At the moment I'm cutting down. I take them every night. I think they would ''work'' if taken as needed. I used to usually take either temazepam (20mg) without diazepam for sleep, or if I couldn't sleep still, I took diazepam as well. I find piriton (which can be bought otc) helpful, it possibly ''augments'' the diazepam or temazepam. That's just me though. It's also prescribe for me (skin allergies and hay fever)