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Benzo Tolerance -- When Will It Drop?

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Michael_25

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I've been on diazepam for 2.5 years now. I don't feel anything under 100mg. I remember when I started taking them, 15mg gave me a warm, disinhibited feeling. I no longer get that. My question is this: How many weeks should I give a break from taking them in order to regain that warm, disinhibited feeling? :?
 
WHOOAAAA SLOW DOWN!! Before you take a break, it seems at that length of time and at those levels of dosage you probably have a physical benzodiazepine dependence which if you stop abruptly you risk SEVERE withdrawals that could lead to seizures and possibly death!!! IMO (and I'm not a DR or anything of the sort, just a very educated drug user) your DR having you on so much diazepine instead of switching you to a longer lasting benzo or an anti-depressant that also acts as an anti-anxiety agent (I have bad social anxiety and had anxiety attacks before I went to sleep for some odd reason then I started taking an SSRI - citalopram/celexa - and I have had maybe 2 anxiety attacks in the past year) is a common malpractice (just my opinion), so many Doctors dish out benzodiazepines instead of more beneficial drugs, but I digress.

TALK TO YOUR DOCTOR ABOUT THIS CONCERN BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING, PLEASE!! Your life could depend on it!!! Your Doc could put you on a taper schedule to get you off your benzos and then you can take your time off to get your tolerance down or you can ask to switch to a strong/longer lasting benzo... first one that comes to mine is Klonopin (clonazapam) but there are a myriad amount of benzos your Doc could switch you to that I am sure could help you out.

But most importantly DO NOT STOP LONG BENZO USAGE ABRUPTLY!!!
 
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Benzos are not like opiates, where you can try to just stop for a month or 2 to try to get your tolerance down........benzos can be the kiss of death if not properly managed........I'm assuming you were taking Valium as a recreational drug & not prescribed by your doctor.

As the guy above me stated.......you just can't abruptly stop using benzos, especially with a 100mg habit a day. You have to taper down........you can do it yourself, just do a lot of reading either by searching on this site on how to taper down or use Google search.

As far as wanting to feel a warm with no inhibition high.......try finding another drug if that is what you are using Valium for .........
 
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