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You are mixing up "addicted" with "habituated". Anyone who uses such stuff for a long time will have adapted to some degree and there will be issues from sudde
by LorenPechtel 2y ago
You are mixing up "addicted" with "habituated". Anyone who uses such stuff for a long time will have adapted to some degree and there will be issues from suddenly stopping. That does not mean that they are using the stuff recreationally, though! Did it not occur to you that perhaps they will be rather non-functional from a lack of sleep if they don't have them?
When sleep issues are caused by mental conditions you can generally address them. But when it's the side effect of something physical the attempts to address such things without drugs do not fare very well.
- Reubend 2y agoHabits are indeed different from addictions. But surely you acknowledge that these are addictive drugs we're talking about? They've been well studied and people develop both physical and mental dependencies on them far beyond mere habits. > When sleep issues are caused by mental conditions you can generally address them. But when it's the side effect of something physical the attempts to address such things without drugs do not fare very well. Actually, there are plenty of ways to improve sleep quality without drugs. Typically, Zolpidem is prescribed only after those methods have been tried. But again, the prevailing medical guideline is to only use drugs like that for a short term period in the neighborhood of 2 weeks. It's not recommended that you use them for years, even at a low dosage or on an irregular schedule.