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Drinking Alcohol will interfere with your withdrawal and magnify withdrawal symptoms. Hi again, if your on 2mg now its a bad idea (in my experience) to drop to 1 mg straight away, that means your cutting your dose by a half!! This is the most difficult part of your taper, just drop by 0.25mg every ten days, your withdrawal symptoms will be less ...
Benzodiazepines and Z drugs can sometimes be misused by people taking drugs for recreational purposes. The Misuse of Drugs Act was a law passed in 1971 in the UK to try to prevent the use of harmful drugs. It divides drugs into three categories - A, B or C, depending on how dangerous they are thought to be.
In addition, your body becomes used to lots of alcohol. Therefore, you may start to develop withdrawal symptoms 3-8 hours after your last drink as the effect of the alcohol wears off. So, even if you want to stop drinking, it is often difficult because of the alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Detoxification, or 'detox', is an option if you are ...
However, diazepam is usually prescribed only for very short periods of not more than 1-3 weeks. If you take it for longer, the medicine may lose its effect (you may become tolerant to the effect), and if you stop it you may develop withdrawal symptoms. You may need to keep taking the medicine to avoid the withdrawal symptoms.
Valium and other benzodiazepines work by surrounding GABA (a neurotransmitter) in the brain and the rest of the body. There is a lot of GABA in the gut which is probably why you are experiencing your symptoms. There is a phenomena called Benzo Belly - which makes people look like they are pregnant.
I was supposed to take 20 mg a night but found myself taking 30 mg - and so my prescription would run out early. My Dr crossed me over to diazepam and I`m now taking 6 .50 every night. Trouble is I`m having terrible withdrawals - sweating, nausea, tiredness the next day and muscle aches.
This keeps withdrawal symptoms to a minimum. A common plan is to switch from whatever benzodiazepine tablet or Z drug that is being taken to diazepam. Diazepam is a long-acting benzodiazepine that is commonly used. The doctor will be able to prescribe the dose of diazepam equivalent to the dose of the particular type of benzodiazepine or Z drug.
you arent getting withdrawal from diazepam, after 2 doses, full stop. you are not getting the benefit they provided, and you are getting side effects from starting sertraline. your anxiety about whether to take diazepam, is worsening your anxiety. sounds like you need to try to put diazepam out of your mind, and dont take them, which stops the should i shouldnt i worrying, and instead focus on ...
coby08389 JohnTPH1234. Posted 5 years ago. John, your GP is not making your life hell the Diazepam is! The simple matter of it is that it is addictive, stops your brain from creating its own chemicals by surrounding your GABA receptors in your brain, gut and the rest of your body.
Posted 4 years ago. hi Vicky, Diazepam is a benzo, while it is used to treat withdrawal symptoms you SHOULD NOT BE SELF MEDICATING using this drug, mixed with alcohol it is really dangerous, just because you are not taking it at the same time as alcohol does not mean it is not mixing with the alcohol in your system - DO NOT USE IT UNLESS YOU ...