^ Sorry, yes Rx'd means prescribed.
That is ridiculous, warm milk? Did he mistake you for an infant or something?
Doctors are wary about prescribing anything with an addiction possibility, some more so then others. And they tend not to prescribe benzodiazepines long term for sleep.
Temazepam should help, it has a much shorter half-life so will reduce grogginess when you wake up. How much diazepam are you taking at once to sleep? If you have a tolerance the temazepam might not work as well as it should, but you don't want to be constantly increasing your doses either.
ETA: I was talking to a psych doc and mentioned sleeping issues. He must have thought right away I was trying to score a benzodiazepine script because as soon as I finished saying I was having trouble sleeping he quickly said that benzodiazepines are not a long-term sleeping aid (which I already knew). So I said, 'Well what is a long-term sleeping aid? What can I do to help?' And that was a genuine question on my part. He pretty much had no idea, said something about exercise and waiting to see how I went went with my new meds before trying to fix that issue. As if I was going to get by on no sleep for the next few weeks.
I did try exercise, but the problem is that I become completely awake and alert at night, as if my body clock is reversed. So the exercise does tire me, but only to a certain extent. I still recover and then feel as if I should be doing something all night and sleeping during the day.