http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice Just another bbPress community en-US Fri, 24 May 2013 08:01:56 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/search.php http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-285963 Sun, 29 Jul 2012 10:42:08 +0000 steve l 285963@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>For withdraw support contact <a href="http://www.citawithdrawal.org.uk" rel="nofollow">http://www.citawithdrawal.org.uk</a><br /> They are a charity with 25 years experience with withdrawal and operate a free telephone help line.<br /> Benzodiazepines are extremely addictive and should be only taken for two to four weeks. Side effects -even in constant use, include depression, anxiety,agoraphobia, memory loss and suicide risk </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-235093 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 15:46:11 +0000 katysara 235093@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I seem to be fine. I just keep cutting the dose every few days. I&#39;m down from 30mg to 12.5mg - though I feel very light-headed. </p> <p>Thank you for your good wishes.</p> <p>KSx </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-235039 Sat, 05 Jun 2010 07:06:09 +0000 IdeaCollector 235039@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I&#39;m way too late to this party but I do hope you found a system that works well for you.</p> <p>For me I refuse to stop taking my diazepam despite my doctors getting a bit freaked out by my having it in the first place. I&#39;m way too afraid of addiction to abuse the drug and it is the only anti-anxiety medication that works when I have a panic attack.</p> <p>Hope you are well katysara &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_biggrin.gif&quot; title=&quot;:D&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232633 Thu, 20 May 2010 18:10:11 +0000 katysara 232633@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>ouch!!!!! &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_mrgreen.gif&quot; title=&quot;:mrgreen:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232497 Thu, 20 May 2010 09:05:27 +0000 tito 232497@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>I do hope if you buy cherries now you eat them immediately. I would.</p> <p>In fact..........I do!</p> <p>I like fresh pineapple better though. I&#39;m now imagining a sleepwalker attempting to eat a whole pineapple.........................it&#39;s not a happy image. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif&quot; title=&quot;8O&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232473 Thu, 20 May 2010 04:00:49 +0000 katysara 232473@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <blockquote><p><cite>Tito <a href="//www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232355&quot;">said</a>:</cite><br /> I love cherries. I&#39;d have been really annoyed about having missed eating them. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p></blockquote> <p>I was - they were dead expensive too! </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232377 Wed, 19 May 2010 20:05:20 +0000 greentree 232377@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Oh yes, definintely.... it&#39;s weird what some people get up to in their sleep... &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_mrgreen.gif&quot; title=&quot;:mrgreen:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>I used to sleepwalk as a kid... would generally end up either downstairs (if my parents were still up) or in their bedroom, talking crap (lego pubs was the subject one night....). My mum would generally agree with me and suggest i went back to bed, and off i&#39;d go.<br /> When i was 13 or so i went away with the school and mum had to tell the teacher i was prone to sleep walking...... how embarrassing..... &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_redface.gif&quot; title=&quot;:oops:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>And nightmares...used to get them a lot too... &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_eek.gif&quot; title=&quot;8O&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232355 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:17:03 +0000 tito 232355@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>I love cherries. I&#39;d have been really annoyed about having missed eating them. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>On the subject of moving heavy furniture, and in husband&#39;s case, climbing up the front of his parent&#39;s house, which he never would have attempted awake, it makes me think that we&#39;re all physically capable of more than our conscious selves limit ourselves to.<br /> Does that make sense? </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232353 Wed, 19 May 2010 18:08:48 +0000 katysara 232353@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Well I don&#39;t sleep walk. I used to sleep walk and sleep eat when I was on zolpidem (ambien). I&#39;d wake up in the morning with food in my hair and bed. Quite embarrassing as I was in hospital at the time. I told them I was sleep walking but they didn&#39;t believe me. One night I ate a huge bag of fresh red cherries - unfortunately i ate the stones too. Talk about fibre in your diet... </p> <p>KSx </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232343 Wed, 19 May 2010 17:58:23 +0000 michael 232343@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>lol! i had a coworker who would move all her furniture while she was asleep. heavy dressers &amp; all that. then she&#39;d get back in bed, wake up in the middle of the night, and walk smack into it.</p> <p>i found this out when i saw her buying decorative paper to make a lampshade. i said &quot;oh you&#39;re crafty&quot; and she said &quot;no i have to replace the lampshade that i tore into bits in my sleep last night&quot; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/3#post-232315 Wed, 19 May 2010 16:00:53 +0000 katysara 232315@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/2#post-232215 Tue, 18 May 2010 23:30:31 +0000 tito 232215@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Snoring. Husband says I don&#39;t snore but sit bolt upright making anguished wailing noises, which I wake myself up doing sometimes, I also make clicking noises and either cry or laugh hysterically in my sleep. I wake myself up doing the last two as well. </p> <p>He snores, every snore different from the last, stops breathing in his sleep, if he does then I wake up and nudge him. (His late brother had to have the oxygen at night for this).</p> <p>He talks in his sleep about work/fishing. His sleep talking usually starts with &#39;Alright mate...............&#39;</p> <p>He used to sleepwalk a lot and once climbed up the front of his parents house, through their bedroom window and tried getting into bed with them. He was 19 at the time. His Dad thought he was a burglar and punched him the face. </p> <p>His mother said she could make out a leg coming through the curtains.</p> <p>When we were in our first home I found him sitting on the side of the bath, running cold water over his feet shouting &#39;We&#39;ll be late! Late!&#39;</p> <p>I became hysterical and threatened to call the police. </p> <p>He woke up shortly afterwards. </p> <p>I&#39;ve got the feeling this may be a long post. </p> <p> &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_cool.gif&quot; title=&quot;8)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/2#post-232211 Tue, 18 May 2010 23:14:41 +0000 tito 232211@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>If you go too quickly, you may be more inclined to fail in the longterm.</p> <p>I think you would advise someone else to take it slowly.</p> <p>But that&#39;s the fabulous thing about being bipolar. It means never following your own advice. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_lol.gif&quot; title=&quot;:lol:&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p> <p>I usually don&#39;t. </p> <p>Take it easy duckie xxx </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/2#post-232207 Tue, 18 May 2010 23:11:02 +0000 katysara 232207@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>Why thank you tmidir,</p> <p>I fear my impatience will lead me to cut down asap but I&#39;m trying to be reasonably sensible about it.... Still my psych said to drop 5mg in 3 months. I&#39;ve done that already in 8 days.</p> <p>Feel ok, not sleeping is normal.</p> <p>KSx </p> http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/topic/i-may-be-grumpy-diazepam-withdrawal-advice/page/2#post-232135 Tue, 18 May 2010 20:51:57 +0000 tmidir 232135@http://www.stephenfry.com/forum/ <p>slow and steady does it, go down in small stages, give it a week or two between small decreases in dosage then let things level off before reducing again. If you&#39;ve been on benzos for a wee while then it will impact more and take a little longer to reduce, I would have thought a period of months is a reasonable timescale to be looking at in order to effectively minimise side effects. Also remember why you&#39;re on them in the first place, in order to get some sleep and keep things chilled, don&#39;t miss out on sleep as that will impact on everything else. I&#39;ve read your website katysara and I think you&#39;re a wonderfully brave and inspirational young lady, I hope things keep going well for you, just be gentle with any reduction in your meds and don&#39;t rush things. &lt;img src=&quot;http://www.stephenfry.com/bb-content/plugins//bb-smilies/default/icon_smile.gif&quot; title=&quot;:-)&quot; class=&quot;bb_smilies&quot; /&gt; </p>