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 |
| 5 | various | No bad effects, no withdrawal symptoms | I have taken this at times for: divorce anxiety, dentist anxiety, sleep, sea sickness, migraine headache. It has been a great help in all of these situations. | M | 48 | 45 days 15mg 2X day | 2/18/2013 | 3 | Anxiety, panic attacks | Addiction, memory loss, mild depression, decrease in coordination | AT FIRST, this drug helped to control my anxiety and panic attacks. It enabled me to work and leave my house without fear. After about a year of taking valium as prescribed I was physically addicted. Twice I have tried to wean off this drug, even after three months off my last dose my anxiety is far worse than before I started! It does not take abuse of this drug to become dependent. I found the website "benzobuddies" helpful with getting off the drug. Please beware of all drugs in this class. | F | 46 | 5 years 5 mg 3X day | 2/5/2013 | 4 | Anxiety and Insomnia | makes me sleepy. | I have to say,this drug have help me alot,after I started taking latuda I've been having horrible anxiety and insomnia as an a side effect,I take this at night a hour before bed and I was albe to sleep peacefully,this has been a lifesaver. | F | 18 | 1 months 10 1X day | 1/23/2013 | 5 | stress depression and insomnia | dizziness, sleepiness, fatigue, relaxed, calm, poor coordination, loss of balance and addiction. | F | 41 | 8 months 10 mg | 1/21/2013 | 5 | Anxiety and muscle spasms | None really | I was first given Valium for anxiety, then my Pain Dr. said it really helps for neck spasms. | M | 45 | 10 years 5 2X day | 12/24/2012 | 3 | Anxiety/panic attacks, depression | I only take Valium when I get a panic attack or other occasions involving my anxiety. However, when I take it I feel super relaxed, almost to the point where I can't function. I get tired, numb and I've experienced some memory loss after taking Valium. Therefore, this medicine helped me - did what it was supposed to- but the side effects are concerning to me. | F | 16 | 1 days Half pill | 11/23/2012 | 5 | anxity/ muscle spasms | None really | M | 45 | 5 mg 2X day | 10/18/2012 | 5 | Anxiety, stress, depression | None | M | 42 | 3 months 30 | 10/13/2012 | 5 | Anxiety | not many 2mg daily, takes edge of anxiety, but i could do with something more potent. Mommas little helpers they call them ,10yrs later i still pop them daily, part of my ritual. If i take 5mg or more i end up bit whacky Loo! so low tolerance perhaps. | Not good long term..... just a habit like smoking | M | 44 | 10 years 2 1X day | 10/6/2012 | 1 | Anxiexty | Was put on valium due to panic attacks and could not sleep. Also other medical problems. Had siezure attacks and got 4 diffirent oppions. Was told phesedo siezures and after 10 years dr reduced and took me off since cant not sleep and back to mid say attacks If i knew that trying get off this would cause more problems would never started. | M | 46 | 10 years 10mg 2X day | 9/22/2012 | 5 | anxiety and pain | Side effects implies something unpleasant or unexpected. In my case = nothing. | I take 20 mg prior to dental or medical procedures. According to my dentist "it makes it easier on the patient and easier for me", I have to agree. | M | 44 | 30 days 20 MG 2X day | 9/11/2012 | 4 | Panic attacks | I had panic attacks that were so intense, I thought they'd kill me. Valium helped tremendously. I also have insomnia and they help me sleep. However, they make me so tired the next day, I can barely get out of bed. As a result, I only take them when I have a big panic attack, which are now few and far between. When I take the Valium, I'm too tired to do my workout the next day (I lift weights) and i feel stressed and the panic attacks return. But the fatigue is horrible. It is almost worse than having the panic attacks. | F | 71 | 4 years 30mg | 7/23/2012 | 3 | Anxiety, Spasms (Car Accident) | Dizziness, Drowsiness, Fatigue | I was given Valium after a car accident last September to treat both the muscle spasms and severe anxiety. While it certainly made me less anxious, it wasn't quite something I could feasibly take during the day or as needed while out. Essentially it..well... put me to sleep. As in, snoring, drooling sleep in the middle of work. Unfortunately it didn't quite work for me as intended but it was a fantastic sleep aid! | F | 28 | 7 days 5mg 1X day | 7/12/2012 | 5 | GAD, PD, Depression | The withdrawal from Valium is a walk-in-the-park compared to Effexor or Cymbalta!!! This medication is harmless. I feel no addiction at all, and my brain feels like its come out a seizure state (anxiety, panic disorder). I just feel normal! Avoid the 5 mg tabs as they contain tertrazine (yellow dye # 5) which 50 % of the population is allergic to. I get the 10 mg blue tabs and snap 'em in half. This drug is highly under-used. It makes you feel normal so you can get on with life without anxiety or panic. Added bonus is the muscle relaxant qualities that other benzos do not have. So say goodbye to the physical pain associated with GAD & PD. SSRI's and SNRI's need to be re-examined. Not everyone with anxiety and or PD can be lumped into one bin - Serotonin. Some of us lack the neurotransmitter GABA, which is what Valium targets. | M | 40 | 6 years 10 | 7/3/2012 | 5 | Reduce spasms after surgery | Drowsiness | This medication was excellent. I had surgery which caused me to have pain in my back and this medication virtually eliminated all of the pain by itself. I was also prescribed Vicodin, but I did not even touch that stuff because the Valium worked so well. I had no negative side effects such as grogginess after waking up. Also, I did not experience any euphoria or anything which I would characterize as a recreational benefit besides sedation so addiction potential for me was practically zero. Great medication when used for a short duration. | M | 23 | 10 days 10mg 1X day | 6/23/2012 | 1 | Anxiety/Panic | Withdrawal is hell. Dry mouth and eyes, still having anxiety, shaking all over, jaw pains, agoraphobia, and many more | NEVER EVER use benzodiazepines. If I had known in the beginning when my Dr. prescribed first Lorazepam, then Ativan and now valium for withdrawal, I would never have used them. My Dr. now has yanked me cold turkey off of Ativan and had me start on valium. I'm down to 1 mg. at nite and the side effects have worsened 100%. | F | 68 | 6 months 5 mg. 3X day | 6/22/2012 | 5 | vertigo and migraines | This is the only that that has helped my vertigo and even with a bad migraine attack (I have severe chronic Basilar migraines that leave me housebound/bed bound for months on end) it helps my pain, nausea, vomiting, everything associated with my migraines. It has been a life safer and kept me out of the ER for my vertigo. I only use it as needed, very sparingly, maybe once or twice a month. It's the only thing that has helped me in 8 years. It also helps severe motion intolerance/sickness because it works as a vestibular suppressant. I understand if you use it on a regular basis, the withdrawals are bad but my vertigo is so severe at times I'd end up at the hospital and that's the treatment they give. I think with occasional OR short term use, this drug is very good. | F | 35 | 1.5 years 5 MG. 1X AN | 6/13/2012 Patient History | 4 | TMJ | Last night was the first night taking it; 10 mg at 8:30 p.m. By 9:45, I could barely hold my eyes open. I slept for the entire night for the first time in years. Today I've felt a bit groggy, but still able to function. This evening, I'm extremely tired and considered not taking another one. However, I did as the doctor prescribed and took it again at 8:30. It's 9:10 now and I'm ready for bed. I also feel really "loose". My coordination is a bit off and I wouldn't dare think of driving after take a pill. | I've been told that the daytime drowsiness will subside after a few days. Getting a good nights sleep is worth it. | F | 52 | 2 days 10 mg 1X day | 5/23/2012 | 3 | panic attacks | Heart palapatation, dizziness, sleepiness, vomiting. | F | 2 months 2 mg | 5/17/2012 | 1 | before having an MRI | Had a life threatning reaction from having ingested one tablet from the prescription I was prescribed. Bed ridden for seven months . Very bad pain in the head. It was like a migraine magnified 50x, sense of space very distorted,dizziness, very bad tinnitus, very bad pain behind eyes, heart complications,panic attacks morning,noon & night, suicidal because of the untolerable pain I had to endure with the pressure and pain in my head the list goes on. Had one tablet. Believe I may have had an unforgiven batch. | Should come with a black box warning. You never know when you are going te end up with an unsafe batch. It may be a life saving medicine until one receieves a contaminated, tampered with or unsafe batch. My husband also had one tablet from the same batch and had a heart attack. Coincidental- No. What does one do when you get an unsafe medicine that causes so much harm??? | F | 1X day | 5/11/2012 |