Duke10

Off I go again with a different plan. Trying by myself was a quick failure. I called both doctors (head shrinker and family doctor) Went to a walk in clinic and they helped me off on a good start. I know we do no talk about medicines in here but the gave me lithium which is kind of scarring me a bit. I still need to function at my job. For day 3 it is not that bad. Just a little shaky and a little anxiety. Wish me luck

silly

Lithium or Librium?
Good luck!!!

Duke10

Thanks Silly, or maybe I should be silly it is LIBRIUM. Once I typed in the long technical name it came up Librium. IS that better??

sugarbear1

It's for anxiety. My mom was given prescriptions when she was anxious. I never liked what they "did" to her. I have to be dying in pain to even take an aspirin. My brother, who never witnessed mom's behavior, Totally Believes in doctor prescribed pills. I refuse pills. Considering my alcohol & drug history, I guess I'm grateful to mom. I'm also overcoming my hurt feelings cause she wasn't available when I wanted her to be available.

Take as directed, they can be addictive. I watched mom's withdrawal.

Zebra1275

Usually, a small dose of anti anxiety meds can help you with the shakes and anxiety in the first few days of detox. I've had it prescribed before and after a couple of days quit, I didn't want to develop an addiction to anything else.

silly

I used Librium for about 10 days when I was first trying to get sober. I think it worked very well!