Posted by Caper on May 6, 2004, at 18:42:48
In reply to Re: want to use valium for alcohol detox on my own, posted by Sophie33 on May 6, 2004, at 4:21:49
Hi Sophie
Thank you so much for taking the time to respond. I'm glad to hear your "home detox" was a success, but I'm afraid my little "habit" is maybe a bit more severe and that scares me. At my worst I was consuming about 4 to 6 bottles of wine a day, then I had the bright idea (sarcasm intended) of switching to vodka (at least a liter a day-- more bang for the buck and easier to conceal from my family and didn't make me gain weight.) Now I'm back on wine (because vodka was tearing up my throat and stomach-- once i went two weeks with nothing but vodka- had to drink in the bathroom because I threw up about half of it each time, but i still NEEDED it-- it's so sick! I truly think alcohol is the devil's invention!) Wine now is about 4 bottles a day- I literally cannot go without it for more than a few hours and have not had a normal night's sleep in ages!
Anyway, I think I shall take your advice (but maybe with slightly increased valium dosages!)
From previous detoxes (sadly, yes, i've had them) I agree with you about the mental symptoms being worst 3 or 4 days into it. Paranoia, hostility etc.
Thanks so much for responding: it means a lot to know I'm not the only one! Hope you're doing well, and if you ever need to talk, I'm here and also at Caper@playful.com
take care.
Caper
> Hi, Caper:
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> I did the same as you-the valium to get through the home detox. And like you-I did it on my own-even my own husband wasn't aware that I had been secretly drinking (a bottle of wine a night!)
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> I'm also 31-female-and had absolutely enough of the secret drinking. I was becoming hostile, aggressive etc. Finally decided that enough was enough and went to see my GP and told him that I wanted valium so I could detox myself. He was VERY supportive-and gave me the meds no problem. Although I did have a check up first.
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> The dosage: Well, this depends on how severe your withdrawl symptoms are-I had a bottle of wine a night habit and I took a 5mg three times a day. Morning-afternoon and night. This worked well for me. I also didn't need the valium until day 3 of being alcohol free-I think that's when the syptoms got the worst of me-very edgey, anxious etc. Only needed the valium for 2 weeks.
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> Hope this helps-please let me know how you're doing.
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> Sophie
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