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I totally went in wrong direction because of me being half a sleep and my meds not working yet. Sorry PHARMATRAIN, one thing I have noticed is that the Valium is longer acting and milder, my doctor who is quite knowledgeable about these things switched me to Valium no problem, no adverse reactions and they are milder but have a good muscle relaxing quality, I would say they are easier to get off, of than most other benzos and As a long time User of Ativan(lorazepam) they are different but do not imprair me when driving at all. They are comforting in a way. They should be much easier like I . Bmention to stop using because of long half life. I do find it odd that they wouldn't switch you , I am on 10mg x3 times a day but could lower it but I am going to die from cirrhosis of the liver if something else doesn't get me first. But yeah the muscle relaxing qualities help me, I am in my later 40's and no impairment at all, just less back pain, I guess all people well over 40 have some pain, a lot of times back, but also My knees, but not in anyway that affects my ability to drive and I feel better on them than Ativan. The bupe thing is kind of scary because although I took morphine er basically 24/7 along with Oxycodone, tolerance builds, but so does withdraws if stopped. I feel as though with gabapentin( careful with this one ) the Valium switch and clonidine it was pretty easy to stop, just used half tablets leading to stopping( a week to two maybe) and with comfort meds off, no problem. A number of people I have chatted with have said how hard getting off bupes( my spelling is bad, so I gotta to use short slang) I was going to get off all meds, but I realized 2 things: 1 I am in pain, just not the way I was when on morphine 2) that although my tests are good and a transplant within a year or death, was wrong 8 years later still alive, when given 1 by other doctors that it (cirrhosis)will kill me. But I will die when ALMIGHTY God says I will die not a doctor. Besides driving to Detroit everyday for 6 months to piss into cup, to be put on the organ donor list wasn't worth it to me. Fuck it let me die, I thought.
The thing I have heard is that tapering the bupes is hard and that jumping off at a low dose is a bitch, but the Valium, gabapentin, and clonidine(off label use of non schedule heart med) might ease the withdrawals, also there is an anti nauseating, I forget the common name but had I not forgotten that would have helped a lot it is Ondansetron by it's technical name but has a common name and I have seen it up to 4mg but usually less, that help a lot because there is no issues as long as it not taken for a real long time everyday, several times a day for months or years, but that too would have helped a lot. I take only 40mg of oxycodone for pain but I get refill tomorrow and have a few extras because I try to keep a schedule( no pun) and don't mess with or ever abuse my meds, Benzos and Bupes( from the reading low respitory issues but wow they are addictive) You should keep trying the switch to Valium because of the less difficulty getting off, of and they are better, from what I have been told as a comfort med, if and when you try to get off of bupes( can't spell wholes name) but article sheds some light on them and the a addictive qualities of them. Best of luck and I hope you can get to where you want to be.
