Taking diazapam for the first time. Handhold?

OP I was given a benzo (5mg) for exactly the same thing and the same circumstances. It just quite the noise and you feel a calm setting in. I’m sure you’ll be fine.

Enjoy the movie OP.
Wrap yourself up all cosy.
So sorry about your loss.
Sending you unmumsnetty hugs.
The diazepam is ok, it just takes the edge off.

It definitely works. If it's only 1mg it won't impair you or make you woozy or 'stoned' or anything.

Just take it and enjoy the effects. You deserve to feel relief from your bereavement and sadness.

It's unfortunately not really a medicine you can take all the time but it will help I'm sure.

I hope you can get therapy or counselling? X

Sorry I've not read all the replies but if you've got time, take the first 1mg a couple of hours before bed so if it makes you feel rubbish or sleepy, or both you can then sleep it off. But then if that's OK go up to 2mg the next night so you know how sleepy it will make you on the day of the funeral. You want to be chilled but not asleep. The first 30 times or so I took it, I needed to sleep within 15 minutes but it probably was exacerbated by other medication I am on so you may be OK.

Op I appreciate it news to be taken with caution but i think it's amazing !!

I've also been given it for a close death and it helped me no end and at times I was so wound up with various trauma it helped me catch my breath and relax.
Lie in bed and take deep breaths and relax you muscles eg circle ankles ed tx

People react very differently to those types of substance. I was prescribed co-codemol for a badly broken shoulder and I had to go back for a lower dose of it, then cut even that in half, because I couldn’t stay awake. It seems sensible to follow your doctors advice.

You honestly wont feel 1mg hit you at all. Don't be scared. It will just subtly calm you down. You wont feel it.
You may even want to take a few on the day.
I'd say starting at 5mg is where you might notice it take effect. But when I've had it I dont really feel anything until 10mg!
I hope the day is not too hard for you. Sending ❤️

Like several other posters have said, I’ve taken it as a muscle relaxant for a back spasm. It honestly worked like magic, with no adverse effects at all.

If you have this much anxiety you probably need more than 1mg.

I have 10 x 2mg tablets in my drawer. My GP prescribed them for me for when I can’t get a grip on my anxiety/panic attacks when my DH was diagnosed with terminal cancer. I used one, before this prescription and it just helped me feel less tense. I was able to cope better with everything that day.

I’ve never touched them since, just knowing they’re there is enough to reassure me.

Used to take 2mg for a bad headache.

I take it occasionally for back spasms. I divide a 5 mg tablet because I very quickly discovered it makes me incredibly sleepy. I now use quarter tablets or 1.25 mg and even that makes me feel a bit spaced out and it's harder to concentrate. Everyone is different.

It's like one teaspoon of wine

1mg won't do a single thing. You'd get more of an effect having a cup of coffee (but in the other direction, of course). 2mg maybe it'd have a teeny effect in the background that would help you calm yourself down. 5mg it'd actually help you calm down. 10mg you might get sleepy but in a 'now I've calmed down I could have a good cup of tea and a rest' kind of way, not in a 'passing out before the laundry is done' kind of way. 20mg you'd feel quite chilled, similar to a few glasses of wine. This is my (considerable) experience anyway.

Don't drink any alcohol or take anything with codeine in it. Diazepam stays in your blood a lot longer than you'd think, so even drinking the next day can be dodgy.

I'm sorry you're in a position to need it at all. Please don't be scared to take it; you'll be just fine.

I'll have it if you don't want it 🤣. It's great stuff...like a large glass of wine.

I was given a stronger dose than that for a long haul flight and tbh, made no difference to me. My partner tho pinched his late mums, given for pain, and he was talking nonsense.

OP, try at home. Such a low dose am sure be fine. If not sure, can you ask a friend to come stay for a few hours?

Sorry about your mum and I truly hope you'll be ok.

Sending you hugs and strength OP.

The problem with Diazepam is once you know how lovely it feels when you've taken it you can understand why it's so addictive.

It doesn't do anything major and you are still yourself just everything feels so much easier and you just feel a deep sense of being ok.

1mg works fine for me, im able to function at work etc. But it still gives the positive effects. You'll be ok OP, best night sleep you've had in a while I reckon.

That's essentially a placebo dose, don't worry about it.

It's an amazing drug. Got a bad press. It's like it takes the lid off, let's the stress out. So it doesn't build and overwhelm. Take as prescribed, no more. I take very occasionally.

So sorry to hear the reason for the prescription 💐

Its such a worry taking new medication when you have anxiety ! It took me 6 years to take one tablet of medication (forgot the name) for it. With diazepam 1g is very very small. Also it doesnt make you feel drunk or high. It makes you feel normal with the knots in your belly gone.

I hope you have taken it!

It’s bloody lovely stuff!