Hi. I'm a diagnosed Paranoid Schizophrenic. I started using Diazepam as an aid to help me quit Seroquel. It worked very good for that purpose. Helping primarily with sleep, but also relieving alot of the other symptoms associated with Seroquel wihdrawal.
I tapered down from Seroquel, 800mg daily, i think maybe in a matter of two weeks.
Now it's been about 5 months since i quit Seroquel and i'm still taking the Diazepam to get to sleep.
I realize Benzo type of drugs are meant to be used short term and not as a long term solution.
Now I want to quit taking them all together.
The dose i'm currently taking is at 5mg/24h taken aprox at 22 pm every evening.
I've been doing so for about 5 months.
Also using sublingually 2.5mg on occasion when i couldn't sleep, so some days, maybe as high as 7.5 to 10mg in total per 24 H, but for the most part I use 5mg.
I am aware of that this drug has a long half-life and builds up in the bodys tissues.
How do I go about quitting?
Do I need a taper plan at so low of a dosage? or can i just stop cold turkey?
I am familiar with the Ashton manual, but I did not see any plans for such low dosages.
I have a prescription for Quetiapine 25mg which i plan to use as a sleep aid for the withdrawal period, even though it gives a hangover, it provides me with a full night of sleep.
I tapered down from Seroquel, 800mg daily, i think maybe in a matter of two weeks.
Now it's been about 5 months since i quit Seroquel and i'm still taking the Diazepam to get to sleep.
I realize Benzo type of drugs are meant to be used short term and not as a long term solution.
Now I want to quit taking them all together.
The dose i'm currently taking is at 5mg/24h taken aprox at 22 pm every evening.
I've been doing so for about 5 months.
Also using sublingually 2.5mg on occasion when i couldn't sleep, so some days, maybe as high as 7.5 to 10mg in total per 24 H, but for the most part I use 5mg.
I am aware of that this drug has a long half-life and builds up in the bodys tissues.
How do I go about quitting?
Do I need a taper plan at so low of a dosage? or can i just stop cold turkey?
I am familiar with the Ashton manual, but I did not see any plans for such low dosages.
I have a prescription for Quetiapine 25mg which i plan to use as a sleep aid for the withdrawal period, even though it gives a hangover, it provides me with a full night of sleep.