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[cathycooley]

hi can anyone help me now?im reading this forum and my heartrate is now going so fast i feel like its a heartattack.what shall i do if it doesnt slow down?how long should i wait?please help?

[dolphin845]

I feel the same way.  I was just put on ativan a couple days ago.  Right now I'm taking 1/2mg in the am, 1/2 mg around 5:00pm and another 1/2 mg. before bed.  My anxiety has been terrible.  Upset stomach (even to keep me from eating anything at all), shaking, heart palps, feels like I can't breathe and jittery.  I'm afraid I'll be on the ativan the rest of my life!  Although, without it,  I might as well be dead because I can't function at all.  I have an appointment with a psychologist in a couple of weeks and I hope to get some extra help from him.  The  only drawback from the ativan is I'm dizzy all day :(  I ride horses for fun and I refuse to give that up.  That's all I have left and I AM going to ride!

[cathycooley]

hi,yea ive been on diazepam now nearly 2 yrs so i guess my body is addicted to it.all that makes me annoyed is that it makes me extremly tierd and so cranky,i stopped taking it for 2 days and i felt great but had to take it again as the old heartrate and anxiety kicked in again with the shakes and i felt wierd so unreal,but i feel like that when im on it also so i cant win.i take mine every day one a day 2mg its a valium.is that what urs is?and im also scared i die with these my mind is so scared of these but i rely on them now.thanks.

[mercdzbnz21]

I am not familiar at all with diazepam. I can tell you that when I first started taking klonopin I felt extremely disoriented, kinda felt drunk I guess. But after a week or two I had no other side effects. The Klonopin does take about 15 minutes to kick in but I take it daily so it is constantly running thru my body. How does the diazepam make you feel and do you take it regularly or as needed

Take care!

[cathycooley]

hi and thanks for ur reply.hope ur well.is the klonopin ur on the same as diazepam or same thing near as?just wanted to know what u experince.thanks cathy

[mercdzbnz21]

Glad to hear it has slowed. That is a very scary feeling. I just had a panic attack about 5 minutes ago and was praying my klonopin would kick in soon!!!! It just did. YAY!

[cathycooley]

hi and thanks for ur post.just to let u know yes my heart rate slowed down about 10 mins later after the diazepam.

[amish1979]

Has it slowed since you took the diazepam?

[cathycooley]

its going at 180 bpm ive took a diazepam to c if that slows it down.

[Jerzeegal]

Try coughing. If that doesn't work  bear down as if you were giving birth of having a bowel movement. If that doesnt work throw ice cold water on your face.  

What is your heart rate?