SincereSoul
Greenlighter
- Joined
- Apr 9, 2010
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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!
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!