Quote Originally Posted by Barbara View Post
Like all addictive substances, benzos foster tolerance, which in turn requires you to take more drug for the same effect; upping the dose accelerates dependence, and that way addiction lies.
So true. And the addiction, despite of all they say in the leaflets, may happen much faster than "two weeks". What is even more scary, though, I remember at some point, my doctor prescribed me this drug called "Stilnox" (Zolpidem). This was.... wow. Just wow. The most bizzare and perfidious stuff there is. As incredible as it may sound, this drug started working unbelievably fast. Believe it or not, you started to feel much better in under 2-3 minutes.

While writing this post, I checked the very first result in Google for "Stilnox + forum"; here is what the first three posters say;

1. "It works really fast. I take it just before going to sleep. Often don't remember what I did after taking it."

2. "Works very fast, though not for long. I'm writing stupid e-mails after it to everybody around".

3. "I always act bizzarely afterwards. Talking nonsense and babbling."

Oh, my...