benzoman12345
Ex-Bluelighter
Hi,
So I have been taking Valium and other benzos for a few years now,
I have chronic anxiety so I really genuinely need them I don't get any sort of high no matter how much of any benzo I take and I've tried well over 10 different types
Now the problem is.... I have to see a psychiatrist (although I really don't) to get my script because I am being treated like a drug addict in a centre for ex-addicts even though the 1st Diazepam tablet I ever took was prescribed by a Dr for chronic anxiety
The only reason I am in the drug centre is because I took a W/D seizure about 2 1/2 years ago that hospitalised me for a week
Now the thing is, this is holding my life back if I was on a normal repeat prescription then everything would be fine but I'm not.....
Now I'm on Gabapentin 600mgs 3x per day for back and leg pain which does help to reduce my Valium intake being it a Gaba-B aganoist (I understand that stuff)
I am on 90mg DHC 2x per day ER but I just take the 180mg at once so I suppose that helps calm me to a small degree
And recently I asked my Dr for a stronger anti-histamine for allergies/hayfever , also to potentiate my pain killers but I didn't tell her that of course, she gave me Hydroxyzine, now I have read all about it and to my discovery it is widely used for anxiety
hey hey
The Hydroxyzine ATM is 10mg 3x per day but she said if it didn't work I could double them up so when I go back I will tell her I done this and it worked better and get 25mg tabs 3x per day on my repeat prescription...... My GP doesn't know about the anxiety because it is not her that scripts the Diaz but I think I might tell her that I have anxiety and that these anti-histamines could work as a 2 in 1 for me, don't know if that's a good idea or not
So I have a few things to help calm me down here, but my real question is this...
Would Gabapentin a Gaba-B agonist stop a seizure from a Gaba-A agonist ???
We all know it works the other way around for the likes of people taking seizures through Alcohol W/D
I DON'T want off Valium but because of the way my life is (there are MANY factors) , I can not go and pick up prescriptions all the time and pick up Valium from a pharmacy 3x per week,
I tried to cold turkey them before and 4days later I was rushed to hospital,
BUT this time I have Gabapentin on hand, and I could easily swap/buy plenty of Gabapentins for the start of the W/D as they are easily available on the streets around here and then cut down to my normal prescribed dose so that it is the same drug because I will never get taken off them anyway because the Pain Dr at the hospital put me on them
Any thoughts anybody ?
Should I try this ???
So I have been taking Valium and other benzos for a few years now,
I have chronic anxiety so I really genuinely need them I don't get any sort of high no matter how much of any benzo I take and I've tried well over 10 different types
Now the problem is.... I have to see a psychiatrist (although I really don't) to get my script because I am being treated like a drug addict in a centre for ex-addicts even though the 1st Diazepam tablet I ever took was prescribed by a Dr for chronic anxiety
The only reason I am in the drug centre is because I took a W/D seizure about 2 1/2 years ago that hospitalised me for a week
Now the thing is, this is holding my life back if I was on a normal repeat prescription then everything would be fine but I'm not.....
Now I'm on Gabapentin 600mgs 3x per day for back and leg pain which does help to reduce my Valium intake being it a Gaba-B aganoist (I understand that stuff)
I am on 90mg DHC 2x per day ER but I just take the 180mg at once so I suppose that helps calm me to a small degree
And recently I asked my Dr for a stronger anti-histamine for allergies/hayfever , also to potentiate my pain killers but I didn't tell her that of course, she gave me Hydroxyzine, now I have read all about it and to my discovery it is widely used for anxiety

The Hydroxyzine ATM is 10mg 3x per day but she said if it didn't work I could double them up so when I go back I will tell her I done this and it worked better and get 25mg tabs 3x per day on my repeat prescription...... My GP doesn't know about the anxiety because it is not her that scripts the Diaz but I think I might tell her that I have anxiety and that these anti-histamines could work as a 2 in 1 for me, don't know if that's a good idea or not
So I have a few things to help calm me down here, but my real question is this...
Would Gabapentin a Gaba-B agonist stop a seizure from a Gaba-A agonist ???
We all know it works the other way around for the likes of people taking seizures through Alcohol W/D
I DON'T want off Valium but because of the way my life is (there are MANY factors) , I can not go and pick up prescriptions all the time and pick up Valium from a pharmacy 3x per week,
I tried to cold turkey them before and 4days later I was rushed to hospital,
BUT this time I have Gabapentin on hand, and I could easily swap/buy plenty of Gabapentins for the start of the W/D as they are easily available on the streets around here and then cut down to my normal prescribed dose so that it is the same drug because I will never get taken off them anyway because the Pain Dr at the hospital put me on them
Any thoughts anybody ?
Should I try this ???