Posted by tizza on April 1, 2006, at 1:54:28
In reply to Re: Is Valium more potent than Xanax?, posted by rjlockhart on March 31, 2006, at 21:32:54
If phillipa is the queen of benzo's then I'm the prince, not quite king yet!! (maybe another queen or princess but who knows ; P) Anyway I just have to say that Valium is fantastic for anxiety and panic attacks but you have to give it a chance. I don't think that it is nearly as euphoric or addictive as xanax. I still take Valium and it works great for me, Xanax on the other hand worked too well, maybe not a bad thing for some but I found it EXTREMELY addictive and had a very nasty time coming off it. That was over 10 years ago now. Valium is used widely in Australia and it's actually very hard to get a RX of xanax here because of it's very addicting properties. It's a very well known fact here that xanax is a major problem for chronic addiction, doctor shopping behaviour and very it's hard to discontinue and is also noted for it's anti depressant effects and very euphoric high that doesn't last very long so you need more, then more, then more. It's a big problem for some people who don't even know that they have addictive personalities. Why would someone be prescribed something that you need to take 3 or 4 times a day (ie. xanax) when you can knock it on the head with one dose of valium, preferably at bed time because it does have slight hypnotic effects even though it's not predomidently prescribed for that but it does help you sleep and it lasts all the next day. I'll give you a list of benzo's I have been prescribed over the years and if you have any questions about them I can tell you how they effected me, pls feel free to babble mail me about it or I could go on for ages. I'd just like to say that xanax was very bad for me personally where something like valium would have been better if I had have given it a better go for a few days to a week. Most people have to wait for 4 weeks for a SSRI to kick in so I don't think a few days is very long to wait. I would take Valium over xanax ANYDAY because it's so much easier to taper off, Blah blah blah.... Here is a list of benzo's I have tried, not all of them worked for me. Paul
temezepam:- restoril, normison,
oxezepam:- serapax, murelax, serax? (not sure about US name)
diazepam:- Valium, it has many names
lorazepam:- Ativan
alprazolam:- Xanax, Kalma
Clonazepam:- Rivitrol, Klonopin, Paxam
Flunitrazepam:- Rohypnol, hypnodorm
Nitrazepam:- Mogadon, Alodorm
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