Non benzo meds for anxiety

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I don’t really like it but I take serroquell25s about 3-4 nights a week for sleep and then antihistamine 3 nights in a row then back to the S 25s. My doctor would want me taking 100mg-300mg every night for sleep as I have PTSD night time symptoms but I just dislike it so much. It makes me crazy hungry and makes me not care.. Anyway it works, I will admit that. Out like a light. but I find I build a tiny little tolerance to the low 25mg so I have the break days where I either stay awake one night or take antihistamine (50-75mg) because nothing quite does what serrraKWELLS do. That stuff has me sleeping standing up and dribbling, it feels wonderful especially when your body isn’t used to it (am I aloud to say that?) It’s bad though because you get the whole slirrred speech head dropping sedative effects.  it’s good as it works and it keeps me safe.
But it’s just awful on a different level. It ruins things. It makes you not care. So things you plan to do, you might decide to cancel and stay in bed. You might decide to eat half the pantry worth of food even if it was someone else’s food.
I guess it’s for anxiety and sleep off lable use. I just get a bit annoyed they throw unlimited major antipsychotics at you but won’t prescribe ben7os or proper sleeping pills. To be fair I am prescribed small amount of Val. They are so generous I’m aloud 5mg a fortnight.. that’s sarcasm. When I take a Val I don’t turn into a dribbling, stumbling, undignified food stealing person. I just feel normal and maybe safe and secure feeling. I’m not sure why S the one with the major drunk/sedative effects is the one they want you to take.
I just wish I could have a night time medication that didn’t totally take my dignity away.
I have never had any psychosis and haven't been diagnosed with schizophrenia but still S is the medication the doctors want me on.  in my country they will prescribe S to a lot of people these days even for depression. It’s odd. Very strange. They say it’s because S isn’t habit forming. Maybe I should be a little more greatful but I dunno, it seems like a very serious drug to be handing out so freely. I’m probably just offended about b3n3os being restricted. I will admit I don’t know much about addiction and I do recognise that it’s probably for good reason.

Anyway I’ve ranted.
But yes S is used off label to treat anxiety and possibly sleep problems, if the sleeping problem was anxiety related and simply not insomnia.

Have you tried one of the z-drugs like zopiclone?

BTW I agree with you about use of antipsychotics to treat insomnia. One friend recomends mirtazepine but it still has the pantry emptying problem.