Answer: You are right. If you have been taking sedatives for a long time you should not stop your therapy abruptly.With a help from your doctor the dose of medication should be lowered slowly and eventually discontinued. The reason for this is that some sedatives cause physical or psychological dependence, another words you are addicted to them to some degree.Anyways, you should not be taking sedatives for a very long time. Try to stop slowly whatever you are taking and in the meanwhile start to implement safer and healthier ways to get rid of your insomnia problems.