It's not herbal but for a while I was on a pill called Vistaril which I basically took as needed the same way I take Zanax. I think it's technically an anti-histamine. I'm pretty sure it's not physically addictive and I have a hard time imagining it being psychologically addictive. I know an addict can get hooked on just about anything but this pill doesn't really make you happy it just sort of made me neutral. I would take one when I was worked up and could then look at my problems in a detached objective way. It wasn't much good for escaping.