Posted by special_k on March 25, 2006, at 21:58:15
i get anxiety sometimes.
i think i have a kind of fairly low / mid level anxiety mostly... to do with socialising etc.
but sometimes it gets real bad... and i need to shut myself away. get paranoid and really very emotional etc.
had one of those episodes last night. have been given diazepam / valium 5mg and doc said to take half a tablet then wait half an hour then take other half if needed for those kind of episodes.
i was pretty upset so i'll admit i just took one tablet. felt a lot calmer in half an hour. drank a couple cuppa soups and had nice hot shower then felt nicely sleepy and slept... for ages (which i needed). still feel pretty relaxed today. feel quite good actually. not high or anything. but normal. though maybe alittle more relaxed than normal. not sure...
so i'll admit i don't know much about appropriate use of benzo's for anxiety.
i know some people take a small dosage everyday. is that useful? or do you tend to get tolerant so it isn't so helpful... and you might need more or something... or would it be better to save them for my episodes? about how much seems reasonable to take (i used to have high tolerance for meds but my tolerance is much lower now). About how often would be okay to take it without getting tolerance / withdrawal. this is the first time i've resorted to it in a couple months (just got the script a couple months ago)
just wondering...
thanks.
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