Posted by Quintal on April 1, 2007, at 20:19:47
In reply to Re: (((Phillipa))) » Quintal, posted by Phillipa on April 1, 2007, at 19:28:09
>So that is why the new pdoc prescribed 40mg of Valium?
Yes, but even with that you'd obviously still be missing 20mg worth of Valium. With the 25-30mg you're taking now you'll be in a nasty withdrawal. Add that to the fact that you were taking high dose Xanax XR the week before (I thought you were taking 6mg - 3mg in the morning and 3mg at night?). In theory: 3mg Xanax XR = ~60mg Valium, 6mg Xanax XR = ~120mg Valium (though some people dispute these figures because Valium has more hypnotic action, that's still a helluva lot of benzo whatever way you look at it).
I see no reason why he should have a problem with prescribing Lyrica given his (very) liberal prescribing of benzos. I don't understand why you'd feel better later in the day, but that's the way some people experience their depression i.e. it being worst in the morning and getting better in the evening.
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