Posted by cpallen79 on July 19, 2004, at 12:16:38
In reply to Re: Valium- how to ask » cpallen79, posted by Fred23 on July 16, 2004, at 19:02:12
Hi fred, my doc wants me to use it as needed, for sleep and whatnot. I told her I will not use a benzo on a daily basis (there is addiciton and chemical abuse issues in my famiy.) She is defientely ok with this and has not pushed me for daily use of a benzo.
> > I suffer from anxiety/depression/OCD/ADD. My PDOC actualyl volunarily described Ativan to me without my askign for it! (she knows I'm not crazy about Benzos but actually wants me to have them for anxiety on hand). I would prefer to have Valium as it is a lower potency benzo. How do I ask her to perscribe that instead after I already picked up the Ativan pills? I don't want her to think I'm trying to get benzos off her, because I'm not. What do you guys think?
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> Ativan takes from 1 to 4 hours to reach its peak, so wouldn't seem good for "PRN" usage in reacting to something.
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> Does your doctor want you to take it on a continual basis so that there simply is no anxiety?
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