Can anxiety cause you to feel imprisoned in your mind?

May 9th, 2013

I’m seeing a therapist for social anxiety & I feel like a phantom menace has a death-grip on my mind. Is this anxiety or something else? Chosen Answer: Yes, but I have anxiety for everything. I feel it 24 hours, even in my dreams. I started to get it when I got a new job [...]

People who suffer from anxiety: How do you deal with traveling?

April 24th, 2013

I have severe anxiety, and take medicine for it. I have been hospitalized twice in the past year for it, the most recent being in July for a week. This week my Dad is going to visit his parents, 8 hours away. He has invited me to come. My anxiety is giving me trouble just [...]

can I take ibuprofen tylenol and valium?

March 7th, 2013

I have bad pain so I took 2.5mg of valium tylenol 500mg and hr later I took 400mg if ibuprofen. is this ok? Chosen Answer: Im not a doctor but I don’t see anything that causes a red flag in the combination. However Valium is an anti anxiety medication not a pain medication so why [...]

If I take 30mg of valium (diazepam) one day is it safe to drink 24hours later?

February 23rd, 2013

Okay so If today at most I take 3 doses of 10mg of Valium can I get drunk safely tomorrow night? Chosen Answer: its prolly not the best thing to mix the two, and even if you dont take any more valium tomorrow, you will prolly get drunk very easily…so be cautious and dont overdo [...]

Can’t sleep before final exams… bad idea to take Valium before I go to sleep? Or will it mess up my exam?

January 23rd, 2013

It’s either I don’t sleep because of anxiety, or I take some Valium… Which one? @Gyoza: This sounds like a horrible idea! I definitely need my sleep one way or another as I find it nearly impossible to function the next day without at least my 6 and a half hours. Chosen Answer: Go to [...]

Going for ESI in 2 hours-will Versed and Valium make me still feel pain?

January 15th, 2013

Going for esi (Epidural Steroid Injection) and want to know if I will feel a lot of pain even through the valium and the Versed? Thanks. Chosen Answer: by: on: 1st January 70

How long can a small dog be alone without developing separation anxiety?

January 10th, 2013

Just wondering. My family is usually away 5 hours max for 3 days a week. DO you think its possible for it to develop separation anxiety if I engage in a lot of exercise, training, and playing before and after we leave it? Chosen Answer: I have never owned a dog that would crumble mentally [...]

How do you know when being shy is actually from social anxiety?

January 2nd, 2013

example. i looked it up some and it said social anxiety can be an excessive shyness along with not interpreting bodily messages correctly. such as hunger. i haven’t eaten in 55 hours and feel week but not one bit hungry Chosen Answer: I don’t know about the bodily messages idea, but I know that the [...]

Since you cannot drink alcohol while on Valium, how long does Valium stay in your system?

December 11th, 2012

How long after taking Valium can I drink alcohol without valium affecting me? Chosen Answer: I would give it 12 hours. From my recollection, I believe Valium has a half life of around 8 hours, so waiting 12 hours should be good enough, though this does depend on the dosage of Valium you are taking. [...]

how long does valium stay in your system?

November 10th, 2012

if someone took a 10 mg valium,how long would it be in your system?could you take a drug test in 3 days and come up clean? Chosen Answer: Not a chance!!! The metabolites of diazepam can be detected for a very long time, 350 – 700 hours on average. You picked a good on to [...]