---updosed in 5mg increments & still feeling pretty bad (w/response)

[Guest guest]

Hi ,

I've been updosing since my last post & currently at 24.5mgs Valium, as of

yesterday (started out at 30mgs in August).I was at 10.5mgs when I " hit the

wall " . Still having one OKish day (but still not really functioning well) &

anxiety alot the next. Doesn't feel stable. Feels like something is very wrong,

and can't identify it. Emotions feel blunted one day & extreme the next.

Overall functioning still not good. My doctor is thinking of switching me back

to Klonopin. sorry, I feel like such a difficult case. I've been trying to

follow your plan, but don't feel that much better yet. Any suggestions? I

would appreciate it so much. Thank you, Aryana

** Aryana, when you were put on Valium you were already in acute withdrawal

from dropping a drug too quickly, right? You will not find yourself any better

off now than you were when you began the 30 mg of Valium. As far as a switch

back to Klonopin -- after all this time it rarely works to do this. Think back

-- were you that much better at 30 mg that it is worth going to that dose again?

If so, then do it.

Regards,

[Guest guest]

** Aryana, my comments are interspersed. -- C

Aryana said:

<<HI ,

I will certainly not do any reductions. I just want to stabilize at this point.

Do you have any idea how long that might take? >>

replies:

** That question can never be answered. Each person's journey is different

with different contributing factors.

Aryana said:

<<I am grateful to understand that the tapering doesn't have to be that hard,

if done the way you describe, (which was new information to me), but how much

updosing can one do, in order to stabilize? >>

** As much as one needs to do. --

Thanks so much. I appeciate your response. Aryana