Zopiclone was not acceptable and the only sleeping medication acceptable to the CAA now was Temazepam.
Whin a year? Almost unbelievable!
It a way I wish that I had simply tagged onto this very constructive thread, rather than start another. ( "Dangers of Temazepam and Valium.") But I knew that I would be opening a can of worms for myself and thus would not making an impartial or totally constructive post as a result. Best that it was kept to one side.
As I wrote my comments I realised that I was holding back hugely–it was much, much worse than my description of the reaction implies: and I had taken very little. The next day the memories of that time 35 years ago, rolled around in my head all day.
The main point that I was trying to make was, that while I was affected, who was I? Certainly a man that could turn out a virtuoso performance in a simulator...but who would be making that crucial decision on a dark and stormy night? Someone that had a uncrushable ego, and could see no danger? Or indeed, that would fly into a rage?...I hope not.
The longer term affects are subtle; there is no big switch that turns them off completely.
In the PDR adverse reactions that I tagged on the end, Temazepam comes out by far and away the worst, though I personally was less affected by this.
Since modern technology has allowed researchers to find traces of LSD in people from the ‘70s, the times or ‘half-life time' that these types of drugs linger, has been highly speculative, and I believe that the time Temazepam takes to loose its MORE OBVIOUS symptoms, has been known about for several years.
The folk that have a working lifetime of disrupted sleep patterns, are without question a special case. When lives can be lost due to weeks of tiredness, there should be immediate action. The law fails the public time and time again on issues like this.