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Old Sep 18, 2023, 08:32 PM
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Originally Posted by JaneOnceMore View Post
@MuddyBoots:

I found it so hard to get off benzos that i settled for harm-reduction. I went from 1mg of Clonazepam (the equivalent of 20mg of Valium) to 5mg of Valium. I found i had trouble behaving if i went below 5mg of Valium. I had troubles with anger and fear. I was belligerent to a staff at Walmart and believe i narrowly escaped getting barred from the mall.

I used The Ashton Method to reduce my benzos. That's where you substitute in Valium because it can be cut in such small amounts. I reduced by 1mg of Valium per week. At first it was relatively painless, but as i say, the lower i got, the harder it was to function.

I've just accepted that i am a person who needs 5mg per day of Valium to function. I'm glad that i tried to get off benzos and relatively happy that i reduced my use by 75%.

One milligram of Lorazepam (Ativan) is equivalent to 10mg of Valium, as i understand it.
Thank you for your input. I am also taking 20mg of valium a day (split up into two doses) so I will still have benzos in my system without the lorazepam. I also have only been on the lorazepam for about 2.5 weeks (at first only PRN) so I don't think I have that much of a tolerance yet.
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