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2mg diazepam
chocoholic100
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How strong a dose is 2mg of diazepam.
I have been prescribed by a neurologist to allow me to have a MRI scan.
I suffer from BPPV ertigo which is set off by laying flat amongst other things.
How strong is 2mg? What effect is it likely to have i have never taken this drug before. I cant see it working tbh. The next step is to have a general anesthetic if the sedative doesnt work.
Any experience?
I have been prescribed by a neurologist to allow me to have a MRI scan.
I suffer from BPPV ertigo which is set off by laying flat amongst other things.
How strong is 2mg? What effect is it likely to have i have never taken this drug before. I cant see it working tbh. The next step is to have a general anesthetic if the sedative doesnt work.
Any experience?
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Here is some information about the drug: http://www.patient.co.uk/medicine/diazepam-a-benzodiazepine
I hope it works for you, and I hope you don't have to go under general anaesthetic.
I dont think its going to be strong enough. Im pretty annoyed they dont see to listen. I think its going to be a wasted mri scan appointment. Its not that im nervous or claustrophobic its if I lie flat the vertigo symptoms start. So being spaced out stuck in the machine with intense vertigo symptoms is not going to be good.
Well, the other night, I had a panic attack (I won't go into details), and I can tell you that I calmed down pretty quickly after taking one of my Diazepam tablets. They are very effective, and work quite quickly too. You could take two of those tablets - it won't harm you, as long as you don't try to drive afterwards.
In short, Diazepam is extremely effective at calming you down, but only if used on rare occasions. If you take it every day, you will get used to it and you will need more and more to get the same effect.
I've got 10 tablets left, and it gives me a sense of security, knowing that I have them there if needed in an emergency.
Good luck with your MRI scan! Take your tablets, and you'll be able to do it.
I cant physically lay flat without setting off the symptoms.
I need to be zombified or out cold.
Taking the edge of it but still having the spinning and nausea and sweating hot flush style thing going on isnt going to work. Its a full brain and body scan too so im gonna be in a while.
That said, Tramadol aren't a bad painkiller to be honest, nowhere near Diazepam or Morphine but not bad non the less.
Good luck with the scan...
Ive explained this to them. I have to try have the scan with the sedative. Then they will consider GA. Ive basically got to waste the appointment.
No. It doesnt help i have a type of vertigo.
I cant lay flat.
2mg has no effect on me at all. I had a cataract op last November and have a huge phobia with eyes so was advised to ask for them for the op.
Unfortunately it wasn't my own doctor and a few 2mg tabs were prescribed. I sat in the eye clinic all day as they wouldn't do the op as my blood pressure was too high.
A few weeks later the op was done successfully after my own doctor prescribed 20mg on the morning of the cataract surgery.
I always think we know our own bodies better than anyone and if you know it's not going to work, go back, tell the doctor in words of one syllable why you need a higher dose (you're not going to die or get addicted on such a relatively OK dose) and then no money will be wasted as you will be able to go through with the scan without getting ill.
I hate it when doctors try to play God. It's not overprescribing in this case, it's doing what's needed to get you through.
Everyone's different, it's all really trial and error until you and your doctor find the dose that suits you personally. You may be one of the people who gets a good result from a fairly low dose. I hope you get through the scan OK.
I don't feel 2mg at all, even when I haven't taken a Diazepam tab for months. My starting dose was 3 x 2mg (6mg).
Agree with this.
I'm a little over 9 stone and it takes 5mg for me to feel any effect and am only an occasional user so no real tolerance.
Its taken since 2011 to even get as far as a sedative.
Now im worrying im gonna be woozy and not be able to get them to listen when it sets off the dizziness.
Its the worst feeling in the world.
I presume a 2mg dose im my system would stop a panic attack if i got in a state
maybe ask if there`s something else you could have, i have an antipsychotic [for example] that calms me with none of the woozy/pissed or spaced out feeling.
But remember these medications are highly addictive so go easy on them saying that in my experience of munching boxes of 10mg the withdraw is nasty and not something you want to go through.
good luck with the mri scan
it looks as though vertigo is treated with low doses of diazapam, maybe you should try and discuss it with your doc a bit further.
http://american-hearing.org/disorders/medical-treatment-of-vertigo/#whatis
Very addictive. I used to take a bit recreationally myself and it's amazing how quickly you're tolerance rises. One lad I know takes upwards of 40 10mg tabs just to get him through the day.
Thank you v much for this.
Ive always been told it couldnt be treated.
Off for a read now.
Wow. Thats a lot.
V addictive then
I'd agree with this. Even 25-50mg (lose dose) of Quetiapine will knock you square out if you aren't used to it.
Blimey.
Well, vertigo can have a number of causes which should be investigated before treatment could be ruled out.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertigo#Pathophysiology
Diazepam is broadly about as addictive as tobacco, some opiates and cocaine.
It should be taken in a very medically controlled way.
How does he get that amount??