LIBRIUM Reviews (CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)

Average Rating: 4.0 (45 Ratings)

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 5  Chronic anxiety Minimal. Although benzos are supposed to be scary for stoppage, you can taper this med down over weeks easily. Only side efect is return of anxiety. Developed in !960 and in my opinion, the safest and best benzo. Take it. Nothing to worry about. Taken it on and off for years. M 32
6/28/2004
 4  
10/6/2005
 4  
10/24/2004
 1  Anxiety Emotional blunting, lack of libido, apathy, sensitivity to light, cognitive issues This medication, along with all other Benzodiazepines are absolute Hell to withdraw from, if i knew half of what i know about these so-called "medicines" i would never have gone near it, my GP said this was mild, now i know better, i am taking 18 months to discontinue this drug, withdrawal symptoms are horrific and cause anxiety that is far worse. Avoid these drugs, they are not worth it. M 41
30 1X day
3/11/2012
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 5  alcohol withdrawals / alcoholism kinda like an weak antidepressant to people who dont take those, loss of imagination, no dreams or just very simple ones.. nothing major at this lowest dosage i tried to taper down alcohol addiction for 6 months with no notable result, i got myself down from 1liter of vodka a day to 3 beers but that only worked if i drink a half a beer every 3-4 hours all day and night long , for a life of me i could not get lower, after the last half beer waited 4 hours tupe 1 single pill , in 30 minutes all symptoms were gone , went to sleep and the 1st time in months i had a full night sleep of 10 hours, waking up still zero withdrawal symptoms nor cravings.. it was a life like magic for me M 48 1 days
10 1X day
5/20/2015
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 5  severe alcohol withdrawal Drowsy, very sleepy. Foggy head. I found eating before I take it helps me not become so tired after dosing. It saved My life from dt's. I tried to taper from booze, didn't work. Had a seizure. Don't try and do it alone. This is a life saver. M 30 2 days
25-50 mg
11/18/2015
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 4  Anxiety, racing thoughts, hot flash Racing thoughts and anxiety are gone. Hot flashes are gone. My tight muscles are more relaxed. I'm sleeping much better. I think I' make the mistake of taking in an empty stomach in the am, so I tend to feel like I'm walking on jello. But I'm alert and I have good energy but not crazy energy. I feel I must be sure to eat before taking in the mornings. This is changing my life for the better but I know as with all meds like this, the day will come when I will have to taper off. So this scares me. I don't want to have to withdraw from anything again. I wish I could control my own emotions. F 58 2 days
10 mg
5/12/2014
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 4  Alcohol withdrawal Feeling pretty fatigued. Seems to help the anxiety I hope the anxiety and withdrawal effects go away by the time I’m done with them 33 2 days
25-50mg
5/10/2019
 3  alcoholism and aggressiveness slight calmness hope they work M 49 2 days
9/9/2004
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 1  Anxiety in hospital after heart att It gave me a horrendous migraine. I was in horrible pain and as soon as they stopped it, I was fine (after it wore off). I never get migraines, so it was definitely the cause. I'd never take it again and I'm surprised others don't seem to be having this reaction. F 67 2 days
2X day
8/12/2023
 5  Acute Alcohol withdrawal symptoms Drowsiness 1st day 100mg 2nd Day 75 mg 3rd Day 50 mg M 41 3 days
25 mg 4X day
9/19/2021
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 5  Alcohol windrawal Makes me feel sleepy at time but real relax i know i sleep better at night without have withdrawels from alcohol M 23 3 days
25 mg
3/29/2016
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 1  anxiety, spasms from CNS damage reduces anxiety, increase spasm, arthritis-like pain, muscle weakenss it initially calmed me down 30-40 mins after first dose on first day (10 mg). after day 2 i experienced intense weakness and joint pain, much worse than what i originally had. i stopped and immediately improved physical symptoms by day 3 of being off it. had withdrawl symptoms with increased anxiety while going off of it. horrible for me! F 29 3 days
2/20/2007
 1  IBS Headache, stopped urinating, burning sensation on the skin, nightmares, ringing in my ears, horrible heart palpitations when waking up, I took only 5mg in the evening and I was not able to think clearly until 2pm next day. If I have taken 40 mg as recommended - I would have been dead! Start with very small doses if you want to try this poison. F 61 3 days
10 mg 4X day
6/4/2022
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 1  anxiety It seemed to work for a couple of hours after taking then back to stress. Plus gives me headaches that wont go away. I have had two panic attacks which I only had once in a while on ativan. Its only been a few days but this drug sucks! F 47 3 days
25 1X day
7/13/2019
 4  Alcohol Withdrawal No shakes anxiety or pounding heart. But makes me very sleepy and wooly headed. (My dose will be dropped slowly after day 4) M 27 4 days
20mg×4
2/16/2017
 2  alcohol outpatient detox Feeling clumsy and dizzy. I don't think this is due to alcohol dependence because I was the the once a month binger type. I have to stop b/c my gallbladder was removed due to stones and drinking puts way too much stress on my liver. After an allnighter, I got really sick, so they assumed my BAL was so high because I had tolerance. My liver simply couldn't get rid of the toxin. It doesn't seem to do anything for me but as I said dizziness and feeling clumsy on my feet. I also got a mild hand tremor. After all the issues of getting sick, being undressed by male nurses in an ER, not being secured in bed so I rolled off-I don't think I will be swinging by a bar anytime soon. I do know it is the usual course (that or Klonopin or Ativan) so I hope it helps people. F 55 4 days
25 mg 4X day
7/2/2021
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 4  Anxiety Sedation and diziness I have been in my local hospital for detox 3 times in the last 3 years for a somewhat unique issue. I suffer cycles of severe anxiety/depression and when I do, I use a bit too much of oxycodone to try and quell it. It never works and causes me more anxiety. So I go to detox so I can go off it and get rest and relaxtion. This time, the doctor used librium for me at night. This is what he gives to the alcoholics and it seems to help them so much. I have to say, it is the only drug that finally worked and knocked my anxiety right out and allowed me to sleep. I suffer from chronic insomnia and this cycle caused me complete terror to go to bed. I finally slept like a baby and had no middle of the night waking up in a panic with confusion and depersonaliztion. It is way to sedating for me to take regularly as I feel it all day the next day. But it may be something I can use for emergency usage when I do not have to do anything the next day. Cant tell you how glad I am to not suffer from nonstop anxiiety for 10 hours a day that I let go for 80 days straight, M 42 7 days
25mgs 1X day
1/5/2012
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 4  Detox off Klonopin Unholy vertigo/dizzyness if taken on empty stomach, otherwise nothing else really. No sedation at all I was on Klonopin for over a year and a half at 4 0.5mg tabs/day. My new psychiatrist wanted to get me off Klonopin to see how I functioned without it for awhile. So to minimize the excruciating withdrawal effects, he prescribed a 10-day diminishing regimen of Librium (4/day x2 days, 3/day x2 days, etc). After two days of SEVERE Klonopin withdrawal, within an hour of taking the first Librium dose (with two bowls of soup) I felt amazing because the withdrawal vanished and I felt human again. The next few days were hell because I have NEVER experienced vertigo/dizzyness/nausea on such a massive scale that would last literally all day, and I couldnt leave the house bc I wasnt comfortable driving. I'd turn my head and the entire room went with it I was so dizzy. In order to just walk around my apartment, if I didn't have both hands firmly on something and taking baby steps VERY slowly, I'd fall over and lose my balance. So I quickly learned to eat something bland like some crackers or just one piece of bread 5 minutes before taking it, and strangely when I did this I was completely fine. Never had anything make me so sick in my entire life. It did fortunately take the edge off the coming-off of Klonopin, and severely eased the withdrawal symptoms; it didn't fully erase them, but instead of being catastrophic (I literally couldn't leave the house before this) the Librium really eased the process to the point where I could still mildly feel withdrawal symptoms but they wer M 29 10 days
Diminishng 3X day
11/8/2012
 3  major anxiety/panic disorder some drowsiness I take 150mg/day and I haven't really found it to help as much as I need it to. It definitely helps enough to get through the day but I can still feel some anxiety trying to push it's way through. The first day I took it I felt very out of it and almost drunk. That was only the first day. Since then, it seems to be working better and better each day but it's still not quite strong enough. I am no longer having anxiety or panic attacks but the general anxiety symptoms are still slightly there. It may take awhile for this med to work properly and it's possible I just need to give it more time. F 31 11 days
5/29/2009

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