"i spent 12 long years with severe insomnia. it cost me a 2 long term relationships, almost my career and my sanity. my doctors tried to get me to take sleeping pills but i resisted. i didn&#039;t want to become addicted to anything. i finally gave in. it was the best thing i ever did for my health and well being, i credit it for saving my life. i take 10mg every night. sometimes on a sunday night i may have to take an additional 1/2. i guess i would be considered addicted, but the alternative is something far worse. i have suffered depression my whole life, and not sleeping for days on end just made the depression worse. my depression is in check more than it has ever been."