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toomuchpain

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i know i have social anxiety, and i take valium, i took 10mg before going to a hockey game, and i dont know if i was having panic attacks but the place was PACKED, and my heart was racing, felt way too uncomfortable, and feeling that way during the whole game my chest just felt like pounding...should i bring up a different benzo for my anxiety? talk to my dr and ask him if its a good idea, because the valium didnt have any effect, and i couldnt enjoy the game as much...it sucks
 
definitely mention it to your doc, if you are taking the stuff and it is having no effect by then.

are you seeing any sort of therapist?

i get agoraphobic to the point that i can not even consider going in a store or sit in a car lol. klonopin smashed the feeling, it was great, but it did come back, and i did start drinking, annnd that lead to my quitting drinking, heh but, i felt i had to hurt as many people as i could emotionally before stopping.

the feeling of agoraphobia left, but i still had a lot of rewiring to do lol.

idk, for me while that fear is happening, while im in public in that state there is a lot going through my mind - and i do not like most of it, or agree, but its there, the thoughts and the overwhelming feelings they bring. do you know what im talking about? do you have a way to gather, sort, process, manage and separate your thoughts and feelings during a moment like that?

your doc probably is expecting to raise your dose :\ but you should really see some one also. understanding what is happening is important, the valium should only aid in allowing the space or time to take every thing in around you at a reasonable rate. hopefully some sort of therapy could be arranged if you arent going already, you can decide who you want to see, it can become entertaining meeting and 'interviewing' therapists, counselors, and psychologists. everyone of them has a quirk, specialty, or selling point, same as you and i.

everyone else goes about in this world, but they are in their own world, and their own lives, and pains, things they do to bring them happiness. it can be hard to tolerate everyday, and everyone, or even yourself - but you can - and its best to understand yourself, before shutting yourself off from yourself even, with drugs.
 
i have panic attacks and if i don't have my meds i am practically housebound. it's horrible.

definately let your dr. know if you feel the valium isn't helping, and i second seeing a therapist... meds alone are just a band aid cure... need to work out what's causing the panic...

panic/anxiety is fucking awful. i feel for ya dude.
 
toomuchpain-
I agree with Pip and moonshadow...... Talk to your Dr.
I don't get very good results with Valium either....
(Besides ike 15 minutes of feeling highish and then the anxiety comes back?!? Weird)
I know how much it can get you down when you just want to go out and have a little fun but instead wind up feeling like you'll die at any moment! Not so fun!
<3
Let us know what you decide to do and what helps !!
 
Yeah, I would suggest a stronger but shorter acting benzo personally....but ok it with your doctor of course.

He will probably try to put you on other meds....which have their own pros and cons...I personally dont want to be on anything daily thats going to alter my personality if my panic attacks are rare and mostly under control, which is why I like benzos for their immediate short term use....but if your panic attacks are constant its worth considering.


I think valium is more for a chronic condition due to its long half life. Xanax and Lorazapam are better for panic attacks in public...They are more potent and faster acting.
 
i guess i should talk to him sooner than later...ill leave a message for him to call me, hopefully next week
 
xanax would be way more effective in the situation you described, I remember I tried to battle my panic attacks with valium for awhile but it didn't really work. That's when my dr. prescribed xanax which worked great but I became dependent on it which worked against me in the long term, but it did allow me to live normally during a time when I was getting horrible panic attacks almost daily.

I agree with the above posters who suggested some kind of counseling, I wish I would have done that instead of getting a xanax habit. Some kind of Therapy and Xanax used only when you absolutely need it would probably help alot.

I later learned that alot of my panic attacks were directly related to my excessive drinking and pot smoking coupled with the beginning of my experiences with opiate withdrawal, but it took me years to put two and two together and I'm still prescribed benzos daily, I did manage to quit weed for the most part and alcohol and I feel better overall, but the sooner you can address these issues the better. Best of luck to you, I know the living hell that anxiety/panic disorder can be and I wouldn't wish it upon anyone.
 
I've heard good things about certain tricyclic anti-depressants used in conjunction with benzo's for acute situations. Chlorimpiramine and Doxepin come to mind, but I may off there, if you dig, you'll find the ones.
 
valium is generally prescribed for GAD. If your anxiety is situational, maybe a shorter-acting but stronger benzo would be the right choice. Just keep in mind that they are addictive and to be used responsibly.
 
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klonopin whooped my agoraphobia, it was an amazing relief; like i never had sex or new what it was even, but oh did i need to get laid! then bingo! ohhh mannnn, that was it.... it seemed cruel i had never been on klonopin or lithium before. 3-6mgs kpin & 1200 lithium a day has kept my schizoeffective at bay.

valium is usually given in much higher doses though, i thought like 60-70-120-mgs, then its established in your system.

im fairly benzo naive, but am very very addicted... annnd, it can be a real terrible hassle depending on your doc to fax in the damn refill request, timely, as i have for years now... boy, it was very slow and wild in walmart today, after teetering with mild doses and partial w/d from that, the lithium strip, and opioids, waiting in line at the pharm,,, bleh.
 
does klonopin really work as well as xanax?

ive taken both in the very beginning stages when i was seeking help, but didnt take them long, i started with xanax which did work extremely well, and then i saw a different pdoc who rxd me klonopin, i was taking prozac as well, and the klonopin didnt seem to work, what i later realized when i was in a mental hospital, they gave me prozac, and about a half hour later i was extremely agitated, so maybe it affected the use of the klonopin when i took it together...

does anybody know of any negative interactions between klonopin and anti psychotics?
 
Klonopin works really well once you build up a steady dose in your blood stream, it took me a couple weeks to stabilize at 1.5mgs of Klonopin per day. Once this happened I found that I didn't need the Xanax anymore, I haven't had any Xanax in a few weeks now and that is the longest I've gone without it for years.

However when it comes to Panic Attacks nothing works better than Xanax when you're in a pinch, at least in my opinion.

So they both work really well just in different ways. Klonopin works better as a long term kind of treatment, Xanax works best in emergency panic situations.
 
Ativan, as suggested is a great benzo for anxiety / panic attack situations. It feels pretty mild, not overly sedating at all. For many it produces a nice physical bodily relaxation feeling as well as calming the mind. It is very short acting and not TOO strong, but stronger than valium. I'd suggest it. Or, if you want to keep on valium ask to higher the dose as 10mg is quite weak. I take clonazepam to prevent anxiety attacks and have only had ONE panic attack while using it (and I hadn't taken it that day...so, that's that). Clonazepam, oppositely, is very LONG lasting. To me it's not sedating at all and just produces a calming feeling. It works wonders for sleep as well, strangely (no waking up at night ! ) .
 
toomuchpain- I think there would be (and I'm nto sure) but I think, it would just produce a more sedating effect. But I would assume that would be the case with any benzo......
Just talk to your Dr. about it- He/She'd know best. <3
 
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