"i was 28 when my doctor wrote my first script.  i had just had to put my mother in a nursing home and that did not go well for her or for me.  and i had just take a job 350 miles from home.  i started with a white cap, a 1.0  mg.  it worked great for me, but some people had problems with that dose of 1 mg and the fda said doctors could not write anything above .50, or two white caps, .25.  when i had to reduce my dose, it took me 6 months to get my body adjusted.  so, 31 years later, i am 59 now and have to have the .50 to sleep.  all my insurance companies thru the years would pay for the drug as a bandage for my problem, but would not pay a penny for drug treatment to get off the halcion.  yes,i know i am hooked on halcion for life."