Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New profile posts
Latest activity
Internet Search
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Son has asked to go to detox
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 712789" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Yes. Your son is absolutely right. Unsupervised withdrawal from Valium or any other of the benzos could indeed kill him. Benzos and alcohol are the two drugs where withdrawals can kill.</p><p></p><p>He does have to keep taking the benzo until he can get into detox and be tapered off and supported with other medications to prevent seizure and psychosis.</p><p></p><p>Also, depending on how long and how much Valium he was using, it could be months to years before he is his "old self", and he may nver come back 100%</p><p></p><p>It's good that it was Valium and not one of the shorter acting benzos such as Xanax, as Valium has a long half-life, which makes withdrawal a bit gentler.</p><p></p><p>Best of luck to him...and to you and his family. This is going to be a rough road.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 712789, member: 1963"] Yes. Your son is absolutely right. Unsupervised withdrawal from Valium or any other of the benzos could indeed kill him. Benzos and alcohol are the two drugs where withdrawals can kill. He does have to keep taking the benzo until he can get into detox and be tapered off and supported with other medications to prevent seizure and psychosis. Also, depending on how long and how much Valium he was using, it could be months to years before he is his "old self", and he may nver come back 100% It's good that it was Valium and not one of the shorter acting benzos such as Xanax, as Valium has a long half-life, which makes withdrawal a bit gentler. Best of luck to him...and to you and his family. This is going to be a rough road. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Parent Support Forums
Substance Abuse
Son has asked to go to detox
Top