Hi, Thank you for reading this.
I've used heroin for 3 months (smoked) and im over a month clean now.
But I've also been tapering off of 40mg Diazepam (10 - 10 - 20) and im now at 25 mg ( 2.5- 2.5 - 20), I've reduced by 5 mg (daily dose first). Now I don't know where to reduce next. The night dose by 5 mg a week until 10mg is reached and then reduce by 2.5mg?
Another issue is that in 20 days I'll get more diazepam. I have 40 10mg tablets left. I'm anxious about having to taper quicker... If I reduce by 5 until 10 night dose it'll take 2 weeks so 250 mg is taken in that time... Actually.. Im not able to concentrate well and make stupid mistakes but those seem to be enough tablets until my appointment but not enough for the whole taper...
Do you think I can use the 400mg I have to taper down to zero from 25mg a day? Or would that be too fast? I'm not sure I'll even get Diazepam from my new psychiatrist (my old one sort of kicked me out cause I didn't tell him about my addiction)... I'm scared of the withdrawals... And I still have some opiate withdrawal, less every day but very present. BTW I've used benzodiazepines for about 3 months.
Im hoping the 400mg can be enough to quit completely... I've failed to calculate it correctly multiple times in my state of mind. I also take my nightly dose and try to sleep (and feel sleepy) but can't fall asleep so I stay awake until like 4 am when I'm just naturally tired but the diazepam has worn off... Then I wake up at 1pm... I can't seem to fix my sleep rhythm but I can live with that if it means I can completely quit safely with the pills I have.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
I've used heroin for 3 months (smoked) and im over a month clean now.
But I've also been tapering off of 40mg Diazepam (10 - 10 - 20) and im now at 25 mg ( 2.5- 2.5 - 20), I've reduced by 5 mg (daily dose first). Now I don't know where to reduce next. The night dose by 5 mg a week until 10mg is reached and then reduce by 2.5mg?
Another issue is that in 20 days I'll get more diazepam. I have 40 10mg tablets left. I'm anxious about having to taper quicker... If I reduce by 5 until 10 night dose it'll take 2 weeks so 250 mg is taken in that time... Actually.. Im not able to concentrate well and make stupid mistakes but those seem to be enough tablets until my appointment but not enough for the whole taper...
Do you think I can use the 400mg I have to taper down to zero from 25mg a day? Or would that be too fast? I'm not sure I'll even get Diazepam from my new psychiatrist (my old one sort of kicked me out cause I didn't tell him about my addiction)... I'm scared of the withdrawals... And I still have some opiate withdrawal, less every day but very present. BTW I've used benzodiazepines for about 3 months.
Im hoping the 400mg can be enough to quit completely... I've failed to calculate it correctly multiple times in my state of mind. I also take my nightly dose and try to sleep (and feel sleepy) but can't fall asleep so I stay awake until like 4 am when I'm just naturally tired but the diazepam has worn off... Then I wake up at 1pm... I can't seem to fix my sleep rhythm but I can live with that if it means I can completely quit safely with the pills I have.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!