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Is it possible to get Valium withdraw after only two weeks?

Kurt Cobain

Kurt Cobain

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As the title says I took Valium for two weeks but between each week I had a 2-3 day break off. I was only using the Valium for opiate withdraw and my daily dose wasn't nothing crazy typically 10-20mg per day some days maybe more but damn I randomly feel like im in withdraw again but I've never really been in benzo wd they never really been my thing not truly at least. It basically feels like I'm in beginning stage for opiate wd with a lot more anxiety and restlessness and I don't know why or how I feel like this other than the Valium I cut out after 2 weeks. It's been about 4 days since my last Valium dose.
 
Don't worry, u used middle terapeutic doses and you have to take them much longer to get into WD, especially Valium ( diazepam + metabolites ) should not be problem. Take 5 mg on an empty stomach and u will get more comfortable probably.
 
I don't want to take more even if I could which I can't until the 20th at least. I have kava and one gabapentin left. I thought the same as you but tbh some days I did go up to 40mg but never really got that true benzo feel when I took it. I'm more versed with klonopin and Xanax first time really using Valium besides a couple one off days in the past. I don't get what else it could be I cut out 7oh weeks ago and I just randomly woke up today feeling like I'm back in opi withdraw with a weirder rushier edgier edge. Suppose it could be the kratom extracts I just cut out but I never had an issue with that in the past even with higher purity exyfavys for longer periods of time, I was always just able to go back and maintain on kratom powder itself no issue.
 
I don't want to cause any worsening od your situation, but taking kratom can potentialy re-start your physical opioid addiction.
If u must, just take a very small ammount.
I can advise using available CNS downers like antihistamines, muscle relaxants, immodium. Magnesium and NSAID usually helps me when i feel the kind of discomfort u are feeling now.
 
Kurt Cobain said:
I don't want to take more even if I could which I can't until the 20th at least. I have kava and one gabapentin left. I thought the same as you but tbh some days I did go up to 40mg but never really got that true benzo feel when I took it. I'm more versed with klonopin and Xanax first time really using Valium besides a couple one off days in the past. I don't get what else it could be I cut out 7oh weeks ago and I just randomly woke up today feeling like I'm back in opi withdraw with a weirder rushier edgier edge. Suppose it could be the kratom extracts I just cut out but I never had an issue with that in the past even with higher purity exyfavys for longer periods of time, I was always just able to go back and maintain on kratom powder itself no issue.
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My first thought was that you could be experiencing PAWS. It can take a while for your brain and body to heal.
 
Ya nah I know the ups and downs of opi withdraw but this ain't paws this is mild acutes mixed with anxiety that i don't typically get for what seems to be no apparent reason, other than the Valium that's the only thing that's changed but idk
 
Kurt Cobain said:
Ya nah I know the ups and downs of opi withdraw but this ain't paws this is mild acutes mixed with anxiety that i don't typically get for what seems to be no apparent reason, other than the Valium that's the only thing that's changed but idk
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figured I’d throw it out there just in case.
 
I got one 600mg gaba left took 900mg the past two days and I'm saving the last for work tomorrow if I end up needing it. It's mild but still sucks. Oh I also got kava but really try to be careful with gaba drugs, them type of withdraws scare me and I'm not sure if kava and gabapentin will just prolong the withdraws
 
pixies+ said:
figured I’d throw it out there just in case.
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Nah I hear ya and still appreciate the input but I'm getting physical symptoms so far it's been like a mild opi wd but with more anxiety and a lot more yawning and watery eyes. I'm just worried if it is Valium wd that it'll only get worse as time goes bc of Valium long half life and I can't be missing work
 
Kurt Cobain said:
Nah I hear ya and still appreciate the input but I'm getting physical symptoms so far it's been like a mild opi wd but with more anxiety and a lot more yawning and watery eyes. I'm just worried if it is Valium wd that it'll only get worse as time goes bc of Valium long half life and I can't be missing work
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I’ve never allowed myself to go through benzo withdrawal.. I’ve been fortunate in that way. I’ve started benzo withdrawal, but it’s never been any form of a full blown type of thing.

The opi withdrawal is something I’m very familiar with. The yawning, watery eyes, and anxiety sounds like opioid withdrawal to me. I understand I’m not you though.

Have you ever thought about black seed oil? It can be very, very helpful.
 
Kurt Cobain said:
I was only using the Valium for opiate withdraw and my daily dose wasn't nothing crazy typically 10-20mg per day
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Just a thought, and maybe not applicable, but could be.

If you were using the Valium for the opiate withdrawal and have now stopped taking opiates, and then have not taken Valium for the last 2 days, what you are feeling is pretty normal and IME/IMO is not withdrawal symptoms from Valium.

The thought of stopping opiates, using a benzo to help with this and now the "project" is completed. Well done, mission accomplished.
With that said we need to fill the gaps in our lives with something the inspires/interests us and something we really look forward to doing as we get rewarded in a psychological way when we partake in whatever activity or action that covers what I am saying in this sentence.

If we do not know what this is going to be, the "emptiness" feeling is what most people would want to eliminate, and the only way we know how to do this is through the use of chemicals.


You have overcome the above ( as far as I understand )....... so I will sum it up quickly below from my perspective..

NO, you will not get withdrawals from Valium in the way you had been taking them.
I think you might be longing for the opiates and maybe feeling guilty swinging that longing over to the Valium.... then thinking that why should I need to take these anymore because they did their job for what they were intended for.


What you are feeling now is how are you going to enjoy life in the future, and can you enjoy life without the use of chemicals.
This could be the 'withdrawal" feeling your are experiencing. It can manifest as physical uneasiness too.

If you know what makes you happy, and it is in reach, grab onto what makes you happy.
Never let go, no matter what the cost.

If we can do this, then good things should start happening.

Good luck and stay strong and well done for coming off opiates if that has been achieved.

"Rome wasn't built in a day" - cringe example, but if there are no more opiates in your system and the Valium helped with this. Then by moving forward (one day at time) and sticking to trying to do the things that make you happy and feel good will build your own "Rome" and also not in "one day", but it is getting built and you are the owner.
 
Shinji Ikari said:
Could be rebound anxiety? Especially if you have naturally high baseline levels of anxiety. I never take benzos for more than a few days on the trot but even with that it can be rough for a few days after stopping them.
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yeah, I am not even sure where is the line between "rebound" and "withdrawals" but most important is to recognize that people who are most unlucky (regarding their response to BZDs) can suffer some symptoms upon cessation of even short course of benzos. But IT WILL PASS and gabapentin only increases production of gaba by enzymatic processes (and other stuff that calms down your nerves), it has not got so direct mechanism of action, so you can safely take a short course of gabapentin if it makes you feel better and it will not prolong suffering. You need to take gabapentin for a while to suffer any withdrawals of it, but you may suffer short depression episode after you run out, but that is not serious. I have NEVER suffered any withdrawals of gabapentinoids but I recognize acute mild depression syndrome that happens sometimes if I have been taking the stuff for few days.

If you have been off diazepam for day or two already, I recommend that you DO NOT get back on it if not absolutely necessary for your work stuff. Because after few days off short course of diazepam, you are most probably already more than halfway over the recovery-it is faster process if you haven't took stuff longer than that, even if some symptoms were very prominent for a short while. I talked with my neighbour who was also "bad responder" and it took them three weeks to recover of three weeks of diazepam use, but most probably, you are over it faster than that.
 
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What opioid are you in the process of quitting? Is it Kratom (or kratom extracts?). I've gotten addicted to kratom and quit a number of time. I find that the acute phase of Kratom withdrawal is around 4 weeks. The first 2 weeks or so are mainly physical symptoms with a little bit of mental symptoms like depression and maybe anxiety. During and after week 2 I find that the physical symptoms start subsiding but the mental symptoms take a drastic spike upwards. Deep depression and horrible anxiety to the point of panic sometimes. The anxiety caused by kratom withdrawal can feel similar to benzo withdrawal.

If you have been physically addicted to benzos in the past then I'd be cautious about the kindling effect. If you're not familiar, the kindling effect basically means that when you become physically dependent on a substance, you get addicted to it quicker in the future. Each time that you become physically dependent and then quit, the easier you become addicted in the future. It can get to the point where you can get some withdrawal symptoms off of a dose or two if you've been addicted to something enough times. So just be cautious with the valium and try to take breaks and keep it to the lowest dose that you can.
 
Hey there

Slightly off topic but unless I missed it and of I did sorry but what opioid and at what dosages and period off use did you decide to get of, read something about 7oh, which I'm not versed in so, but even with all that said

Like most have mentioned if you only used diazepam and not crazy doses and not longer then 21 days, you should be good, maybe some rebound anxiety.

But it's the opiate I'm worried about as paws has not been factored in as it will happen, even if it's just lightly, in my exp with myself and other ppl any opioid will give paws in some way or form. So what you might the future think is a benzo wd might be paws, get where I'm.going with this.

Wish you all the best.
 
Pissed_and_messed said:
yeah, I am not even sure where is the line between "rebound" and "withdrawals" but most important is to recognize that people who are most unlucky (regarding their response to BZDs) can suffer some symptoms upon cessation of even short course of benzos. But IT WILL PASS and gabapentin only increases production of gaba by enzymatic processes (and other stuff that calms down your nerves), it has not got so direct mechanism of action, so you can safely take a short course of gabapentin if it makes you feel better and it will not prolong suffering. You need to take gabapentin for a while to suffer any withdrawals of it, but you may suffer short depression episode after you run out, but that is not serious. I have NEVER suffered any withdrawals of gabapentinoids but I recognize acute mild depression syndrome that happens sometimes if I have been taking the stuff for few days.

If you have been off diazepam for day or two already, I recommend that you DO NOT get back on it if not absolutely necessary for your work stuff. Because after few days off short course of diazepam, you are most probably already more than halfway over the recovery-it is faster process if you haven't took stuff longer than that, even if some symptoms were very prominent for a short while. I talked with my neighbour who was also "bad responder" and it took them three weeks to recover of three weeks of diazepam use, but most probably, you are over it faster than that.
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I'm about five days off of Diaz and ya i don't plan on going back on it, I respect and fear benzos so I try to keep it smart with them and remain disciplined. I'm definetly feeling withdrawals though border line shitting myself at work currently. I had one 600mg gaba left and just took the other half and I have kava after that but idk it's a long acting benzo won't I have withdrawals for awhile? I also did kava and gabapentin for a week before staring the Diaz when I actually kicked the opiates.
 
Kurt Cobain said:
I'm about five days off of Diaz and ya i don't plan on going back on it, I respect and fear benzos so I try to keep it smart with them and remain disciplined. I'm definetly feeling withdrawals though border line shitting myself at work currently. I had one 600mg gaba left and just took the other half and I have kava after that but idk it's a long acting benzo won't I have withdrawals for awhile? I also did kava and gabapentin for a week before staring the Diaz when I actually kicked the opiates.
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I do NOT want to prolong it so if kava is going to prolong it please lmk I know they both down regulate gaba but are they different enough that kava itself won't just prolong it
 
Kurt Cobain said:
idk it's a long acting benzo won't I have withdrawals for awhile
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diazepam pharmakokinetics make it so that it gets absorbed to tissues rapidly so good while after last dose, there is still most of diazepam and its metabolites in the system, but most of it is not interacting with receptors actively. So this makes it a bit difficult to predict the course of cessation symptoms. It might get a bit harder yet at some point, but probably not much.

It might also be that you are fairly normal responder to diazepam and what you are experiencing is moreso PAWS or something. :Sherlock:
 
Pissed_and_messed said:
diazepam pharmakokinetics make it so that it gets absorbed to tissues rapidly so good while after last dose, there is still most of diazepam and its metabolites in the system, but most of it is not interacting with receptors actively. So this makes it a bit difficult to predict the course of cessation symptoms. It might get a bit harder yet at some point, but probably not much.

It might also be that you are fairly normal responder to diazepam and what you are experiencing is moreso PAWS or something. :Sherlock:
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It's def not paws I'm shitting, hot and cold flashes, dizzy, watery eyes and yawning the whole shebang. It is minor but is currently making enough issues for me at work. Started feeling off on the third day of cessation so I imagine it is the diazapam but minor compared to full blown benzo wd, just an annoyance and I'm not too versed when it comes to benzo wd
 
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