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This happened last november 2007-
I was on diazepam 2mg as well as citalopram 40mg, but I got really addicted to the diazepam and it stopped working.
I was in a really depressed state (still am actually) and my gp prescribed me Haloperidol (serenace). She told me to take 3 tablets a day. (I later read the leaflet which says to take 2 a day). I was in too much distress to realise what it was, and 2 days later went to A&E with terrible side effects. The worst thing was my entire face was completely stiff, and my jaw locked causing undescribable pain. The next day I couldn’t stand up, and had to crawl to use the toilet. The day after that i went to another gp on emergency appointment (still VERY drowsy) and he said I should never have been given them cos they are anti-psychotics for schizophrenia (which I don’t have). My psychiatrist said the same after I was referred a couple of weeks later.
I just wondered if anyone else had this experience?

i went to my first therapist appointment today with the sole intention on obtaining diazepam (i feel less pathetic using something i see as more of a drug than a medicine), my councilor asked what i had tried, i pleaded that i had in depth examined everything he suggested. he then mentioned medicine, which surprisingly he mentioned benzos first and not anti-depressants which i was fearing.
he said “xanax, klonapin” and while i may be looking for drugs, i want something i can keep up and don’t feel like fighting the hypnotism of xanax or the impotence of klonapin. i told him before my visit i looked into it extensively and conveying my fears of certain anxioltic drugs i told him diazepam would make the most comfortable.
he scheduled an appointment to further discuss a valium regimen in one week, he seemed pretty cool about it. do you think i’ll get blues from him?

hi I am wondering if it is safe to take citalopram/diazepam together? I have a case conference regarding my sickness at work on tuesday and my gp has advised i start taking the diazepam on monday 2 x 2mg to see the effects and again on tuesday is it safe to take 4mg diazapam in the evening and again iin the morning and is it safe to take with citalopram . cheers

So i’m not ‘running down’ GP’s or doctors, they do a great job in the main.
My point is when a patient goes to the doctor displaying signs of a mental health issue, how qualified are they to had out medication, based on a short consultation?
I ask this because just over 2 years ago i went to my doctor,of 13 years, and just sat and cried in front of him. I could hardly speak through my tears. I left with a 20mg a day prescription soon uped to 40mg’s a day for celexa (citalopram).
I was quite closely monitored by the doctor, and my anxiety issues/levels increased. I left with a presciption for 5mg diazepam ‘take it when you need it’ so i take 6 a day.
I spoke to my doctor a little more about my problems and he refered me to a psychologist.
I am now in disagreement with my doctor over his ‘over’ prescribing i’m a diazepam addict now-thanks!
I don’t think that celexa is the correct anti-depressent for me, i cold-turkeyed and had to put myself back on 10mg’s-thanks!

I have been suffering with mental illness for over 8 year now and its really starting to affect my life. I have been self harming for 8 years and over time developed and eating disorder. Jan this year I was admitted to a mental hospital for 2 weeks. I have rage outburts and they have not given a name to my illness but its sort of similar to Bipolar in a way. I get really angry and get irrational thoughts and get the urge to cut and if I cannot find something sharp, I usually scratch, I scratch my face, arms legs wherever I can really, I throw things and say things I dont mean, I sream and usually start having panic attacks. I have been identifying triggers and I was given Diazepam to calm me down when I feel myself getting wound up and sleeping tablets to help me sleep. I was doing ok for a few months, I was keeping in controll and managed to put on weight and not cut for 10 months, which is a pretty big deal for me, I was cutting nearly everyday. I had an outburst the other night and it scarred the hell out of me, I have a 3 year old little girl and I know I have to try and keep in control. I was discharged from the mental health team 4 months ago because they were happy how things were going and that I had a good family support network, so after my outburst I went to my doctors to ask for help. I asked for some more diazepam and sleeping tablets and my doctor refused. point blank no. Said ‘Im sorry we dont prescribe them here’ I said I know you do because another doctor in the same surgery prescribed them to me. He told me that he wouldnt give them to me. I told him I smoke cannabis when I feel like Im going to outburst and now I rely on cannabis and I dont want to touch it anymore but its my way of coping, so without it, my irrational thoughts are getting worse. My doctor said I should carry on smoking it! and when I started crying he said if I kick off I would be arrested!!!! He prescribed me anti depressants even though Im not really depressed (i threw it back in his face) and he said Im not mentally ill (so why the hell was I almost sectioned for 6 months in a mental hospital??) I had problems with my doctors surgery before, Just before I had a mental breakdown they told me I was fine and wouldnt give me the help I asked for. I dont feel confident to go back to my doctors, they are not helpful and leave me feeling hopless. I cannot live like this anymore, somedays I am too ashamed to leave the house and I am ruining relationships. I have had to say goodbye to the love of my life because we cant get on while things are this bad with me. My doctor cant understand this, he said I belong in prison (which really hurt by the way, I have a clean criminal record) I know I need to do this for my daughter. I am a big believer that if you want a job done properly, do it yourself. o i have started studying Psychology and I can tell you now, it sounds like my ‘doctor’ doesnt know what he is going on about. I wont go back to my doctors now. But what do you think, is he in the wrong and can he refuse treatment I have had before that I know works for me????