Posted by cache-monkey on December 22, 2004, at 10:40:28
Hey all,
This is really just out of curiousity more than anything, although partially out of personal interest. I've seen a lot of discussion about various benzos on this board, but it's only rarely that I hear one of the big daddies, Valium, mentioned. Instead, most of the discussion is about the newer benzos: Klonopin, Xanax, and Ativan.
But, Valium seems to have the longest half life out of the benzos, which would seem to make it more easy to wean off of, both physically and psychologically. (For the latter: dosing isn't tied to the anxiety-making event, so the mind is maybe tricked into thinking that you've somehow made it through on your own.) I believe that all benzos also hit the same GABA receptors, making them equivalent in anxiety reduction.
So, I'm wondering how come Valium seems to have fallen out of favor. Am I wrong about the equivalence? Or is it a matter of side effects? Or do the Valium users out there just not post to this board? Or what?
*cache-monkey
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