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Posted 2/18/2012 12:29 PM (GMT 0)
Has anyone else experienced this? i've been on valium for a few months for "panic attacks", usually only 2-4mg which has been fine . Recently went back to the ER after a particularly bad one and they told me my dosage was very low and not to be worried and i should up the dose next time. So now i've been on 6-8mg for a few days, and the last two times i've taken it it has had absolutely no effect on me other than make my head feel hot. I know you develop a tolerance over time but i've just upped the dose so i can't have built a tolerance that quickly can i?
I'm worried to just keep taking more to see if it has an effect...
Posted 2/18/2012 3:23 PM (GMT 0)
Argh

Sorry to hear you had a bad panic attack.  Please remember, the information you received from the ER physician does not take the place of your own Dr.  Your own physician is always your best bet because he or she knows you so please follow up with your Dr.

Also, do read some of the great info in our resource thread at the top of this page as you will find lots of ideas for learning how to deal with anxiety.


Posted 2/18/2012 11:14 PM (GMT 0)
I beg you

Do not updose. You will be updosing forever and will wind up a benzo addict like me, who is trying to discontinue but suffering horrific withdrawals. Benzo's are the devils curse. try an SSRI. Much more effective, easier to discontinue. Although they do cause weight gain.

Posted 2/19/2012 1:03 AM (GMT 0)
I do consult my dr, he is no help at all, he says to take as many valium as i need to stay out of hospital.

I've been given endless amounts of info on panic attacks and anxiety, but i'm not anxious and i do not believe what i have are really panic attacks. That's just what my docs say they are, having done no investigation whatsoever as to the cause or anything.

I only updose when i'm told to, cause i have no choice there's nothing i can do. I've been on mirtazapine which didn't help at all. I'm reluctant to start down that path again of side effects and waiting a month etc.

Now benzo's don't have an effect, what am i supposed to do?
Posted 2/19/2012 11:31 PM (GMT 0)
You do have a choice about not updosing. Don't do it. I agree that a medical investigation regarding your "panic attacks" may be in order. My guess is that they probably are true panic attacks. If your thyroid function is normal, and you are not perimenopausal, then I think you have your answer.
Posted 2/19/2012 11:33 PM (GMT 0)
One more thing. Just because you don't have a baseline of anxiety does not mean you are immune to panic attacks.
Posted 2/20/2012 1:25 PM (GMT 0)
I consulted my doc today and he just gave me higher dosage valium and said i'd developed a tolerance. If i don't take valium I'd end up in the ER, and they will send me away saying to take valium.....so im stuck really.

My thyroid is fine, and maybe these are panic attacks but its the cause which concerns me for a many reasons but that's a different story and not the point of the thread.
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