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I was prescribed and ingested 15 mg/day of Valium (diazepam) continuously over a 50 year period. It was discontinued abruptly 1-1/2 years ago and I still have the following withdrawal symptoms: extreme anxiety, intermittent confusion, body jerks, tremors, blurred vision, lose of taste (candle mouth), ringing in ears, etc. Is there anyway to relieve or mitigate these resultant conditions? I am desperate!
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I’m not finding that to be true. Both my primary physician and my psychiatrist who are both relatively young (40’s) are happy to prescribe me anything that is medically necessary. This includes Ativan. I think that rgtaylor shouldn’t give up. There’s someone out there who will be willing to prescribe you whatever is medically necessary. And I think some kind of Benzodiazepine is for you.
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Look for "The Maudsley Deprescribing Guidelines: Antidepressants, Benzodiazepines, Gabapentinoids and Z-drugs." You can google that book title and find helpful information online. Best wishes.