Posted by qbsbrown on August 25, 2006, at 14:03:50
In reply to Re: why isn't Valium prescribed more??? » qbsbrown, posted by ed_uk on August 25, 2006, at 13:37:03
That is interesting. My PDOC that i was seeing in china, is from spain, and diazepam was by far her top choice of benzo.
It's an obvious trend that here in american we always jump after the new and so called "better" things, instead of not messing w/ what's not broken. Also perhaps the newer generations of younger doctors, whom might see it as outdated.
I was just withdrawing from 12.5mgs of diazepam, and i was down to 3.5. I then foolishly decided to switch my ssri from celexa to lexapro, which threw the withdrawal through the roof. I'm now having to find that i need 15-20 to get back to the stablizaiton point to where i started.
that said, things have been amazingly better on lexapro. I have never been so active in years. I think it was also the fact that i am a lower dose responder. My PDOC wanted me on 20mgs lexapro, i was still shaking, obsessing, couldn't eat etc. then i drop to 15, then to 10, and i'm now playing baseball, eating in diners by myself, enjoying my coffee, food, paper, and daydreaming, whereas on higher doses i'd be freaking out and obsessing rampantly.
Brian
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