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What Are The Withdrawal Symptoms Of Valium?
Question: tell me this is right or not. I have had Parkinsons disease for 20 years and have was given Valium many Years ag(o(?) startng with 5 mg and now take l0 mg ( this was used to put me to sleep as i could not fall asleep.. Recently the valium started to put me to sleep but i would wake after two hours. CALLED my doctor and she ordered me 25 mg of Trazdone , i pill at night and cancelled my valium script/ I took the pill and I went to sleep but woke up 2 hrs later shaking terribly. I felt terrible the next day like i was over medicated. I feel I should have only been given 5 mg along with the valium. i have always told not to suddenly stop taking any medication. I was never called by her or her nurse but was called by the pharmacist ad said I had better call the dr and ask what they were doing. The nurse called and say that his is what the could do for me and i would have to come in if that did not work. I called and was unable to get a clloser appointment. i looked at what she had given me previously Amitripline hcl 10 mg. so i took 5 mg and 10 mg valium and i went to sleep and slept all night. i have not been back to the dr as my appointment is the 18th of Feb and i fear that she will not renew my valium. what is your opinion.
Brief Answer:
several features.
Detailed Answer:
Withdrawal from valium is time and dose dependent. So, if one were on 20 mg a day for 1 day, no withdrawal, on it for a year, probably withdrawal. Haven't actually seen a valium withdrawal in decades. To prevent withdrawal just using less and gradually decreasing over 1-2 weeks will likely prevent it; but most don't get withdrawal from it.
It is not a parkinson's drug
It will lower the shakes of parkinson's. Everything might increase the shakes of parkinson's, very very mild withdrawal, stress and/or expectation of withdrawal, lack of sleep, all will increase the shakes of parkinson's
Requip and sinemet are some of the many parkinson's drugs. they work on shakes but also increase the mobility of parkinson's patients.
Amitryptiline is chemically related to trazodone but usually are felt to act differently in people taking them. They are about never interchangeable. Sometimes one works better sometimes the other. They are safe. They do not interact with Parkinson's. They do not have a withdrawal other than disappointment if they were working and if someone runs out of them. They are phonable as they are not abused drugs and they are cheap. They DO make people sleepy AND multiple things that make people sleepy can make someone more sleepy. While alcohol and valium and narcotics together are dangerous this doesn't apply to trazodone and amitryptiline. You may sleep too soundly, but unless the house burns down, you will wake up.
several features.
Detailed Answer:
Withdrawal from valium is time and dose dependent. So, if one were on 20 mg a day for 1 day, no withdrawal, on it for a year, probably withdrawal. Haven't actually seen a valium withdrawal in decades. To prevent withdrawal just using less and gradually decreasing over 1-2 weeks will likely prevent it; but most don't get withdrawal from it.
It is not a parkinson's drug
It will lower the shakes of parkinson's. Everything might increase the shakes of parkinson's, very very mild withdrawal, stress and/or expectation of withdrawal, lack of sleep, all will increase the shakes of parkinson's
Requip and sinemet are some of the many parkinson's drugs. they work on shakes but also increase the mobility of parkinson's patients.
Amitryptiline is chemically related to trazodone but usually are felt to act differently in people taking them. They are about never interchangeable. Sometimes one works better sometimes the other. They are safe. They do not interact with Parkinson's. They do not have a withdrawal other than disappointment if they were working and if someone runs out of them. They are phonable as they are not abused drugs and they are cheap. They DO make people sleepy AND multiple things that make people sleepy can make someone more sleepy. While alcohol and valium and narcotics together are dangerous this doesn't apply to trazodone and amitryptiline. You may sleep too soundly, but unless the house burns down, you will wake up.
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