I apologize if I sounded judgmental. I had been given ativan originally for short term anxiety due to an upsetting medical diagnosis. I began relying on it for sleep and it eventually stopped working. I’m addition, my doctors wanted me off it and I began seeing a sleep medicine doctor who also wanted me off it. Benzodiazepines wreak havoc with your nervous system and everything I read about it scared me. They are physically addicting. Mirtazapine at 7.5 mg is used off label for sleep and at that level is not used as an anti depressant. All my doctors are comfortable with my using it long term.
I do disagree with your saying that anything you take everyday is addictive
And if someone is doing well with Ativan, then they should do what works for them. Was not helping me long term.