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Reviewer: 808sista, 55-64 on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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I have been taking Valium for a little over 20 years for insomnia, anxiety and PTSD. I take 5mg in the evening and 2.5 mg (1/2 tablet) as needed during the day. It works great, no side effects. I have stopped taking for brief periods and didnâ??t suffer withdrawal symptoms. I believe this is an effective medication, it helps me function and takes away the horrible feeling that is extreme anxi
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Reviewer: 75 or over on Treatment for 10 years or more (Patient)
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Been dealing with anxiety and depression since being diagnosed with/treated for prostate cancer in 2000. Take Valium on and off as needed for mild GAD and â??anticipatory anxietyâ?? (i.e. pre-travel). It also helps with morning depression. Itâ??s the only prescription med I take. Have tried several SSRIâ??s with some success, but prefer valium because it works with almost no si
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Reviewer: Wolf Angel , 45-54 on Treatment for 2 to less than 5 years (Patient)
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I have been using Valium for almost 3 years, but I also tried Zanex for about 6 months. I preferred the Zanex, but I didn't want to get addicted. The Valium doesn't really help anymore. So I don't know what to do. I have Buspar as well, but it doesn't work at all. I'm very interested in finding out what I can do about this. I'm very interested to find out. I have tried to t
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Reviewer: 55-64 Female on Treatment for 1 to 6 months (Patient)
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It helps calm me down from my mood swings. I sleep better. And I have chronic pain daily, an somehow it helps relieve my pain as well.?
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Reviewer: blob, 25-34 Male on Treatment for 5 to less than 10 years (Patient)
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I'm surprised GAD (General Anxiety disorder, no panic attacks) is not included so I almost selected other. It works great, but I wish I had 5mg x 5 a day than 10mg twice a day, by night-time the effects are mostly gone and I have to resort on something else (sometimes zolpidem, sometimes Restoril, sometimes Atarax).
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