Posted by yxibow on February 14, 2008, at 17:41:43
In reply to Ever hear of Benzo dementia?, posted by SteelyDan on February 11, 2008, at 17:19:47
I'm not sure of dementia, after a long time it can cause forgetfulness, they are amnesics, and can lose their original usefulness. I'm sort of having that problem because I've been on Valium for quite some time -- underneath it actually was and may still be helping me at a fairly high dose but I don't feel that "ah" anymore. It doesn't mean it isn't still doing something.
I'm sort of going through a bump in things in trying to reduce it a bit too fast.
I mean its possible in an outpatient setting to reduce it 25% a week but sometimes you can't take it, because the half life of Klonopin or Valium can be part or a whole day, it all depends on how fast one metabolizes it so it can stretch over days the lag time that it affects your condition.
-- tidings
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