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 | puritis | M | 35 | 12 days 5mg 1X day | 6/23/2011 | 5 | inability to sleep due to IBS | none | I've had IBS that only bothers me at night-cramps, gas, pain. I get 3-4 hours and I'm unable to sleep anymore. After taking 20 mg of valium,I'm able to sleep. I was prescribed Bentyl which was completely useless. For me,this has been a miracle drug. I use it very sparingly.Suffer through a few nights, and then take it when the pain kicks in at 4 or 5 am. For some reason this IBS doesn't affect me during the day. It's such a relief to know that there is something like this that can give me the sleep I need. | M | 70 | 2 years 20 mg 1X AN | 6/6/2011 | 5 | Life is short, why not relax? | nothing bad, sometimes sleepy | Takes the edge off. Helps with sleep and sea/air sickness. Eliminated my migraines. | M | 59 | 3 years 20-30 mg 2X day | 5/27/2011 | 5 | ANXIETY/DEPRESSION AFTER BEREAVEMEN | none they have 'saved my bacon' many a difficult time in fact just knowing i had access helped, people who moan about coming off them should just stay on or do they never smoke or touch alcohol;? both v harmful | life-saver should be legal here as elsewhere though i know there are people with addictive personalties they will take alcohol which is far WORSE I AM ABLE TO CONTROL MY VAL USE ONE OR 2 DAYS FREE WEEKLY EVEN THO I AM SUFFERING GRIEF do not let drs put you on v v strong anti-depressants also in goood times gone years without them but have lost soul-mate don't wish to be a ZOMBiE on drs choice of meds as well! VAL no SIDE-AFFECTS | F | 64 | 10mg 1X AN | 4/27/2011 | 5 | Anxiety | Valium is an excellent drug. I have been taking it for a very very long time and it still works well. I suffer from GAD and it is very very effective | I have only very good comments about Valium | M | 60 | 41 years 10 2X day | 4/26/2011 | 5 | anxiety/sleep disorder | Valium is the BEST drug for anxiety and sleepness,I take it, sleep for 7 to 8 hours and have absolutely no side effects, if I feel anxious, I take 5mg and it goes away. | Doctors do not like to prescribe it because it is addictive, but so are cigarettes and I am sure millions of people die from lung cancer than from Valium. It works wonders | M | 44 | 4 years 10 1X day | 4/10/2011 | 1 | anxiety | dont let valium make you think all is well ,ive taken them on and off for years and wish id never layd eyes on them, getting of valium the first time i didnt sleep for 6 weeks and then i went mad, im stiil on them now years later and if i try now i feal as if im haven a hart attack,stay well clear of them. | M | 36 | 10 years 5 mg 4X day | 4/5/2011 | 3 | sleep, anxiety | Weight gain, slow thinking, irritablity, lazy, compulisive eating, erratic behavior. If you need something for sleep, anxiety depression definetly go with a non addictive class of medication. This stuff was just awful to get off of. I did it in one try though but took at least three months to feel normal. I never craved it and took 10 mg at first then 20 mg but looking in hindsight it was not benificial for long term usage or if you smoke pot. Made me look like I had bloat and often got nausia and made me erratic and irritable. | This is a great medication for a very short time or if you take once in a blue moon. I thought I was doing the right thing by taking one at night and never took during the day. I never felt that high the movie stars got from it nor it make my quality of life better. It made me feel sluggish during the day and tired most of the time. I never craved it like when I smoked cigarettes 15 years ago but there was a comfort every night knowing I could take something to relax my mind and sleep. Problem is it relaxed my mind all day often wanting a nap in the afternoon and then not going to bed til after midnight when i would take at 9 or 10. I finally had to come to the realisation that it did not help at all for sleep or mood. I really regret taking this medication. Also the withdrawal was bad. Not in regards to craving cause I never did but the physical withdrawals, convulsions, mania, insomnia etc was terrifying. Its been over a year since I quit on first try but after many years of procrastination and four months later felt alot better and a month ago went on a small dose of Elavil at night and that has done wonders. Never again on valium though a big misjudgment. | M | 41 | 6 years 20 1X day | 3/3/2011 | 5 | Occasional insomnia | I did not experience any, unless you count a very slight taste in the mouth, the morning after. | As you see, I have used Valium almost an entire lifetime. However, I determined from the beginning that I would not become addicted or dependent and resolved not to take it two nights in a row. If I were sleepless the night following a previous night of taking the drug, I would have to remain sleepless. | F | 80 | 45 years 2.5-5.0 mg 4X M | 2/8/2011 | 3 | sleep/anxiety | groggy and foggy till noon the next day. | if you take this drug for more than a year everyday or even three times a week you will become addicted physically and mentally and getting off it is very hard to do. The withdrawal symptoms are just horrible and you will struggle to beat it. The withdrawal symptoms are anxiousness, confusion, chest pains, no sleep for a day or two, depression and a general sick feel9ing....lasts for a week or so. The tricky part of getting off all benzos is that it takes longer than you think becauase they stay in your system for a week or longer qand then as the benzo leaves your body entirely that is when you reall y feel the withdrawal. If you cold turkey stop...not a good idea....you will be ok for a day or two but in a week your body will be screaming out: "wheres the ^&%$*#^ valium???? | M | 55 | 5 days 10 1X day | 1/7/2011 | 3 | anxiety, muscle spasms, insomnia | a little grogginess, blurred vision, heavy eyes, feel like a sticky film on my skin (anyone else have this?),some flu like symptoms in my mucles but seems to be improving.. | was prescribed 5mg after taking xanax and/or ativan for many years to see if this would also help my muscle spasms..I am only taking 1-2mg of it per day so far and it seems to be helping but many more side effects than the other benzo's. never had any side effects from the 2 mentioned. have a high tolerance for most any meds, always have...so i am still trying to comprehend how this little valium is making me feel like this..weird...not sure if i want to continue if this keeps up..will decided in the next week or so i guess..the worst is the blurred vision, heavy eye feeling (not really sleepy, but almost like my eyeballs are swollen) and sticky feeling on my skin. anyone have these symptoms?? i had taken some valium years ago in college and had none of these affects...wondering if i just have to adjust to it or what...? will update later on... | M | 38 | 5 days 5mg 1X day | 11/15/2010 | 4 | Benzo withdrawal | I am using it to come off Klonopin. | The only reason I gave it a 4 is because it's easier to come off of than Klonopin, whatever you do.. just don't touch klonopin! | M | 31 | 1 years 45mg 1X day | 11/10/2010 | 4 | anxiety and just because | A wonderful calmness at first when taking the drug. | i started to take valium to try to have something in common with my high school friends at the time. the pills were never mine i stole them from my mother who uses them for their intention. i however began abusing them and quit cold turkey once. it was a horrible time for the short amount of time i used it. i was off of it for a couple of months then used again and now i quitting cold turkey again. this past time i have been using it a little more often than the last time and now i do not know when the cold sweats will happen again. all i do know is that i am very anxious and wanting to take the anxiety away but i know that will be the wrong thing to do. another thing is that valium can make you pack on the weight… | F | 18 | 8 months 5mg-15mg 1X day | 11/4/2010 | 4 | Vertigo | Very "chill" and mild headaches | After battling unrelenting dizziness, my doctor prescribed valium. I can honestly say, much to my surprise, the pills REALLY worked. I took once before bed every night - helped tremendously. The only bad thing is it didn't CURE my dizziness. I still have vertigo on a daily basis, but because I recognized the potential of addiction to this substance, I no longer take the drug. | F | 30 | 30 days 10MG 1X day | 11/1/2010 | 4 | closed MRI | asleep, double vision, lack of coordination | First MRI was closed, then 2 open when I found out I was claustrophobic, then surgeon requested another closed MRI because of better quality images. Took 1 Valium 2mg one hour before procedure. Husband drove me 45 minutes and I slept all the way. Woke with double vision and staggering uncoordination. He had to hold me up to get me to the MRI. I don't do well with CNS depressants. Just like Soma a few years back. I was extremely relaxed during the MRI, though I will put this on my list of drug sensitivities. | F | 60 | 1 times 2mg 1X day | 10/31/2010 | 1 | Anxiety & Panic Attacks | While I I was taking the pills it worked wonders. I have been off Valium for approximately 4 days and it has been the worst 4 days of my life. I stopped cold turkey versus tapering off of the medication. The withdrawl effects have been horrible. My anxiety and panic attacks have kicked in worse than when I started taking the meds. I have had almost all the withdrawl side effects described, heart palapitations, sweating, major anxiety, rage, tremors, severe depression, nausea/dizziness. The list just goes on and on. I DO NOT RECOMMEND ANYONE TAKING THIS MEDICATION. IT IS HIGHLY ADDICTING AND THE WITHDRAWL SYMPTOMS ARE JUST SIMPLY NOT WORTH IT!!! | F | 46 | 1 years 5MG 1X day | 10/20/2010 | 4 | Dizziness | mild sleepiness | Really helps with my dizziness associated with an ear infection. Was extremely dizzy and within an hour of taking it, it helps. Makes me a little sleepy and a LOT mellow! | F | 39 | 5 days 2mg 1X day | 10/19/2010 | 5 | chronic insomnia, phobia, depressio | tolerances- Making bad decisions- If you go out in public after taking this, have a monitor along. Can make you suddenly very sleepy at inconvenient times. | I was doing fine- No more bad temper, explosive outbursts, or dark depression. Until I had to change Drs, and start all over again, breaking in a new Dr, who wanted me to 'try out' all the new brands of brain poison, like all the SSRI's, and older psycho drugs. He ended up cutting me loose just like that, and I had seizures. Another Dr tried to cut me off cold turkey, and I had a grand mal, and ended up in the O ward for a week. That was 40 yrs ago New understanding Dr. put me on Xanax 1mg x 3. Everything is fine again, unless I have to find a new Dr. | M | 63 | 9 years 40 2X day | 10/6/2010 | 5 | anxiety; for sleep | No side effects at all. Very happy with it! | My seventeen year old daughter and I have both been diagnosed with insomnia. For her, the over the counter medications like Unisom Sleepgels have worked very well. But my insomnia was worse. I was prescribed seconals and Ambien, which worked very well for sleep. But in the daytime, I would become anxious. The valium really helped calm me down, and I hever had any side effects. I have not taken any in a couple of years. But my doctor said that if needed, she would prescribe it again. | F | 49 | 1 years 5 MG 1X day | 10/1/2010 | 5 | Benzo withdrawal | Drowsiness, sedation, I'm tapering off Klonopin (which was pure hell!) I was on Klonopin for a long time. I'm using Ashton's method to get off, it works, if you are coming off a shorter lasting Benzo, switch to Valium and come off. | Good for coming off Klonopin, Klonopin is the devil! | M | 30 | 6 months 30mg 1X day | 9/23/2010 |