I was taking valium for 4 yrs. and though it's been 5 months since getting off of it, I still find it very, ve
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Fabio is wrong. After five months there is no longer any vaium residue in your body. Any traces would have completely disspiated after about four weeks of absitinence. However, you must know that benzodiapenes (the class of meds that valium is in) are perhaps the most addictive class os drugs--including alcohol--out there, and also that their withdrawl symptoms during detox are as bad as those of heroin.\n  Assuming you got off the valium on your own, "cold turkey" and without the aid of medical detox, your brain neurons are still having trouble getting back in synch. The brain works by the firing of nuero transmitters, kind of like spark plugs on a car. Except it is chemicals that make these synapses fire! So when you medicate them with Valium they are in effect getting "stunned" so they don't  fire so well. Again, like fouling a spark plug with oil.\n  It is just taking your brain some time to get used to firing on all cylinders again. The brain after all, is like a muscle, you use it or lose it. Things will get back to normal after a bit.\n  You  might try taking vitamins B12 and thiamine. They enhance your neuro system and are used by docs in detox of benzo patients.
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It didn;t for me, but I only took it for four months
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I take 1mg of Adavan. It's like valium or xanex...)(
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I'd call the doctor that prescribed it initially.  If not by prescription, then I'd detox myself slowly, perhaps taking 75% of it daily for a few days, then 50%, then 25%, then at timely intervals.  You can beat it!  I was once addicted to Valium and alcohol and detoxed myself a lot of times.
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Your brain has been used to being one way for so long, removing that stimulant suddenly has to be a bit of a shock.  I'd say it's reasonable to go through some emotional distress while you're mind adjusts to functioning without the "drug".  Just stick with it and you'll be ok eventually.  I'm not a doctor or anything, just speaking from personal experience and observation.
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I am 22 years old, I had a behavior problem since I was very young.  I went to all kinds of counseling, but none of it worked and as I got older I started getting in trouble with the law, I've been to jail several times and been convicted of many felonies that will follow me for the rest of my life and I dropped out of school to sell drugs.  I was always depressed and attempted suicide three times and overdosed once and actually died and was revived four times.  I was put on a medicine called klonipin for my depression and methadone for my drug dependence.  Now I have got my life together, I'm back in school and I am engaged, and I feel like a normal person for the first time in my life.  Both my parents wished they would have realized this was a chemical imbalance in my brain and counseling was not the answer for me, they both see me know how happy I am and that I act normal and am no longer depressed and a drug addict.  They wish they would have put me on medication when I was younger so I wouldn't have nearly ruined my life.  But medication isn't for everyone, you should try therapy first and if he shows no signs of improvement, do him a favor and get him on a suitable medication to control his disorder.  I wish my parents would have done that and I wouldn't have two felonies on my record, been to jail six times, been on probation six years of my life and still have four to go, and done so many drugs I can't be normal without medication now.  Please listen to my advice, I don't want your son to go through want I've been through.
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Much depends on the particular drug screen, you know; if it is a NIDA prescribed drug screen, they don't even test for benzodiazepines (the drug class of valium); not a problem.  The "NIDA 5" are: opiates, cocaine, amphetamines, marijuana and phencyclidine.  No Benzos!\n\nMost drug non-regulated drug screens add any one of a number of different things, usually including barbiturates, propoxyphene and benzodiazepines.  If it's an unregulated drug screen, 6 weeks is a good rule of thumb.   Many vagaries of metabolism are, as the eariler answerer, major players on answering this, as is the body type (some benzodiazepine metabolites are very soluable in fat, and can take longer to clear)...\n\nWhat they measure are, of course, the metabolites....
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Definitely a life destroyer.\n\nDiazepam is only the generic name for valium, they are one and the same (as is Librium, just a stronger version of valium).\n\nI was given Valium about 20 years ago for sleep disorders. Sure it made me sleep - I slept for 10 hours a night; but did I wake up feeling refreshed? No!. Because diazepam is a CNS depressant. It makes you sleepy, but it depresses REM sleep. REM sleep is the bit that refreshes you mentally (non-REM sleep might refresh you physically, but I think the jury is out on that one). After realising that it was making me sleep but also making me feel more tired, I gave up. \n\nI count myself lucky that I was not persuaded to take it for longer. From what I have read recently, it is very addictive and causes more problems than it solves. \n\nHowever, having had large doses of diazepam in single pre-op IV injections, I can say that it has its attractions in short term high doses.... mmmmmmmmmmmm!
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How long did you take this drug?\n\nAnyway you have to taper off very slowly. Stay on 5mg for 3 months. You may feel dizziness, shock like sensations and a lot of other problems after you stop the drug, but the problems disappears in 3 to 12 weeks.\n\nI have taken this drug (20mg) for more than 6 years and could stop it successfully.\n\nDid your doctor tell you to stop it?\n\n10mg is a very low dose. People usually take from 40mg to 60mg a day for a long term.
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I was on 20mg anti deppressants for 9 months, which was called Paxil.  I was running out and I had moved 10 hours away from the doctor that prescribed it to me, so I decided to get off of them.  I cut them in half and I didn't feel any different and then I threw out the last few pills I had.  That's when I had withdrawals, which was horrible!!  I've never been through withdrawals with anything and it was so bad that while I was walking to work one day, I had to turn around and go back home because I just couldn't make it.  It lasted for a good week and finally I was off of the pills for good.  I can't say that I'm cured, but truly and honestly I don't want to go back on the pills.  I was told that I did the wrong thing and I should of consulted a doctor before getting off of them, which I think you should consult your doctor before you get off of the pills for good.
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It took me about 5 months and then I was back to normal in terms of my cycle, etc.  But that can vary for each different woman.
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well, i feel like mine will never stop. i was on meds for years, then i was taken off of them, and now i feel as crazy and depressed as ever. it's a chemical imbalance in the brain, and that might not always be fixable. emotional depression is fixable, and chemical can be, but sometimes it's not. just the draw of the hand i guess.
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It probably will be hard on multiple levels to get off of klonopin after such a long period of use.  Physiologically, your body is dependent on the medication if you were taking it regularly.  What this essentially means is that there is no way you should try to take yourself off of the meds.  Instead, you need to be supervised by a trained physician (most likely a psychiatrist) who can slowly taper the med.  The importance for supervised discontinuation is that withdrawal from klonopin and other benzos can lead to seizures, confusion, even death.  When supervised, your doctor can provide medications that will reduce the risk of seizures.  Psychologically, coming off of the klonopin may be difficult because you will be taking away something that you have grown accustomed to having for anxiety, and the absence of something that you've depended on for 16 years could be saddening or anxiety provoking.  With proper assistance from a trained professional, though, you should be able to successfully get off of the klonopin.  Just be patient with the process.
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of course, talk to your Dr. about it... but it will help you to relax... Valium sounds like a major strong drug.. and i suppose it could be in large doses, but its actually not a hard/zonk you out drug in small doses... sounds like you might need that or some tranzene or something to help you with the peaks of anxiety you are suffering...   your hormones might still be out of whack with having a baby 6 mo. ago...   talk to your Dr.,  if he is anything like mine, he will let you try some diff.things to get a grip on it... anxiety and sleeplessness is not fun. its 2006 and you should not have to suffer,  medication is so helpful but you don't want to become dependent if you can help it..    good luck and feel better soon.   j
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I had a horrible time getting off it.  It was really bad.  I've never felt that depressed in my whole life.  It's because your body forgets how to produce seratonin when you're on it and when you wean yourself off it takes a while for your body to start to produce them again.
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I also take Clonazepam, 2 tabs per day.  Do not even attempt to try to turn it into an intravenous med.  You will kill yourself.  Instead please go back to your doctor and explain your situation and ask for a second benzo diazapine to be added.  Some like Valium would work well for you as it is long acting like Clonazepam.  If your doctor will not do this then find a doctor who will.  Take care!!
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Yeah, me too, I started useing it awhile back, a couple of years ago actually. But before I knew it I was taking them faithfully, couldnt even think of bed without popping one first, then I realized I was becoming addicted, didnt know if it  was physical addiction or psychological but definetly a problem.  Now I use exercise and warm milk