chrisinabox
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Been tapering down with valium after benzo tolerance started to get too high, just wondering if taking valium sublingual during the taper instead of orally is a good idea or not? I've read that sublingual can last a shorter amount of time, thus making the time between doses harder to endure, and of course taking any pill while on a full stomach reduces the effects as well.
I'm trying to lower my benzo tolerance mainly because I'm also tapering off of suboxone strips (am at 0.25mg per day 1x/day), but want to stay on the benzos, but at low doses, so I can sleep and not suffer as much during the suboxone withdrawal/taper. I am much more mentally addicted to the suboxone and it is harder for me to taper down with than benzo pills, so I figure the suboxone cessation first will help as opposed to the opposite of benzos first, or both at same time (ouch).
I'm on day 8 of the val taper already, been barely getting 3-4 hours sleep per night, and got my val taper down to roughly 20mg (10mg twice per day, second time right before bed so I can sleep), and I believe I am experiencing some real sleep deprivation/depersonalization issues among many other issues, including weird ones like extreme sensitivity to food that I didn't used to be sensitive at all to (very strange to me), so in summary, if I seem like I'm not making sense at some point, that is the reason. But I think I am during writing this post.
Sorry to the mods if this is already a megathread or wrong section.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!
I'm trying to lower my benzo tolerance mainly because I'm also tapering off of suboxone strips (am at 0.25mg per day 1x/day), but want to stay on the benzos, but at low doses, so I can sleep and not suffer as much during the suboxone withdrawal/taper. I am much more mentally addicted to the suboxone and it is harder for me to taper down with than benzo pills, so I figure the suboxone cessation first will help as opposed to the opposite of benzos first, or both at same time (ouch).
I'm on day 8 of the val taper already, been barely getting 3-4 hours sleep per night, and got my val taper down to roughly 20mg (10mg twice per day, second time right before bed so I can sleep), and I believe I am experiencing some real sleep deprivation/depersonalization issues among many other issues, including weird ones like extreme sensitivity to food that I didn't used to be sensitive at all to (very strange to me), so in summary, if I seem like I'm not making sense at some point, that is the reason. But I think I am during writing this post.
Sorry to the mods if this is already a megathread or wrong section.
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!