LIBRIUM Reviews (CHLORDIAZEPOXIDE HYDROCHLORIDE)Average Rating: 4.0 (45 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare LIBRIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR LIBRIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2 | anxiety | none. | The first dose isn't as affective as the second dose so if your looking for fast relief of panic it dosn't really help, BUT ! unlike Xanax you won't get the feeling it gonna ware off. | M | 23 | 3 weeks | 11/11/2004 | 2 | anxiety | none. | The first dose isn't as affective as the second dose so if your looking for fast relief of panic it dosn't really help, BUT ! unlike Xanax you won't get the feeling its gonna ware off. | M | 23 | 3 weeks | 11/11/2004 | 3 | anxiety | I just wanted to mention that there are withdrawal symptoms you will experience when you get off this stuff. I took 1 or 2 a day for a couple months. It's been about a week since I took one and I'm still feeling weird, really tense and easily irritated with heart racing a bit. | M | 28 | 2 months 1X day | 5/3/2010 | 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 | 3 | alcoholism and aggressiveness | slight calmness | hope they work | M | 49 | 2 days | 9/9/2004 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Esophageal spasms | No bad side-effects to mention. | My newly diagnosed GERD showed its initial obvious symptoms as breathlessness which turned out to be spasms in my lower esophagus. After an endoscopy to do biopsies and stretch my esophagus, I needed a stronger medicine and Librium ( as well as a simple diet) has worked beautifully! My spasms have decreased 80%. I only take 1 pill before dinner...also use Gaviscon after smaller meals. | F | 42 | 60 days 5 mg 1X day | 11/16/2012 | 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 | 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 | 4 | Acute anxiety/chronic anxiety | At first dry mouth (still get that occasionally) and excessive daytime drowsiness, confusion, clumsiness , and lightheadedness (went away also with time). | Have had minimal issues with this medication except when I first started taking it. It has relieved my chronic anxiety very well, I feel like a different person for the better. | F | 43 | 1 years 10 MG 5X day | 12/27/2011 | 4 | Anxiety, Tremors, Hypothalmic Disor | No real side effects. Helps GREATLY with tremors, anxiety and sleeping. I developed a central nervous system disorder after being diagnosed with Addison's Disease (failing adrenal glands)and a hypothalmic dysfunction. I was taking 2-3 Librax a day for 3 years then tapered off for about 3 months and quit. I'm considering going back on it because the original symptoms have returned with a vengence. I've been completely off it for 2 months. However, in the meantime I'm having a good combo doctor (M.D. and homeopath) run some more tests to try and determine root causes of symptoms, as well as balance all my hormones (female, thyroid and adrenal)and check for deficiencies in vitamins and minerals. | F | 53 | 3 years | 11/30/2007 | 4 | | 10/6/2005 |