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Originally Posted by Barto  I am considering the switch over.  |
That makes sense to me the cross over to valium - speak like Yoda I do!!
Barto - you will be just fine.
I crossed over to 30 mg valium from 3 mg ativan - found it was too much and adjusted to 25 mg. That was about right I reckon for me.
So - if you are at 1 mg xanax - then crossing over to 20 mg valium might well be too much - so 10 mg might be just right? It its not you will soon know - and then you can adjust up a wee bit? Might need to experiment a little before you get the balance right.
Then cutting by about 10% every 10 days to a fortnight seems to work.
Did for me.
And taking valium once a day is so convenient (no point taking it more often than once in 24 hours, would just be a waste of time - cos of long half life) - I took it at night as part of bedtime routine - its psychologically so freeing - no more thinking about pills during the day - leaves you free to get on with life. I think you might notice that you may well feel so much better once you have got used to the valium - as you will have eliminated all interdose withdrawal symptoms that occur with xanax.
I managed to continue to work and carry on my life as normal during this taper.
People will tell you that this last 10 mg valium is the hardest part. The lower you get the more difficult it all becomes. But that was simply not so for me. And when I finally popped that last valium at .5 mg (tapered down to .5 mg - didnt jump at 1 mg and also did not mess about with trying to get lower than .5 mg) - it was unnoticed. Quite unremarkable. I was finally free.
Now - this is all anecdotal - just one person's experience - but you may find something similar during your own taper. I hope so. I think that Tex is getting on just fine - no real problems and hopefully that will be so for the rest of his taper. But - no matter - you just have to take it as it comes at you ..................... and you'll get there.
Perhaps RUNVS will advise re his own position here for comparison?
We'll all be lining the route as you finally run down the home straight.................. YES................. eyes on the prize.
You are doing so well - I cannot see that anything will now stop you - soon be free of this horrible drug.
Best
woops
