A friend of mine, Ryan, told me that detoxing from Valium is harder than detoxing from Heroin. And he would know! I thought that was interesting and it certainly crossed my mind today as I went to take a Valium but instead held it in my teeth for a few minutes and then instead placed it on my desk in front of me. I know Ryan is referring to people who take much stronger doses than I do and take it 4 times a day (where as I am not even taking one a week). Or possibly he was speaking of those people, like himself and his girl, who abuse it, take their week's prescription in the first day or two.
The reason I found it interesting as it links in with my frustration with GP's who know nothing about mental illness (which I think I am yet to vent about) treating mental illness. Prescribing medication such as Valium or anti-depressants when if ill advised or there is a misdiagnosis can cause much more harm to the person than good. I found the Chemist was warning me about Valium's risk of dependency more than the doctor did.
I ended up taking 2mgs and another tablet still sits on my desk *throws it away.* So I'm pretty happy with that considering last Wednesday I took 6mgs plus 90mls of Bourbon! Anyway this isn't one of those 'woe is me, I get hit with anxiety' post because as previously mentioned, fuck that! Nor do I want to sit here posting about how good things have been lately. Instead, I want to leave the office because it's 6:40 and go enjoy this thing called life!
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