Like jimi said one argument you could use is that Lunesta is also addictive and only meant for short term use.

I take Klonopin for anxiety. It took me a year of begging to get it. First they said take this muscle relaxer but only take one as needed. well the problem was I had to take three before it would even touch the anxiety. so i told this pdoc this (not my regular pdoc he was off) and she say oh you are abusing them no more muscle relaxers. so she gives my hydroxyzines an antihistamine. didn't do ****. I have taken my share of nyquil and it works better than that but not for anxiety.

So finally after a year of begging by pdoc gave me klonopin and went against his bosses total anti benzo policy. My anxiety was horrible and klonipin has totally knocked it out. I take .5 mg in the morning and he said take .5 mg at night to help with sleep because I have major sleep issues to. I have not had to up my dose so far.

What they gave me for sleep along time ago and what has really helped the most is Remeron. It is an AD but I take it only for sleep. It works good. I only get 4 hours of good sleep out of it and then I start waking up again but four hours is four hours. Some people say it makes them feel hung over in the morning. Not me though.

The other one they use is trazadone. I have taken it on and off over the years. It will knock you *** out in 15 minutes which I didn't like. i only got four hours out of it.

I don't know what you diagnosis is or if they would give you remeron or trazadone they are both AD's.

You could try tylenol PM which is just an anti histamine. I don't really like taking it.

So I take benzo's for anxiety and I am a recovering addict so it is risky. I could not handle the anxiety though and finally went in there and told them it was unethical to not give me something we both know will work and he knew I was talking benzo's so I walked out with klonopin. I pray to god they won't cut me off because it works sooooo good. For sleep it might take a lot higher dose and may be riskier. i would suggest Remeron

Or you could rub some lavender oil all over yourself and put on relaxing music and meditate and practice your relaxation techniques.......lol
oh and add some chamomile tea and melatonin. j/k