I am taking diazepam for anxiety I've had several major surgeries, but I'm finding I'm taking too much. I know it's silly. Took 15 mg this morn for a visit to doctor and I felt sick afterwards. Not calm at all. Could this make me feel sick? I've been off of it for a while because I was taking pain pills( not together with diazepam) so I am newly back on it. Any advice appreciated. Feeling pretty lousy .
Is 15 mg of diazepam in one dose too much?
Question posted by JayneB on 30 Aug 2018
Last updated on 18 November 2022 by dalesuk4418
4 Answers
dalesuk4418
18 Nov 2022
I was taking 5mg. of Valium for severe back spasms. It didn't touch it. I (for the first time ever) took 10mg. Almost did the trick so I added Tylenol. Just about gone, so I took another 5 mg. and I think I am over the spasm. Good to know that it didn't make me woozy, silly or sick because I get these spasms at least twice a year. I spend my days on the heating pad! Once I had a spasm that lasted two months.. I have tried every other med. out there for spasms and this is the only one that did anything! I will also say that a few glasses of wine help too, but not with the valium.
Sedbrah
13 March 2019
15mg of diazepam is not a high dose... it won’t make you feel sick... 5mg diazepam I don’t think would have a lot of effect to help your anxiety at all... if you had 0 tolerance to benzos I think 10mg MAY be enough to help maybe take the edge of anxiety at most.. I think 20mg of diazepam with a mild tolerance is the perfect amount to help with strong anxiety..
Rathmullan
30 Aug 2018
The usual adult dosage for anxiety is 2.0 - 10 mg. 15 mg seems like a lot and would cause one to become habituated to it rather quickly. I don't even see where diazepam is manufactured in a 15mg strength. In my opinion the lowest effective dose is what the patient and physician should be shooting for. I think you may want to speak to you doctor about the dosage and your reaction to it.
JayneB
30 Aug 2018
Ive got 5 mg tablets. I'm supposed to take one morning and evening, but they do literally nothing at all. I was anxious about going to the surgeon,( had lots of health problems ) so I took 3. They did nothing. I don't even think now they were what made me feel sick , but I'm not going to do it again. Not a good idea, and not what they were meant to do for me. Thanks so much for the reply and the advice. Much appreciated.
Justjustin503
30 Aug 2018
15mg is a pretty high dose. So yes it could make you feel bad. Or it could be withdrawal from the pain medication you no longer take. If taking pain meds for an extended period of time you can expect to feel like crap for a week or maybe even months depending on how long you were taking them. You have to do a tapered dose and gradually get off any medicines like pain meds or benzos. I5mg of valium shouldn't make you feel sick. Drowsy but not sick. So I'm guessing it's your body's reaction to no longer having the pain meds. Also you can take valium and pain meds at the same time as they do not interact with each other. Lots of doctors prescribe both to patients.
JayneB
30 Aug 2018
Thanks for the response. You could be right. I've been off the pain meds for about 10 days though. And I only took half an endone in morning and half at night, they make me feel sick otherwise, it was bowel surgery, so pretty heavy duty. But I did take them for nearly 4 months continuously . Also the swap over to diazepam could be messing me around , as it's such a different drug. I have onlynjustbstarted to feel nauseated though, could that be a delayed reaction to withdrawal from endone 10 days down the track?
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