Hello! I am in Spain at the moment and went to the doctor yesterday whom prescribed me bromazepam 1.5 mg for flight anxiety. He did not tell me much about it at all and I am therefor here to ask you with knowledge about benzos some questions.
Will one tablet (1,5mg be enough for me?). How long before my flight should I eat this medication?
I have only tried 15mg oxazepam twice for fear of flying so I don't have any tolerance to benzos.
Thank you in advance.
To my knowledge Bromazepam is only available in 3mg and 6mg tablets..
I think 6mg of Bromazepam is equivalent to around 10mg of Diazepam. With no tolerance this should help. Maybe take the Bromazepam an hour before your flight and then maybe a beer or 2 should help knock you out if that is what you require..
You're are probably very different to me, but please be aware, this is exactly how my Benzo addiction/hell began. Back in April 2009 I went to my G.P as I had a phobia of flying, she prescribed me 8x2mg Diazepam for both my flights (Outward & Return) I did some research and came to the conclusion that this would not be enough, so purchased more. For the next 6 Months I would use 10mg of Diazepam every Sunday night to help me sleep, which worked great, with no rise in tolerance. Then, I also discovered Alprazolam, so for short haul flights, I would take maybe 2-3mg Alprazolam, and for long haul flights I would take 40mg Diazepam. Both of which would knock me out cold!
Fast forward a Year and I would be bingeing on 100's of mg's of Alprazolam or 1000's of mg's of Diazepam or whatever Benzo I could get my hands on.
I'm what you would probably consider an 'extreme case'. It's now over 6 Years after this, and my fear of flying has receeded slightly, yet I still occasionally use either Diazepam/Temazepam/Alprazolam and/or Baclofen/Pregabalin to help with my Anxiety & Insomnia.
I won't try to put you at ease with statistics about how safe flying actually is (Which actually prove it is almost unbelievably safe!) I think you're actually more likely to be struck by lightning. Anyway, as I understand what it's like to have a phobia of flying, no amount of reassurance will put you at ease.
Safe travels.
