemical sleep aids my regular sleep is light, and I wake up all the time, or I just can't get to sleep. So I take sleepers, and mix the types from time to time to keep down the tolerance.
I'm not left with hangovers, and ambien doesn't cause me to sleepwalk--though I know it does some. Best to just work out regular--which I try to do anyway--drink that exotic tea or whatever if it will allow you a good nights sleep. I get mine from all over the world in "discreet" packaging since I get tired of debating with the doctor. I would not recommend my method to anyone.

On a near note, let's not confuse "bennies", the old whites, cross-tops, truck driver upper benzedrine that gained famed with Kerouac's "beats" with benzodiazepines, which go the other direction. As I have always understood it, though I don't use it that way, they can be used for detox, though Librium is still more widely used to back away from alcoholism.

I don't know what the effect on myself will be in the long run, but if I can make it another ten, twenty years, eat right, keep exercising somehow, then the long run will be breached at any rate.