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alisandria
Veteran Member
Registered: August 2006
Location: USA
Posts: 331
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Review Date: Fri September 8, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 7
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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worked well for PA
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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felt a little drowsy, dry mouth
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I think it worked fast, and well.
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myself
Grand Magnate
Registered: July 2005
Posts: 3291
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Review Date: Tue September 12, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 9
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Definately relaxing
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Other then being a bit foggy I had no side effects. I took it at night and it definately relaxed my anxety away.
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eskielover
Magnate
Registered: October 2004
Location: Harrodsburg, Kentucky, USA
Posts: 2642
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Review Date: Thu September 14, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: $5.00| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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initially provided some relief for anxiety attacks
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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continually needed more to provide any anxiety relief
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Diazepam is the generic for valium. I was using both generic & the valium on & off for almost 12 years. Towards the end, I was having to take such a large amount to get any relief from the anxiety attacks that is became unreasonable to use. Initially, it was good for providing relief from my anxiety attacks. By the end, it wasn't providing any relief no matter how much I took.
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endless_hysteria
New Member
Registered: October 2006
Location: Worcester, UK
Posts: 5
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Review Date: Thu October 5, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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It stops all my panic attcks
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Don't expect to be able to do anything after taking
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excellent treatment for panic attack, even stops me feeling suicidal in extreme cases. but i only take it when i really need it, not a drug for repeatative use or people who maybe tempted to abuse.
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AlteredState01
Poohbah
Registered: October 2006
Location: Canada
Posts: 1059
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Review Date: Tue October 10, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Works wonders for anxiety
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Addictive
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Would have loved to stay on this med, but physician did not want me to because of my addictions (still relatively new to recovery at the time). Prescribed a "weaker" version of valium (clonazapam)instead.
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Special_K
Newly Joined
Registered: July 2008
Location: Georgia, US
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Review Date: Thu November 2, 2006
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 4
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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fairly fast relief from anxiety, long half life
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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tolerance and withdrawal
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I have mixed feelings about this medication...
I take it occasionally for anxiety when I'm 'spinning out'. I find it calms me down fairly swiftly and I feel nice and calm and relaxed... If I take it in the evening I also feel relaxed through the next day as it has a long half life.
The trouble I have with this medication is that the effects are a little too good. One really does feel nice and calm and relaxed and so the temptation is to take some more when the feeling wears off... Over time one builds up a tolerance (so one needs to take more to achieve the same effects) and if one attempts to cut back or stop taking them the withdrawal symptoms can be severe.
I'd be extremely careful for this one... If people are taking it for anxiety I'd reccomend looking at / working on other ways to deal with anxiety. I have also had fairly good success substituting as needed benzos with as needed chlorpromazine... Chlorprom made me feel 'drugged' rather than 'great' if I took too much but I found similar benefits with respect to anxiety. A slightly lower dose didn't make me feel drugged and I never had a problem with tolerance and withdrawal on that one...
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buzzie
Junior Member
Registered: March 2006
Location: Southern CA
Posts: 7
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Review Date: Thu August 2, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? No |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 1
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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nothing
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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addictive
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for me it was not good. Made me have a major panic attack. Thought my heart stopped. Flushed them down the toilet.
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WoahMan
New Member
Registered: November 2007
Posts: 2
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Review Date: Tue November 6, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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nice for anxiety, good sedation, very relaxing
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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long elimination
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Personaly i like Valium better then Ativan even though Ativan is a more potent benzo. Valium's effects are a little better tolerated then Ativan. I find if i take 2mg of ativan at night to help me sleep, the next morning is hell. Makes me feel groggy and tired through the hole day. Valium doesn't make me feel this way. Valium also has better muscle relaxing properties then Ativan, posibly because Ativan works more for anxiety. Valium is a great all around benzo, and by that i mean i feel it works more balanced for anxiety, sedation, and mucle relaxing. Where Ativan works better for anxiety, it also is the only benzo i took that produced a lot of amnesia, where as Valium does not. It is weird to say but i prefer Valium over Ativan, but Xanax is the better benzo out of them all in my opinion.
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starfishblue
Member
Registered: August 2007
Location: New Jersey USA
Posts: 43
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Review Date: Tue December 4, 2007
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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quick acting
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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Relieves anxiety quckly. Calming.
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daddysGal
Junior Member
Registered: July 2008
Location: USA
Posts: 6
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Review Date: Mon July 14, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 8
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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I take this @ night!! after being awake 14 nights.days stright with anxiety..no problems
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It dissolves on your tongue so that you can take it while in bed you relax and you fall asleep. I don't sleepwalk either. I see changes in my night pateerns which leads to a better day!
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lou99pop
New Member
Registered: July 2008
Posts: 1
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Review Date: Wed July 16, 2008
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Would you recommend the product? Yes |
Total Spent: None indicated| Rating: 10
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Positive aspects of the product (pros):
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Relax, calm, decrease agitation etc
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Negative aspects of the product (cons):
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none
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to prevent the relapse of lacking in sleep patterns and mood disurbances if agitation increases during the day.
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