need some help on diazepam.

[blue moon]

Hi josh just close your eyes and pretend it is a Tic tac.....lol at 2mg it will just take the edge off take it now and you should be able to relax enough to go to sleep.I take 5mg maybe I might have one now.......
Love Petra x

[josh1987]

i can sleep. its just its there from when i wake up intill i go ta sleep

[dan1234]

The tablet won't do you any harm, 2mg will take the edge off the anxiety - that is it.

If the anxiety was hounding you, you would take the tablet.

[josh1987]

trust me it is hounding me but i hate not feelin myself n no what im doin

[Anxious_gal]

Okay:
Take a 4th of the tablet. You shouldn't feel anything from it.
Realize that you may induce symptoms by being anxious.
It's not caused by the tablet but by worry .

Then tthe next day take half.
You should notice you feel sleepy .
You will still get anxious thoughts but you're too sleepy to care.
Not very sleepy , more like comfotable , relaxed sensation .

I personally notice after 12 hours I can feel a bit anxious because the meds are out of my system by then .

I also notice , only off the meds, that when I was on the meds my senses were slightly dulled. I guess a bit like when you have one drink of alcohol .

Have you ever taken strong pain killers?
Like codeine ?
It's a bit like that I guess. I always noticed that I felt oddly calm on certain painkillers.

You won't feel like you're drugged, or not in controle.
You won't feel any different except for feeling relaxed and sleepy.
You might even miss the anxiety as you get so used to feeling it.

[josh1987]

hi thanks for that only drug i did was weed about 10years ago no i even had a pain killer. how sleepy will i get i dnt want to just sleep all day i want to get out in this world.

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this may sound dum but i all was think im sceared to take it beacuse if it dnt work n i no i have not taken any but they feel like a safty net u no what i mean. n if n then the time come 2 take them what if they dont work

[yvonne_uk_98]

the only way to find out they dont or do work is to try them. its up to you. your the only one that is stopping yourself.

they worked for me, and it was only 2mg, you dont sleep all day.

give them a try, there no harm in trying honest.

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i mean they dont make you sleep all day, just a nap. an hour or so. that about it.

[josh1987]

thanks all. im yet to take it but feelin alot better still stuck at home tho.

[dally]

Hi,
Ive taken valium 2mg as required for over 20 years. I have always been anti tablets. and would suffer a blinding headache for hours rather than take a paracetamol. Then when I take one, the headache goes and I think why didnt I take the tablets at the beginging!!!!!!!

When I was prescribed the 2mg Valium I used to quarter it!!!! I was soooo scared to take it. A psychiatrist once laughed and told me I would be as well drinking a glass of plain tap water for all the effect one tablet 2mg of valium has on the body!!!!

So over 20 odd years I have very tentatively taken from a quarter to 6mg depending on my panic level. I gradually became agaraphobic. so the 6 mg was when I had to travel 20 miles from my home recently.

Valium DOES calm you down
It doesnt have any side effects
(except making you a bit sleepy -if you take 6mg. I dont find 2mg makes me sleepy and I think I am sensitive to all medications!!!)
It is designed to be taken regularly for a few weeks and a few weeks only
because the addictive qualities of the drug kick in after about 3 weeks usage and you need a stronger dose to get the same effect and so you have to be weened off them gradually. If you stopped them suddenly after taking a "course" of them you would just have a few days of major panic. thats all.

Having said that, for 20 odd years I have taken them 2mg only when I am going out. or something stressful has happened and as I say I try deep breathing, distractions etc first. So I only take a tab once or twice every couple of weeks.
The effects of valium works within 20 mins and last for 2-3 hours
but the drug stays in your body for 72hours (without any effect)
So I try not to take another so my body is completely clear of it.

The are a great drug for emergencies, and it is such a great shame that they are so highly addictive cos they would be the answer to many problems!!

[josh1987]

thans all. but i still cant take the dam thing. im just worryed about the side effects.