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Valium § Ambien
by Spreedo, Apr 26, 2003 12:00AM
I have been a long time recreational user (10mg Valium + several beers at bedtime) for about 15 years, on and off. Now I am going through a tough custody battle for my children, and the doctor has prescribed me Ambien to help me sleep (3 months worth). Two months into it I stop taking the ambien and it seems like I am going through withdrawls. I have not taken the valium for 6 weeks, and the ambien for 1 week. Am I going through Ambien withdrawls or valium or a combination? How long will it last? Is there any need to Taper since I have already stopped? Thanks
Are you saying that you were not withdrawing when you quit the valium? You started withdrawing when you quit the Ambien?
If that is the case, i would guess that it is a combination. You went of the valium, but you had the Ambien to back it up...so you didn't withdrawal, now you have gone of the Ambien and your body is like "Ummm Hello! Where's the drugs?" So going off the Ambien caused the withdrawals, but the Valium withdrawals were just waiting to come out. Does that make sense? Are you still drinking beer everynight?
Oh and also, if you have gone a week through withdrawals, it will be over soon. No need to go back and taper...you have been through the worst part, why go back and go through it all over again. You still have discomfort with tapering from what I understand, just not as much.
Sorry to hear you are going through a custody battle. I can't imagine how aweful that would be. You will get through it though, and be a stronger person for it.
Take Care
HI to everyone who remembers me! I used to come here in December and January, until that banning thing started (sorry to bring it up again!) Anyways, i left, because of all the arguing and such and found another board to talk on. It is amazing how drug boards are sooo friendly! I mean I made friends here, and then i left and made friends just as easily on another one. I have learned that drug addicts are some of the nicest people out there, they have seen the dark side and chose the bright side, and are happier for it.
Just wanted to peak my head in and see how everyone was. I see some names, but not many that i recognize.
Oh and Thomas, you are famous! Your recipe is on the board I frequent! I saw it the other day! hahaha.
Hope everyone is doing their best and take care!
Catherine
Take care,
Chezz
Fentinol, Heroin, Morphine, Hydromorphone HCl, OxyContin
4 yrs using - i need someone my age to talk to..
we are all more like 16
no matter what ager we are.
some of us grow up a little.
seperating ourselves because of
AGE, RACE , RELIGION, is the disease, and
the disease of addiction's main goal
is to seperate us, any way it can from
the rest of the world till we are all alone
and want to die.
i remember being all alone and dying inside
and hearing the echo's in my mind , of me screaming
LEAVE ME ALONE.
well i got what i wanted , and it was not fun.
when ever we seperate ourselve from other addicts
who are trying to get better,we will find ourselves
at a sucide stop.
IT'S NOT WHAT WE USED THAT MAKES US AN ADDICT.
BUT WHY WE USED.
peace!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hippy
Thomas
I wrote down the name of that book by Andrew Salomon & will check it out. Did you read "An Unquiet Mind", by Jamison? If you haven't - do. It is just heartbreaking in its beauty. I just finished it & loved every word of it.
I guess I haven't been around much. Y'all were just getting too boring for awhile ;-) & now I feel way out of the loop. Still hanging out over on our F thread at DA but even that is becoming a tad unwieldy. We have so many new ppl with the same exact story that it's really quite stunning. No wonder we blew the bandwith over here! In all "drug" nomenclature, there is so much discussion of opiates & benzos (both which I have excelled at, thanks kindly) but when do we ever see anything on this lovely barbituate that has so many of us vassal but is "non-narcotic & non addictive"?
I quit codeine - again ;-) 2.5 wks. ago & feel pretty great. Thank goodness I'd only quit once before as failing at this, even once, is so discouraging. Now, I know what they mean by, 1 is a joke and 1000 is a good start. (Oh! That must have been Thomas!) What the hell *is* that saying anyways?
How are ya, missy? Write me if you want (***@****) & meantime, I'll try & stay abreast of things here. Hope you are well & not down in the darkness...Surely, I'm the only one who knows that place! :-)
Best,
Dancin'
forget about it. I stopped the medication. Used regular tylenol. I was having obsessive thoughts .... like a tune in your head you just can't stop humming .... but this was a bad image. Definately a bout of depression ... if you stop the drugs you will return to normal in a few days ... 2 weeks the most. Just realizing what was causing it, made it easier. It was a horrible event that happened in your neighborhood ... pray for her soul and try to focus on pleasant things .... take care, ***@****
I don't know which one of us made the typo, but it's SOLOMON not Salomon, and lest you think I'm being anal, I am just trying to insure that you have the author's name correct for your book search. :-) We are forming a Book Club Babes(heretofor referred to as BCB) network in some threads down below; a new book was mentioned there, also, and discussion will commence tomorrow. So feel free to join in that soiree....No dues yet, that I know of, but if we meet at perc's hot tub as planned, he may want to pass the hat to defray expenses.....LOL You never can tell about those CANUCKS..(I couldn't resist...) Anyway--that book is "A Million Little Pieces" by James Frey, which came highly recommended by rodewc, whom I believe is an acquaintance of yours?
By the by--these are books about addiction, so not to worry, fellow forum members, that I am using valuable space for drivel. I hope everyone reads them.
Way to go on the codeine monster.....Except for the ear and flu maladies, are things perking up? Hang in there. Aren't you an F fan, too? How goes that particular battle? Ah, yes, I see your reference to DA>COM and that drug as I speak. May the force be w/ you.
I am well and my demeanor seems amiable enough...I'm making my husband call me Ms Sunshine from now on..LOL Kinda kinky, ain't it??? Keep in touch--Peazy
I saw some mention below of your proposed book club but frankly, I had 2 problems. Firstly, I was so excited by the posts about NA that my fingers were a tremblin' & I just couldn't respond. I mean, here I can relate. Also, I think y'all had a typo. It's the 2-Step. And yes, I can ascribe to both steps...specially Texas style...sorry, but have done that one too!
Step 1: Get some coffee
Step 2: Find a seat
But most of all, I need advise you, under advisement, that *I* started up the "Barbi Babes" & we have enough participants now, including Thomas' cameo, to begin filming, "Beach Blanket Butalbital." Sigh. Now I must contact my lawyers re: copyright infringement....!
I think rodewc is a complete delight & hoot tho I do wish she'd get another handle as I just can't keep that one anywhere btwn my ears! She & many others, some who might have hearkened from DA, have spoke of Frey's book. But hey! I live in Cda & while Vcr is the 3rd largest city in our fair land, if the book was just recently released, we won't see it in hardback until after Barnes & Nobles & Amazon have marked their paperbacks down to 1/20th their original retail price. Shhheeeeeeeiiiiiiit. Plus, I'm massively (there's an understatement) uh, in cash flow crisis at present, thus, unless someone sends me a copy to borrow, I'll never be able to afford it, not to mention passage & patience to the US border to buy one down them thar parts.
Nonetheless, I would love to join y'all & am a complete bookworm so I'll call the library & ask which mellinnium they expect to receive it in. (Could be this one!)
Am I a F fan? Well, now, wouldn't that be the understatement du jour? All I know is, it's a looooonnnnnng road to fioriNOTdodom, mostly because of the seizure, uh, DEATH side effects, but tarry on I go.
Am I perking up? Peazy, did you commit a faux pas? I believe, you meant perc'ing