Librium

[virgo1969]

Has anyone ever experienced anger and rage moods after taking librium one 25mg capsule ? I know that when I take it I moreless get zombied out as it has a very sedating effect. But it affects my b/f with rage and I am just wondering what's that's about? Mind you, he is taking them for alcohol w/d but I still thought they were sedatives.

Thanks for the help!

[FriaryGrad]

To an addict, at least an addict like me, anything that chemically changes reality is potentially addictive. It isn't the drug or alcohol, it's the extremely rapid "improvement" in mood (including calming anxiety) that we're addicted to. I don't have to adjust to reality (I am feeling anxious), the drug adjusts reality for me (now I am calmer). The problem is our brains (physical) and minds (psychological) become addicted to the quick fix. It's a horrible but avoidable trap.  There are Schedule 5 drugs like Tramadol that are freely prescribed by doctors because they're heavily marketed by the pharmaceutical companies as having a low addiction potential.  But if you'll read the posts by addicts in the forum you'll see how addicting they are or can be. Different people react differently to different types of drugs (including the drug called alcohol) so the wise addict avoids them all. If they're required (I had kidney stone surgery) I tell the doctor I am an alcoholic (addict) and that I can only take pain medication under very controlled conditions.  I never had an addiction to pills, but I could get one tomorrow, very easily.

[DaisyDo]

Are they very addictive?

[cathy5841]

quit taking that damn librium....lol   no more addictions for you...

[dammitol]

Yes, I have severe psychotic reaction to Elavil as well as physical reactions. A doc put me on it about 10 yrs. ago and I had to stop after 1 dose because of it.  Different person's chemistries can react in completely unpredicatble ways to medications.

[FriaryGrad]

I don't mean to make a joke about it, but before I read your entire note I thought "yes, I've felt anger and rage after taking Librium" -- but that's because I was taking them in rehab (during detox) to alleviate withdrawal symptoms. At that time I felt anger and rage before, during, and after taking Librium -- so I couldn't actually blame it on the pills. I had about the same reaction you did, toward the end of detox.