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| RATING | REASON | SIDE EFFECTS FOR VALIUM | COMMENTS | SEX | AGE | DURATION/ DOSAGE | DATE ADDED |
| 5 | Sleep after Ecstasy use | Relaxation, sedation and mild drowziness the following day | Valium is a very useful drug, I use this medication after I have taken ecstasy (MDMA). It enables me to sleep very well and keep my sleep pattern for work, otherwise I would go to bed at 5am and wake at 3pm and so on, not good for a 9-5. Be careful as some people have had respitory failure leading to death from doses around 100mg and even lower. You won't get addicted if you use it in the way I do (once a week), taken every day you could, so use in moderation !! | M | 30 | 5 years | 9/16/2005 | 5 | Panic disorder with agoraphobia. | Daytime drowsiness, forgetfulness (mild), transient dysarthria, mild disinhibition manifested as increased socialisation. Increased libido (interest in sex). Elevated liver enzymes (GGT and ALT). All of these side effects are mild and don't cause me much concern. Benefits outweigh the risks. | A psychiatrist first prescribed me 5mg QID (4x/day) in 1989 for panic disorder after medications failed or had dangerous side effects. I was switched to high dose Xanax later on but Xanax was too short-acting. Tapering Xanax was impossible, so my doctor put me back on Valium and tapered me down to 10mg BID. It is very easy to taper Valium as it is long-acting. I feel calm and rarely have panic attacks anymore. I don't like the sedative effects, but there is no other drug out there that helps my panic attacks without dangerous or intolerable side effects. I'm on a French antidepressant called tianeptine (Stablon) and it works very well for my depression and anxiety. Along with Valium, I feel relatively normal, except that I wish I had some of my motivation back, but I had a lack of motivation prior to being on Valium. Overall, this is a great medication. Much, much less addictive than Xanax. | M | 33 | 15 years | 8/27/2005 | 5 | OCD - Trich (Hair Pulling) | Fatigue | This is the only medicine that has completely cured my trichotillomania, that is, my hair pulling. I take it at night which greatly minimizes the fatigue from Valium, while still working as well. Since I was 14, I've pulled or cut or picked my split ends, sometimes resulting in bald patches, because of my obsessive compulsive disorder. I stumbled across valium after trying zoloft, prozac, wellbutrin, and several other drugs. I was prescribed valium for surgery and has a very pleasant side effect - a complete cureall for my OCD! Do you know what a good feeling it is to be able to grow out your hair again? I am very pleased this worked for me but I don't know why because they do not traditionally prescribe this drug for trich. NOTHING else worked at all. I do not take illegal drugs or smoke, by the way. The last time I've gone this long without pulling my hair was five years ago. I have never been so happy...in five years. :-) | F | 23 | 2 weeks | 8/19/2005 | 5 | Aniiety Disorder | Decrease in Libido | M | 58 | 5 years | 5/3/2005 | 5 | anxiety | when i was prescribed to take it 3 times a day for a week i was exhuasted and i would get woozy. | it is a godsent. i have horrible anxiety and i have back problems. vicodan gives me anxiety but cures my pain then i have to take valium to keep me from having a panic attack. You have to be careful tho. if you like it too much you can become addicted. i like it b/c it doesn't makeme feel high. | 23 | 3 years | 4/1/2005 | 5 | insomnia, anxiety at bedtime | I cannot tell what causes what, due to a complicated life. I do not attribute my problems to Valium. This is a great drug. | Without Valium my mind would not stop at bedtime. This drug worked perfectly (let me sleep)and let me wake refreshed [5mg at bedtime]. More recently, I developed headache problems that I do not attribute to Valium [maybe overuse of protonix or Excedrin rebound]. I now use Valium for headaches and occasional leg shakes(5 mg at night). Now, I do not take it every day; more like every other day. | M | 55 | 2 years | 3/27/2005 | 5 | Exreme anxiety/depression | I have NO negative side effects that I experience. I know people (probaly don't have a anxiety disorder) that a half a pill knocks them out. for me it makes me feel | I had been on Xanax for 2 years taking 2mg. 3 times a day, unfortunatly the life span is only 2 hours or so. I got a high resistance to them, and became EXTREMEMLY addicted. When I tried to stop cold turkey, I can not begin to describe the pain and how sick I felt along with rebound anxiety I experienced. Went back just to feel | F | 40 | 4 days | 2/15/2005 | 5 | anxiety, insomnia | none. pleasant calm feeling as intended. i wanted to get a valium rx after noticing how much it calmed me before my many leg surgeries. | THIS DRUG SAVED MY LIFE. i take paxil for chronic pain and buspar for anxiety as well. the combination of the two was making me unable to sleep for days at a time. after being up for four days straight i was seriously thinking about killing myself (i've been housebound due to anxiety and therefore depressed for over a year now). after taking 2 5mg valiums per day, i feel better than i have in years. i've also been able to quit smoking tobacco and drinking alcohol for the first time in ten years. i have my life back for the first time in a decade. literally a LIFE SAVER. | M | 26 | 2 days | 1/6/2005 | 5 | Stress related illness. | Nil,but dosage is low. | A very useful aid to avoid more serious consequenses of trying to cope with extreem social stresses. | M | 71 | 11 years | 1/2/2005 | 5 | Generalized Anxiety & OCD | I don't know if I have had any side effects yet, I just started. | It makes me feel less anixious but I am only on 5 mg. It's not much but it has helped a little. I have heard great things about it from people who truly need it. | F | 26 | | 12/12/2004 | 5 | anxiety | None. | It helps a lot. | F | 27 | 2 years | 11/11/2004 | 5 | r | re rr | w | M | 4 days | 11/7/2004 | 5 | I'm taking valium for anxiety | None at all. | I'm being prescribed 20mg.s of valium to take three times a day and its working very well in the treatment of my agoraphobic like social anxiety. I can now walk down the street without the unreal fears of what I thought people were thinking about me. Plus because of the help of this medication and my self determination of getting a job I now have one. | M | 23 | | 11/3/2004 | 5 | could not sleep | reduced sexual drive but not sufficient to keep me from ejaculating and having good sex. | Valium keeps me going each day. Keeps me mellow so that i don't bitch too much about the sad state of the United States under GWB. 10 mg at bedtime, sometimes augmented with OTC Benydryl | M | 63 | 29 years | 10/29/2004 | 5 | F | | 9/23/2004 | 5 | Panic disorder, generalized anxiety | Drowsiness | I can't say enough good things about Valium. Contrary to some popular opinions, it isn't a widely-abused drug. Most people who take Valium need it. When I can't get a hold on my anxiety with cognitive behavioral methods or I'm having many panic attacks, I take a Valium and it helps me calm down, rest, and then get back to my life. I have taken it on an as-needed basis for about 5 years. I sometimes go weeks and weeks without taking any Valium, but I know it is there when I need it, and it works great. I just wish there weren't this sort of stigma attached to it; some people think you just want to get high when in reality it is a lifesaver for those of us who are terribly nervous and anxious. | F | 29 | 5 years | 9/21/2004 | 5 | insomnia | I take diazepam for insomnia. It works because this medication makes me very sleepy. If I don't give myself at least 7 hours to sleep, it can be very difficult to wake up in the morning. | M | 37 | 8 years | 9/18/2004 | 5 | anxiety about surgery | Drowsiness, euphoria, clumsiness | First sugery I had was C-section. Had a panic attack while they were prepping me. After that I was afraid to have more medical procedures. I would schedule a procedure I needed, show up, freak out and leave. Valium makes me totally OK. I used it for two epidural steriod injections and surgery prep for a laparoscopy. | F | 31 | 3 times | 9/10/2004 | 5 | Dystonia (neck muscles) | The valium 5mg. helps with my head tremor. I have a slight tremor from the dystonia. I get Botox injection in my muscles every 3 months & any kind of stress makes it worse. The valium is the only medicine that works, and I have tried several. | One of my Doctors wants me to get off of it because it is so addictive & the other Dr. says what difference does it make if I get addicted to it I am going to be on it the rest of my life anyway because of my dystonia & it is the only medicine that works for me. I don't consider myself to be addicted to it. I am suppost to take 3 pills a day and I take 1 sometimes 2 if I am in a stressful situation, but that doesn't happen often. | F | 54 | 5 years | 7/26/2004 | 5 | anxiety, muscle tension | None. | I've kept 2 mg. Valium tabs on my shelf for years (the lowest dose). I take maybe one or two tabs per month. When I need to sleep on an airplane, unkink muscles, calm down when very upset, it always does the trick in the gentlest, most reliable way. I took it for a couple of days prior to frightening eye surgery, and was very grateful that I had it to relieve near-panic. This is the best drug ever made...I even use it when feeling depressed and it boosts my mood right away. Wonderful stuff! I'm extremely sensitive to drugs, have a list of complaints and side effects on everything and anything else I've ever taken including aspirin, but Valium has never been a problem and has always helped. | F | 65 | 10 years | 5/5/2004 |