Posted by cactus on July 8, 2007, at 0:41:28
In reply to Re: Valium » cactus, posted by SandyWeb on July 7, 2007, at 11:49:18
> Hi Cactus,
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> I don't find either Valium or clonazepam to be sedating. The clonazepam was fine, except for all the stressors hitting all at once right now, I had to take a very high dose just to make it through the day. The doctor was concerned about that, so put me on a much longer-acting benzo (Valium). 20mg daily to start, but he expects to see me before the end of the month and we may need to increase the dose...or if sooner, he said I could call his secretary and he would take care of it for me.
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> He said it takes 3-4 days to feel the full effects of it, so just be patient. I don't know. I was almost having a panic attack today, and had to distract myself by writing emails and getting on Messenger. And then I took 2mg of clonazepam, and after awhile, I felt better but not happy with the results so far of the Valium.
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> I looked up a couple of equivalency charts, and I'm actually now taking LESS of a dose of benzo then I was with clonazepam. It appears that 10mg Valium equals 2mg clonazepam. So that means at 20mg Valium per day (for now), I'm only getting 4mg of clonazepam. That's ridiculous. The Valium may be longer lasting, but the dose is not strong enough. I guess that's why he said he "expected" to see me back before the end of the month. Not because it would be time for a refill, but because he knew the dose wouldn't hold me. Why would he ever think that a higher dose would turn me into a zombie?? Argh.
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> Anyways, thank you for everything. You've been very helpful. I wouldn't even have thought to look up an equivalency chart. I just would have thought that Valium didn't work for me for some reason. But now I know the dose is too low.
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> Have a wonderful weekend.
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> Sandy
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Yeah that was kind of my point, I thought it might not be a high enough dose of valium but I'm no doctor and didn't want to say you might need more. Good luck with the cross taper and give it time.I hope you have a great weekend too!!!
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