DrugBuyers.Com: Valium vs Xanax

In my own personal experience, I'd have to disagree about Xanax having no effect on relaxing muscles, because it does in my case. I had a neck injury years ago that caused frequent headaches, and neck and shoulder "tension" pain from he_ _ - and nothing worked better for me than Xanax. Before chiropractor visits, if I didn't take 2 Xanax first, I would not "adjust" at all - and the one time I went without taking it first, the doctor actually HURT me and I got no relief because my muscles were so tight and tense. If Xanax had no effect on muscles, then I wouldn't have gotten such good 'adjustments'. Too bad I listened to the chiro about not taking it beforehand, because my hips have hurt ever since that visit, and I quit going not long after that.

Valium is, to my body anyway, a total joke when it comes to my condition - tried some already, and no way did it last longer than my Xanax does. In fact, I think I felt relaxed about a 2 on a scale from 1 to 10 - and that only lasted a very short time - less than an hour.

If people are getting too sleepy and groggy on Xanax, I would suggest lowering the dosage until you get relief but aren't too sleepy. Their bodies just probably aren't used to that 'high' of a dose, and if they can get by with less, then they will last longer (and save $ too!)

Over a 20+ year period of taking Xanax on and off (with no withdrawals at all in my own particular case - and most "vacations" from it were my choice, and for at least 6 months to a year) - - I can take a LOT of this stuff before it would knock ME out - fibro also deprives its' "victims" of sleep. So far the only thing that helps me sleep for hours and hours uninterrupted is a combo of 1 Klonipin and 1 Elavil - alone, nothing, but together, boy, that's the TICKET!

I ran out of Elavil, and after 2 nights of less than 2 hours of sleep each night, I had hubby go get the Elavil and I went to sleep at about 5 pm yesterday and didn't wake up until 11 pm. AH! :-) Then one more Elavil alone put me back in LaLa land for the rest of the night and I'm all caught up - gosh, how nice it is to sleep, and how lucky the people are who CAN sleep without a problem!!

I always found that oxycodone, when I was on it (and in any form), made me a bit "speedy" and affected my sleep big time. Too bad Ambien didn't work for me. I'm a tough cookie when it comes to finding the right meds - I ticked off one doctor who thought I was lying, and had to fire him eventually. In my case, "your mileage may vary" usually means that what works for most WON'T work for me, and what DOES work for me is too much for most people.

Take care, all :-)

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Cypress434

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