Benzos I am addicted to valium and need help

[What was it?]

I never thought this would happen. I got a pack of 50 valiums from my doc for anxiety. Kicked it off with 10mg, then took it every other day due to relationship problems. I had one big bender 2 week ago, 50mgs in a night. Since then it takes anywhere between 2-4 days until I get anxiety and WDs....I know what anxiety is like and this is more like WDs. The only drug I have ever been physically addicted to is cigarettes.....I have no idea how i got into this mess so fast, only 4 weeks.
I have taken all kinds of drugs and love opioids like morphine and heroin but have never ever even got close to being addicted for 15 yrs of use, but valium is excrutiating. It is really taking my soul. Today I sat at work and could not function. this evening I am nervous as hell and have had to tell myself for 6 hours not to take the valium.....pls somebody help....what can I do?

The WD's come in waves....like nervousness....tingly skin....a bit like adrenaline.

It's terrible........

...and it is terrible to have to admit being addicted. I am scared.

 

[lemongaga]

i been takin too many valiums lately. not enough to make me withdrawal...but enough that reading your post i'm gonna stop right NOW. that's scary as hell. i hope somebody with knowledge and advice replies to your post soon!!!!!! it's a known fact benzo withdrawal is fuckin hellllll

 

[fivelinefury]

^Hey m8s. Yep, benzo withdrawal can be hell and dangerous. Please be carefull and don't stop taking diazepam suddenly. Talk to your doctor asap about a tapering schedulle to get off it, or down to your perscribed dose as slow as possible. You most likely may already know all this about tapering, but I've been through years of hell from all different benzos. Have been addicted to valium for 6 years now (for a year or 2 in the end I was taking 100-150mg daily only to be able to function), and now after 13 months of proper tapering, I am now down to 12.5mg daily. But yeah, the worse of the withdrawals for around 1 year were absolute hell.

 

[NotQuiteAnonymous]

Can you split the pill in 1/2 or 1/4 and take a piece when you feel you need it instead of a whole pill?

 

[slowpoke1967]

i gotta feel sorry for people getting WD from low doses (low to me) i used to always get a hundred at a time and eat them like candy and never had a problem when i ran out i just waited till i could get more and only took them for mind reliefe or because i was hurting ,on average i would take about 20 10s a day.
I have never had WD till i was put on benzos for along time .like now if i quit what i take i think i would die.
at the least be confident that at the lower end of the scale the WD arent going to kill you .
Mild disscomfort and uneasyness but not killing pain and such that youve probably herd of.
just taper .you can do it on yer owne easy enough or like mentioned see a doc to tell you how to taper .
Some people realy need a doc to tell them simply because its easier for them to listen to the doc....

 

[CbRoXiDe]

Yeah like people have been saying, just try to taper down as much as possible. Maybe start going down like 5mg by snapping the pill in half for a week/two weeks, then try 2.5 by putting the pill in a quarter and keep doing that. You'll still prolly have some WD's when you finally stop but should be pretty easy. You can do it mate, just stick with a taper and you'll be fine. BL is here for you, help and support. Good luck fella .

 

[fivelinefury]

i gotta feel sorry for people getting WD from low doses (low to me) i used to always get a hundred at a time and eat them like candy and never had a problem when i ran out i just waited till i could get more and only took them for mind reliefe or because i was hurting ,on average i would take about 20 10s a day.

Yeah I used to get this too man. I can eat through any number of benzos (100 or something) over say no longer than 5 days and I wont get WDs. But any longer than a week or 2 for me ends up hell. Theres no point me using any more than my 12.5mg diazepam daily anymore now though. I'm at the point where I don't feel anything cept for negative effects and being sick if I take bigger doses.

 

[JamtasticX]

Yeah I used to get this too man. I can eat through any number of benzos (100 or something) over say no longer than 5 days and I wont get WDs. But any longer than a week or 2 for me ends up hell. Theres no point me using any more than my 12.5mg diazepam daily anymore now though. I'm at the point where I don't feel anything cept for negative effects and being sick if I take bigger doses.

yea, I go through 70+ mg of kpins in a few days, then wait to get a new script. The key to not having withdrawals in the duration, not the quanity

 

[Call Me"PRIEST"]

just like everyone says.....benzo withdrael can be serious. it's one of 2 types of WD that you can die from.
your best plan of action is talk to a doctor and be honest with him. the dr will be able to prescribe you enough pills to help you reduce your dossage and do a proper taper. you must stick to the taper program as best you can. if done right you will have minimal discomfort.
i feel for you because i went through a bad benzo habit WD about 1 year ago. i got the same thing.....it would come in waves of panic. you could feel your nerves starting to fire up and the sweats that came with it. horrible.......i hope you get some help from a doctor.

 

[SlaminJamin]

are you sure its WDS? I didnt know you could become pys dependent on 50 valuims

 

[Amberthefrog]

Just to clarify, do you mean you started with 50 pills and have since got more or not? As the above person said, it seems unlikely you are experiencing physical withdrawals, possibly psychosomatic; perhaps because you've experience a frequent and effective relief from anxiety, that same anxiety now seems worse?

it's one of 2 types of WD that you can die from.

I think it's probably true to say that physical dependence on any drug, which primarily acts by positive allosteric modulation of GABA-A, can cause potentially lethal withdrawals. E.g. I'm pretty certain barbiturate withdrawal can be fatal and I assume zolpidem could too, though you would probably need some wigged out Ambiem habbit for things to get that bad.

 

[fivelinefury]

Slow and steady taper is the only way. Too fast most defanitely will lead to "failure", so to speak, either from starting to use to much again, or having a seizure, etc.

 

[Call Me"PRIEST"]

I think it's probably true to say that physical dependence on any drug, which primarily acts by positive allosteric modulation of GABA-A, can cause potentially lethal withdrawals. E.g. I'm pretty certain barbiturate withdrawal can be fatal and I assume zolpidem could too, though you would probably need some wigged out Ambiem habbit for things to get that bad.

i believe that zolpidem falls into the same catagory as benzos....even though it is not a benzo. and aren't benzos classified in the barbituate catagory?
the reason that benzo and alcohol withdrawls can be fatal is that they can lead to seizures in the patient.

 

[REB Wisdom]

Personally Valium does nothing to me. I could take 50mg and seriously get no effect... tho I'd like to know what people enjoy in Valium...

 

[What was it?]

^Hey m8s. Yep, benzo withdrawal can be hell and dangerous. Please be carefull and don't stop taking diazepam suddenly. Talk to your doctor asap about a tapering schedulle to get off it, or down to your perscribed dose as slow as possible. You most likely may already know all this about tapering, but I've been through years of hell from all different benzos. Have been addicted to valium for 6 years now (for a year or 2 in the end I was taking 100-150mg daily only to be able to function), and now after 13 months of proper tapering, I am now down to 12.5mg daily. But yeah, the worse of the withdrawals for around 1 year were absolute hell.

wow this sounds like hell - I have just knuckled down and toughed it out the last 2 days. Had somebody to give me good company...but it wasn't easy. i think my withdrawals were only light as they are going away-at the time it was intense.

Everybody be aware of benzos!!! They are just not worth taking!!!

 

[What was it?]

Just to clarify, do you mean you started with 50 pills and have since got more or not? As the above person said, it seems unlikely you are experiencing physical withdrawals, possibly psychosomatic; perhaps because you've experience a frequent and effective relief from anxiety, that same anxiety now seems worse?



I think it's probably true to say that physical dependence on any drug, which primarily acts by positive allosteric modulation of GABA-A, can cause potentially lethal withdrawals. E.g. I'm pretty certain barbiturate withdrawal can be fatal and I assume zolpidem could too, though you would probably need some wigged out Ambiem habbit for things to get that bad.

I am starting to thin it was more psychosomtaic too...slowly getting better, but anxiety now does creep up more easily than before i took the valiums.....but i dont wanna go back to that. It just makes it worse when you stop.

 

[slowpoke1967]

i do agree that if you dont need benzos then definatly dont become dependant on them but in my case if i did not have them i would suffer chronic anxiety attacks and useing temazepams with my seroquels is the only way i can get any sleep at all even though its ussualy only about 3 hours at a time.
I take 8 mg of restorils for my anxiety ,i cant picture a life without them.
The key is to not abuse them which i do when i first get my script then i take them as needed.....
benzos have definatly saved my way of life ,i can now function and get sleep ....

 

[Cface]

Are you quitting cold turkey or tapering down?

I been through benzo w/d's, far worse than opiate w/d's. One thing i learned is if you become physically dependent to benzos you MUST taper down. I quit cold turkey, i was withdrawaling for atleast a month and having seizures. You should plan on tapering down your dose over the course of a month or so...

 

[What was it?]

Are you quitting cold turkey or tapering down?

I been through benzo w/d's, far worse than opiate w/d's. One thing i learned is if you become physically dependent to benzos you MUST taper down. I quit cold turkey, i was withdrawaling for atleast a month and having seizures. You should plan on tapering down your dose over the course of a month or so...

I seem to not have been Physically dependant - Its been 10 days since the last diazepam and I am starting to feel better. Hope this lasts.

 

[Sosomafied]

i gotta feel sorry for people getting WD from low doses (low to me) i used to always get a hundred at a time and eat them like candy and never had a problem when i ran out i just waited till i could get more and only took them for mind reliefe or because i was hurting ,on average i would take about 20 10s a day.
I have never had WD till i was put on benzos for along time .like now if i quit what i take i think i would die.
at the least be confident that at the lower end of the scale the WD arent going to kill you .
Mild disscomfort and uneasyness but not killing pain and such that youve probably herd of.
just taper .you can do it on yer owne easy enough or like mentioned see a doc to tell you how to taper .
Some people realy need a doc to tell them simply because its easier for them to listen to the doc....

Lol...smdh! @ eating like candy for your anxiety, pains, etc.. nah bro, that's called wanting to get high..aka Recreational use. Be for real my man. Nobody is going to hurt you because of the truth..