Dear Linda, Please forgive me for taking so long to get back to you. A difference exists between treating symptoms and doing the long term deep psychological work for solid recovery. Of course you want solid recovery. But sometimes the symptoms are dangerous and need to be addressed so long term work can proceed. Whether you use sleep meds or not, eventually you will need to address the fears that disrupt your healthy sleep patterns. Sleep deprivation only adds more power to the eating disorder. You need to find ways to add more power to your healing. Your question is so important that I'm writing a blog post going into a bit more detail. Thank you for writing, and please write again. Let us know how you are doing. Joanna