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rockerchick
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Just got prescribed a small amount of these and told to only take them when I need them. The only info I got in the box was a sticker on the box telling me the max dose. I've had to read up about it all online. Would just like to know how long it takes for the tablets to start working? There's conflicting advise, some sites say straight away/very quickly and some say a few hours. It's the 2mg tablets. Thanks.
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5mg is better but they don't like prescribing them as they can be addictive. I had atarax last time but they can make you a bit sleepy but I only got a small amount of them to.
I'd have diazapam every day of the week at 5mg but I've no chance of getting that to help my anxiety.
For me a 5mg tablet takes about 15 mins to work its magic.
It takes minutes to work if you chew the tablet rather than swallow it.
That's very poor advice
it`s a stimulant in small doses and is certainly not a better relaxant than valium.
I chew mine and find they work very quickly this way. Do you know any relaxation techniques? Just taking the tablets and hoping for everything to get better, well, there are better ways. I try to use a relaxation technique at the same time as taking them. Then, once the peak of the anxiety has passed I try to write down a heading of what made me anxious and some bullet points for what I can do about that situation. Sometimes the bullet points are split into short, mid, and long term actions to take. Having a check list I can tick off has been useful.
Any techniques you find useful, keep them in a little note book. Keep referring back to the notebook when you get anxious. Whilst in the middle of an anxiety attack it is very hard to think of what will bring you out of it. If you have techniques that have worked for you written down, it can be enough to jolt you or remind you of them to start trying.
Life is hard. Things will happen to make you anxious. How you deal with the anxiety and how it impacts your life can be worked on.
Do you have any counselling, or a CBT referral, or even just someone you can talk to who understands mental health issues? Having a real life person to talk to can make a massive difference and I recommend that you seek out this support if you don't already have it, or make use of it if you have access.
I'm in ths same position as you. I literally had to speak to my doctor I think 5 times in the end to get him to relent and prescribe me 2mg of Diazepam for my anxiety and even then I was told to only take it when I am really really bad. I wanted Diazepam as I knew it worked for me because my mother has simlar issues to me and is on them and when I have been so bad I had taken it to calm me down.
My doctor is new as my old one retired and totally useless. Not aware at all of my problems and not interested tbh. Long story there. I got given 10 and I find for me they work quite quickly. They just make me calm down. If I am really bad I take more than one. It's fine as 2mg is very low.
I eeked them out over a month, that was really hard but I know he won't prescribe me more. Now I have run out. I am going to ask for more on the off chance he will give them to me. It's the only thing that has worked for me when I am in such a state of anxiety.
Just take one when you need to then see how you feel. For me the effect was quite quick.
Such stupid advice!!! I am now a recovering alcoholic after using alchohol for years to self medicate. Not only did I become an alcoholic I have damaged my liver and have been lef with peripheral neauropathy from that.
I'm sorry to hear that, but please be careful with the diazepam. My father become horribly addicted to it and found it much harder to quit the pills than the alcohol.
Now, at the age of 73, I have various nerve problems, including polyneuropathy, which I know would be greatly helped with Valium, but as others have said, GPs are most reluctant to prescribe the stuff, and even than small quantities of the 2mg tablet.
Obviously, at this age, I wouldn't worry too much at having to take it for the rest of my life if it gave me greater comfort. It's the same with cannabis, of course. It is utterly galling that kids can take as much as they fancy at nightclubs, but those of us whose lives would be more comfortable if we could get it, are denied that privilege. I can empathise with Izzy in Coronation Street, although I dare say she needs it more than I ever would.
it`s not a clubbing drug.
you are not denied it any more than anyone else, you just don`t have contacts and based on your knowledge here i`d say you were best not trying.
i have neuropathy on and off and weed doesn`t seem to affect it one way or another.
Yes but benzos are no better.
CBT and/or anti-depressants are best for anxiety.
Thanks for that, Annette.
my pleasure.
there`s no point in starting something that will maybe freak you out and sometimes cannabis makes pain worse not better, it varies between strain, brain and pain.
either way i would not advise it unless you are with people you trust and who have experience and knowledge of it.
Don't worry. I'm not going to do so. I'm too old in the tooth for that. Ho! Ho!
Pls be careful
I have been on anti-depressants for many many years, had CBT. Unfortunately I have a lot of mental health problems. As I said I don't take them daily. I only take them when needed. 10 lasted me a month.