26th December 2003
Greg;
I guess I would give a slightly different view on how to CT. I believe the use of a benzo and other drugs to detox is perfectly sound but that’s just my opinion. You just have to use them for 3 or 4 days and then stop using them. The benzo's can be very much more painful to get off from if you get dependant on them. You may have used them for sleep but you really need to stop the use if possible and hopefully you were not using them on a regular basis, if you have been then you need to work with a Dr to get of the valium. Going CT with valium is dangerous to your help with possible seizure risks.
The valium should help. Its what I used when I did the CT thing. The max dose per day is 40mg so you should try and stay within that frame. You should also use a DR is you can but it would seem that you are going it alone so you really should lean on your fiancé to support you. Let her dish out the pills to you. I took 10mg of valium every 6 hrs for the first 3 days and it put me to sleep for most of the time. Also is you can get some clonidine for the crawly skin and shakes and ambium for sleep or benedryl. Imodium would help with the runs if needed, Bentyl for stomach and legs cramps and Phnergan for nausea. Personally I think the biggest help to me was the valium 1st and clonidine 2nd. The first 1-3 days will be the worst, days 3-5 will slowly get better and once your by day 5 its a slow climb uphill to feeling better. It will take a few weeks before you feel really good but 80% is a lot better then 5%, trust me.
Good luck, focus in on your goal and believe me when I say life without the drugs is so much better then with the pills. It’s a great high, life without drugs.
phil
I guess I would give a slightly different view on how to CT. I believe the use of a benzo and other drugs to detox is perfectly sound but that’s just my opinion. You just have to use them for 3 or 4 days and then stop using them. The benzo's can be very much more painful to get off from if you get dependant on them. You may have used them for sleep but you really need to stop the use if possible and hopefully you were not using them on a regular basis, if you have been then you need to work with a Dr to get of the valium. Going CT with valium is dangerous to your help with possible seizure risks.
The valium should help. Its what I used when I did the CT thing. The max dose per day is 40mg so you should try and stay within that frame. You should also use a DR is you can but it would seem that you are going it alone so you really should lean on your fiancé to support you. Let her dish out the pills to you. I took 10mg of valium every 6 hrs for the first 3 days and it put me to sleep for most of the time. Also is you can get some clonidine for the crawly skin and shakes and ambium for sleep or benedryl. Imodium would help with the runs if needed, Bentyl for stomach and legs cramps and Phnergan for nausea. Personally I think the biggest help to me was the valium 1st and clonidine 2nd. The first 1-3 days will be the worst, days 3-5 will slowly get better and once your by day 5 its a slow climb uphill to feeling better. It will take a few weeks before you feel really good but 80% is a lot better then 5%, trust me.
Good luck, focus in on your goal and believe me when I say life without the drugs is so much better then with the pills. It’s a great high, life without drugs.
phil