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Need support for Valium taper
It has been a long road of 5 months trying to taper off of Valium and looking for support that this will end. That it can be done and I won’t suffer forever. Anyone have any pearls of wisdom or words of advice to be optimistic? The withdrawal symptoms are anxiety and stomach upset. My taper is 1 mg a month. I’m at 9.5 now. I wrote before looking for support and several were very helpful. Anyone else that can help with successful or optimistic stories? Thank you very much.
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Katnewton I took CBD oil to help with going off Valium. I took the drops and used CBDN to help with sleep. I expect, because of the dosage you have been on, that this could take you a good year. The CBD oil helps relieve the anxiety. You will have to experiment with the dosage and there are numerous products on the net. I am presently using Neurogan, but have also used Nuleaf.
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3 Reactions@david707 thank you so much. I’ll look into that. Did you have tough withdrawal symptoms or a fairly smooth taper? Thank you so much.
I’m doing a hyperbolic taper to slowly get off 40 mg of Celexa which I’ve been on for at least 25 years. A hyperbolic taper is a very slow taper to avoid side effects. I’m taking a liquid version of it so I can reduce very small amounts once a month. Just started in 1/2026. So far so good. I’m doing so in conjunction with a psychiatric nurse practitioner in case I develop a problem so I have her advice. It’ll probably take me more than a year, but if I don’t have any side effects, it’ll be worth it. Best of luck. Hope this helps.
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3 Reactions@jchet That’s a great plan and I agree with slow tapers. It makes it tolerable. Best of luck to you. I’m sure you’ll do very well. Thank you for your reply.
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1 Reaction@katnewton I had a Xanax dependency. The way I got off of it was switching to Valium and then tapering off of it. It worked with little discomfort.
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3 Reactions@david707 Wow, that’s great. I want to get off Klonopin, and some other medications slowly. I’ve been able to drop from 2mg of Klonopin to a .5mg. I want to take the exact same CBD oil you took. Can I ask how long you were on Xanax before you switched to Valium and how long was your detox?
@david707 thank you for the good news. That gives me hope. Did you do a slow taper off of Valium ? 1 or 2 mg a month ? Thank you.
@katnewton I don't recall. It was years ago, but I never had much of a problem. 1 or 2 mg a month sounds about right. The CBD oil will help...70 mg drops a night.
@katnewton Smooth taper.
@david707 thank you for taking the time to reply. I appreciate the information and support.