Valium to Phenobarbital Crossover

[janedoe0202]

heres my history

nov 17th 2011 4.0 mg xanax since Nov 2009 2 yrs gradual use.
cut to 3.5 x with 10 mg v (ashton manual)
every two weeks since or so ive cut by .25 or .5
2/25/12 at 1.25 mg x w/ 30 mg v
2/26/12 NO MORE XANAX @ 45 MG PER DAY OF V!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4/8 holding 40mg v...making a cut hopefully to 35 in two weeks
4/20 no weed smokin lol down to 35 mg v, Doctors tomorrow
4/21 *Benzo Free* on high amounts of Phenobarbital (90 MG) to make sure I dont have seziures, trying to check into a rehab.

My questions are, how long am I in risk for seziures from cutting out the valium? How often should I make reductions from the Phenobarb? Is the doseage of Phenobarb given to me too high? I understand that Valium has a very long half life, as of today, being off benzos completley and just the Phenobarb, I feel VERY tired...I slept a whole ten hours...Im beginning to think maybe the doseage is too high? I dont wanna play chess with this though and make stupid decisions that lead me back to Valium...Any info appreciated!

Jane

 

[LeLouche]

Topics like this are better suited for the basic drug discussion forum. Srry I don't know about the valium though .

 

[sekio]

Phenobarbital is an industrial-strength sedative, you're probably feeling sleepy 'cause you're so loaded.

From what I've heard it's equally as effective as an anticonvulsant as valium, just has more side effects like sleepiness, dizziness, uncoordination etc.

That dosage is pretty high, but you should follow it if that's what your doctor prescribed. I assume he's just going to slowly taper the barbs now.
And yeah,this is really BDD material.

 

[effie]

Closing as duplicate thread here already