Anyone have any experience with Librium?

[Cindy Denning]

Ashes, sweet child, look at this particular forum:http://p211.ezboard.com/bthejourneyand it's one I use to go to. There are some very experienced people there with very good answers and same concerns as well so it is worth checking out. You will have to register to get in and you will get the answers you need. Angels on your shoulders Ashes and I feel like I need to come take care of you. Angels on your shoulders too Jsmatos, for you are concerned too.

 

[jsmatos]

I saw it as an attack on me, actually. And I don't think your rudeness has helped any.

Spare me. I didn't say one thing in this thread to attack you. You just chose to interpret it that way.

You have no idea what a skeptic I am.

I'm glad to hear it. You should be a skeptic when it comes to matters as important as your health.

You know? Hell, I'm trying really, really hard here to work through some pretty big issues in my life, and your posts, to put it truthfully, have kind of pissed me off. You don't need to belittle me or play devil's advocate... And no, honestly I do not feel that you have ever expressed genuine concern for me. I feel like every time you actually respond to something I wrote you are either patronizing or simply insulting. I honestly don't know what to think of you, jsmatos.

I realized that you are trying really hard to work through your issues, and I was trying to help you do your due diligence. I won't answer any of your threads in the future. Aside from my own experiences, I've seen way too many horror stories coming into my office relative to doctors. I'm not disingenuous. I have a reputation for saying what I mean even when it hurts me. If I said I was expressing concern, then I meant it. Your saying otherwise doesn't make it true. You don't believe it, then I won't debate the point with you.

I have no idea what I've said to you that is "patronizing" or "simply insulting." I know that I've said quite a few nice things to you in the past. I'm a more serious person than you are online. In person, I'm way more relaxed. If anything I joke around too much, and it's caused me problems in my professional life. (You shouldn't do that when you already look too young for the job.) I'll admit that it's difficult for me to joke online because I can't gauge the reaction. I never know how people take it. You're proof of that. I am not, and never have been, touchy, feely. I express my opinions as I see it. I don't cushion things. If I wanted to insult you, I would. You can be damn sure of that. You are the one who is being insulting. You are welcome to think whatever you want about me.

I honestly do hope you get things straightened out. I don't want to see, or hear about you, on this path leading to nowhere. There's nothing worse than wasting your potential. Now, I will go and post on threads where hopefully people will appreciate my input.

 

[Ashes]

Cindy, I love you to pieces and you are always there for me. Thank you.

Jsmatos, I sent you a private message. Please read it. It is an apology.

~ashes

 

[jefff]

No other input about the meds to add.. Just want to say best of luck to you and hope you stop drinking and your life is blessed through it's entirety..
Keep your head up..
~Jeff

 

[Mellow Chaos]

I'm surprised they're taking you off the Klonopin. That stuff rocks!! (It's dangerous around knives, though),

 

[cerulean]

I took Librium (chlordiazepoxide) when I quit drinking about a month and a half ago. It seemed to work really well for me. The alcohol withdrawal symptoms I experienced were extremely minor and I didn’t feel sedated or anything from the drug. Actually, I don’t think I felt any side effects at all.

I was prescribed ten 10mg capsules. The dose that I took per day tapered over the course of a week or so: The first day I took three pills, then two for a couple of days, and finished with one a day.

Withdrawal probably affects different people in different ways, and so does Librium, so your YMMV. I think that it helped quite a bit in my case though. Quitting was a lot easier than I expected it would be.

 

[Ashes]

I took Librium (chlordiazepoxide) when I quit drinking about a month and a half ago. It seemed to work really well for me. The alcohol withdrawal symptoms I experienced were extremely minor and I didn’t feel sedated or anything from the drug. Actually, I don’t think I felt any side effects at all.

I was prescribed ten 10mg capsules. The dose that I took per day tapered over the course of a week or so: The first day I took three pills, then two for a couple of days, and finished with one a day.

Withdrawal probably affects different people in different ways, and so does Librium, so your YMMV. I think that it helped quite a bit in my case though. Quitting was a lot easier than I expected it would be.

Thanks; that was encouraging. I never had side effects from the Klonopin. Antianxiety and antidepressant drugs tend not to affect people who don't need them in the same way. If you need them, they should make you feel normal, not high or something, like how some people will take them recreationally. That never worked for me, not even with "street drugs" which I suppose is a good thing! No chance of me getting hooked on drugs. Besides, I'm very careful about that.

I'm also on 10mg, but three times a day for five days, then twice a day for four days, then I have to go back to the doctor to see where to go from there.

Day two. I'm off to the dog groomers and then to work for the first time this week because I was out sick the last two days. I hope I can make it all day at work.

~ashes

 

[Mellow Chaos]

I only took Klonopin when I was going through a time of extreme grief. It may not have been healthy to avoid the grief, but it helped me function, sleep, and do my job. I think someone edited my post at the end there!