Posted by yxibow on October 16, 2008, at 17:12:33
In reply to Re: Want to taper down your havin a laugh, posted by manic666 on October 16, 2008, at 12:19:22
> 10 mg of valium i wish , dont do what that mad srink did to me 10 mg larozapam stopped DEAD.that in valium terms is 70mg.and before you ask why take them if they dont work try stopping 10 loz.anyway after 2 weeks of living death a sane doc agreed to put me back on 4mg loz a day and i levelled out in 3or so days what about that for a detox anyone want to try. mannic666
Actually its only about 50mg of Valium varying by person to person, but it is a high dose. I'm still struggling going down from 80 to 75. Its harder than you think at a high dose.That is a harsh and un-recommended thing to do as it can cause seizures at that level to stop dead (or anything, like my effect that happened as I described below)
Even going from 10 to 4 is way beyond the standards of practice -- it is usually around 10% per week unless you can stand greater and it isn't producing deleterious effects (other than anxiety which is inevitable).
I would never suggest dropping a high dose of any benzodiazepine. I did, when I was in college and didn't know much about them, Tranxene 15mg 3x/day and pretty soon afterwards the muscles in my scalp were moving.(The Tranxene was from an off campus doctor, its an esoteric agent, and they wanted to move me to the on campus clinic -- ugh, anyhow times past, so this [person] below took over management)
The psychiatrist on campus, who was basically a benzophobe, who I hated anyhow and my psychologist didn't have a particularly fond opinion of her either, only gave me half back!
The emergency clinic, which was not really much of one, the doctors basically scoffed it off that it would go away. Its still here 10 years later, re-emerging with anxiety periods and basically locking up my back and scalp.
Only Soma helps the scalp but I can't be prescribed that with my medicine load, so I am stuck with Robaxin, its poor cousin.-- Jay
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