VALIUM Reviews (DIAZEPAM)Average Rating: 3.9 (415 Ratings)Filter ResultsCompare VALIUM with similar:
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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VALIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 3 | bruised ribs | Nausea | Allowed me to find a comfortable position as bruised ribs hurt worse than natural labor (no epidural or meds). After 5 days of no sleep I finally got a few hours of sleep thanks to the valuim however it all went down hill after becoming nauseated and throwing up. Ultimately I don't like being in excruciating pain from having bruised ribs and being violently sick as it only made my ribs and chest muscles hurt 10x more. | F | 29 | 3 days 2mg | 2/29/2016 | 1 | Panic Disorder | Made my body feel very heavy, and like my legs were rubbery. Had difficulty with walking and coordination. Also felt dizzy and somewhat high; eyes felt heavy and sleepy. Did not like. | Prescribed an alternative to lorazepam saying it wears off more quickly. I definitely prefer Ativan. It find that it works quickly and effectively to relieve panic by calming the mind and relaxing the body, but not so much that it makes it difficult to function. | F | 43 | 1 days 5mg 1X AN | 11/20/2015 | 5 | Back spasms | No negative side effectes to my knowledge. | I have been suffering severe back spasm pain every few days for the past week. The first day I was injected with Valium at the ER and it helped a great deal. The second time, which was about five days later, I tried EVERYTHING and it didn't relieve the spasm or the pain; heating pad, 600 mg of Motrin, icy hot, lying down, hot shower, nothing. I finally went to my last resort of oral Valium. It took about half an hour to kick in but when it did, I finally felt relief in my back and was finally able to sleep. I don't want to rely on this drug because of addiction that runs in my family, so I will be seeing a primary care doctor to see why my back is doing this and take the actions necessary to deal with this problem. Bottom line: great drug for back spasms, as long as you take it as a last resort to lessen the risk of dependence on it. | M | 21 | 4 days 5 mg | 11/14/2015 | 4 | anxiety | None | If i take more then presribed, am i wasting it? | F | 43 | 3 years 30MG | 10/15/2015 | 3 | Anxiety | Not to many bit of tiredness just diazapam is weak drug not to strong like xanax so handy if you cant tolerate xanax etc. | Try to deal with things without it....easy to rely on.I am trying mindfulness relaxation skills. Want to wean of it one day....but try coming of it's awful stomach cramps/ like coming of heroin not kidding. | M | 45 | 10 years 5mg 1X day | 10/5/2015 | 5 | Pain, Anger, Tension, GAD | NONE | Valium has changed my life. Im a Police Officer and fitness enthusiast, with an extremely stressful life. Have suffered from anxiety since a teen. The repressed anger from dealing with scumbags daily and some pretty intense spinal injuries, has left me in a state of pure tension and uneasyness. Valium totally erases all of my issues. I have increased my dose from 5mg to 15mg over two years. But occassionally i will go a week only taking 10mg a day. The key is abstaining from alcohol. Alcohol +Valium = BAD. Stay very hydrated and exercise. The name brand is much better than the generic. If you have insurance, tell doc u want name brand only. If you are uninsured, youll have to stick with generic because the name brand costs $575.00 for 60 pills without insurance. I will take valium indefinitely. The quality of life improvement outweighs the only negative factor of valium, which would be coming off of it. | M | 40 | 2 years 10-20 MG | 9/28/2015 | 1 | Back pain | People love this drug because they think they can stop taking it and not get any withdrawal symptoms. Diazepam has a half life of 100-200 hours and it builds up massively in your body if you take it every day, or worse still, multiple times a day. If youve been taking 10mg a day for a year then you will have 2000mg-3000mg of it in your body when you quit, so you won't experience any withdrawal symptoms for around a month. This has been scientifically proven. So just because you quit for a week cold turkey and get no Withdrawals, don't think you're past the most difficult phase. | This drug accumulates massively in your body, causes dementia/ brain damage (been proven in recent studies) and will ruin your life once you come off it. | M | 55 | 10 days 10MG | 9/28/2015 | 5 | extreme anxiety and anger | Taking twice a day works amazing no side affects | F | 45 | 7 days 5mg | 9/26/2015 | 1 | Wrongly prescribed--depression | Please only take this for a very short time--few days or a week. If you are one one of the large% you will have a very rough time discontinuing use. | Horrible long term physical and mental symptoms for over a year after quitting. | F | 60 | 2 years 20 mg | 9/19/2015 | 5 | anxiety due to 3brain bleeds | None except valuable help | If u feel it will help u ask ur Dr. | F | 61 | 1 years 10 mg. | 9/4/2015 | 5 | Muscle spasms/sleep | Dry mouth, lethary in the morning, dizziness. | This drug in low doses helps with muscle spasms and the pain associated with this. This will in turn reduce anxiety caused by pain. It also helps the body heal because it is relaxed and resting at night. It is longer acting than other drugs in this same family given for muscle spasms or anxiety associated with pain, such as lorazepam. The longer acting aspect of the drug allows for a longer rest period because if the peak and decline of the drug. It has helped a chronic condition be more tolerable and has kept me being able to work. | F | 53 | 5 years 5mg x1 x D | 8/22/2015 | 3 | Back muscle spasm | Tiredness and headaches the next day | Along with hydrocodone, this is commonly prescribed by my GP after muscular back spasms resulting in being bed-ridden for a few days. It seems to do little for the spasms but simply induces sleep. So, helping to rest/sleep better does speed recovery, but it would be nice if it actually stop muscle spasms, that's why it gets a 3. | M | 35 | 10 days 10 2X day | 7/25/2015 | 1 | anxiety | 1 days | 6/11/2015 | 4 | Anxiety | wn they wear off you need more | how control palpitations without Valium | F | 58 | 10 months 5m | 6/2/2015 | 1 | Insomnia | None | DO NOT TAKE THIS DRUG OR ANY BENZO'S. I had no idea that I had to be weaned off of 5 mg of Valium. I went into acute w/d and I had terrible anxiety (never suffered any anxiety prior to taking it) high blood pressure, fast pulse, muscle cramps, blurred vision, tininitus, walking felt odd, terrible irregular periods, sweats, short term memory loss, my hair was shedding and breaking for 5 weeks, terrible insomnia, I lost 7 pds in one week, agoraphobic, terrible fear, auditory hallucinations. I am currently off the drug 20 weeks now and most of these terrible side effects have all abated. I am still dealing with short term memory cognitive issues, and a little anxiety. I never had any anxiety prior to taking this drug. DO NOT TAKE VALIUM OR ANY BENZO. THEY DOWN REGULATE YOUR GABA A RECEPTORS AND THEY TAKE A VERY LONG TIME TO UP REGULATE!! What saved me was www.benzobuddies.org. | F | 50 | 4 years 5 mg 1X day | 5/21/2015 | 2 | anxiety | Real bad stomach pain and chest | F | 63 | 5 days 2 mg | 5/6/2015 | 3 | When i took the valium i imidatley felt high an light headed. not sure why tho | F | 25 | 2 days 10mg | 5/5/2015 | 1 | Sedation for Sigmoidoscopy | Had Versed and Valium for sedated Sigmoidoscopy. The doc told me when I woke up that the Sigmoidoscopy was stopped because I was in danger of aspirating the vomit from the Versed. Second time successful without either drug. | I don't know why I seem to be over sensitive to Valium. Will not take Valium unless absolutely necessary in a hospital setting, where they deal with anesthesia on a daily basis. | M | 39 | 1 days IV | 4/28/2015 | 5 | Medical procedures | None | I've taken Valium twice. Once prior to a MRI. I was quite nervous about being in the MRI machine for 45 minutes, plus having to get an IV for the contrast. Taking 5mg of Valium 30 mins prior made getting and IV and laying in the MRI machine a breeze. Second time was when I was to get a pin and wire removed from my fractured finger (in Dr's office w/no sedation or pain killer). I felt no anxiety whatsoever when the nurse called me back. The procedure went so smoothly b/c I wasn't anxious. I had no side effects at all, just a nice calm feeling. | F | 37 | 2 days 5 1X day | 4/27/2015 | 5 | anxiety tension and bipolar | No side effects | Great! Sooths anxiety without the head buzz that xanax has. | M | 31 | 10 years 30 | 4/25/2015 |