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PTSD, Get Hand Tremors, Body Jerks, Walking Seizure, Prescribed Clonazepam. Can I Take Valium?
I have ptsd, and tremors of my hands and sometime my body will jerk all over like a walking seizure, in 1996 a doctor wrote me 100, 10mg valium and said they must last a month, i live in southwest VA, and can not find a doctor to write me anything excdept Clonazepam and i am a big guy not obese type just wide and big. i wear a 38 pant size if that tells you im not fat i need a doctor to see me on line or help finding one that will write me the valium, i have been given xanax and it is not for my tremor problem it helped the ptsd but i type on finger because of the shakes. please help
Tue, 13 Aug 2013
Hi,
Thank you for posting your query.
It seems to me that you may have valium (diazepam) dependence, which may be aggravating the tremors. In any case, valium is not a good drug to suppress tremors.
Best options for reducing tremors would include beta blockers and clonazepam. At the same time, please meet a psychiatrist who would get you off valium.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
Thank you for posting your query.
It seems to me that you may have valium (diazepam) dependence, which may be aggravating the tremors. In any case, valium is not a good drug to suppress tremors.
Best options for reducing tremors would include beta blockers and clonazepam. At the same time, please meet a psychiatrist who would get you off valium.
Please get back if you require any additional information.
Best wishes,
Dr Sudhir Kumar MD (Internal Medicine), DM (Neurology)
Senior Consultant Neurologist
Apollo Hospitals, Hyderabad,
My personal URL on this website: http://bit.ly/Dr-Sudhir-kumar
My email: drsudhirkumar@yahoo.com
My blog: http://bestneurodoctor.blogspot.com/
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