I would not recommend a benzo for sleep at all. Only for real bad anxiety. The odd behaviors with ambien are real but not everyone gets them. I took ambien for awhile and did not get them. My docs have always given me either Remeron or Trazadone for sleep. They work good. They are antidepressants and as far as I can tell harmless. Most common side effect with Remeron is weight gain. Visteril worked for one week for me and then quit working altogether.