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Benzos Weening of Valium (what about panic attacks dosages?)

SincereSoul

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Age 28
Valium: 5 years at around 10 - 30mg (depending, usually around 20mg
Vicodin: 2 years - 20mg (started to abuse them so weened off - 5days free now)

Quick question:

Thanks so much for your advice. I've indeed been taking it slow. But my anxiety is still going up and down... and my question is 'is it okay to sometimes take more while weaning for those REALLY difficult times when it's just nothing but haze and/or we're concerned about our heart rate or blood pressure?

There's so many negative side affects to coming off of valium...

The last thing I want to do is wean to quick and also the idea of having to some days take more while trying to wean only seems like I'm fighting an up-hill battle

To my thoughts, I attribute the additional anxiety to the fact that I was on vicodin (abusing it a little towards the end) for a couple/few years and I came off of it in about a month - this being my fifth day without any dosage of Vicodin. But this morning I had so much darn anxiety I had to take a full 10mg of valium instead of my morning (new plan of taking 5mg).

Is this a bad idea or should I begin looking for alternatives or do you guys who have been through this see this as a given - due to my circumstances of possible vicodin withdrawal and a hella lot of stress going on in my life?

I REALLY want to beat this but the doctors have me scared telling me that it's like having diabetes and that once you're on something like valium you only get more addicted, etc.. they really have a way of scaring the hell out of us dont they!!!

The thing that scares me the most is that my heart rate will often jump up a bit and even my blood pressure. Other than that, my digestive track has been back and forth from solid to... well you know!

I just want to make sure I'm doing everything I can.

ALSO: I looked into the plan of reducing by 1mg a day until weaned off but again, what about the break through anxieties that happen? Is it back pedaling to take an extra dose instead of staying in a state of high anxiety?!!

Thanks again everyone!
 
it's back pedaling a little bit, it won't kill you, but it's not advisable either to be doing that often. will mess with your taper. have you looked at the ashton taper schedules? also, you can hold at the same dose for a while if you need to, especially if you're going through opiate withdrawal.
 
Stay away from caffeine, not sure if you drink coffee or highly caffeinated beverages, but they increase anxiety.
After 5 years of being prescribed xanax, I recently switched to valium. I am prescribed 5mg 2x daily. After the first two weeks, I was able to only take 1 if I was able to wait until 1 in the afternoon, but would def need 2 the following day (usually 1 at 10am, 1 at 5pm). Now I take 5mg at 10am, and then take a half pill around 5. So I decreased my dose to a total of 7.5mg daily. In 2 weeks I am getting the 2mg pills, 3x daily.
Just trying to give you some hope.
Also drinking white grapefruit juice will help potentiate valium which can make its effects last longer without you having to redose.
 
I can certainly relate to your question, since I have taken some extra here and there and it wont kill you, but the trouble is, for me some extra here and there has turned into putting my taper out by months if ever off diazepam. As impossible as it feels at times, idealy the best way is to stick to a really slow and even tapering schedulle.
 
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