My husband has taken my diazepam, again!!

[Givenup2026]

This is at least the second time that it has happened. My GP is very kind that they give me 6 pills very much every now and then that I use when to relax as a “one off “. They’re great, and genuinely maybe I’ve taken like 12 pills in my entire life.

anyway I’ve just discovered my husband took my whole stash at some point because of “hip pain”. The irony is don’t even work for him!!!! I’m furious!!

Unfortunately, none of the doctors I'm speaking to recognise that any more

I moved three years ago, my previous doctor was fine with it

Four is the official figure.

But just one dog can be a gateway puppy to more so it’s best to not start.

😂

Sorry OP.

How is the relationship generally?

Move out or chuck him out. It's the best way to ensure he won't do it again. Next best would be to get a safe, set it with a combination he won't be able to guess, and keep them there. I'm serious.

If you're not going to leave him, I would tell him the GP is now refusing to prescribe them and you won't be getting any more. Of course he is supposedly speaking to the GP to confess tomorrow. Bet some excuse comes up as to why he can't.

Yes, I was once prescribed valium following a horrific episode of abuse by my ex partner and was completely manic in the GPs office. They prescribed them to relieve the immediate panic/anxiety/suicidal thoughts etc. Though was told at the time it is a very rare prescription and only used in severe cases.

I would seriously divorce him. I’m 7 months into a major panic and anxiety relapse after 6.5 years of it being largely controlled. One of the only reasons I’m not dead is because my GP was willing to prescribe me some diazepam. If I’d not had that on hand at times, I’d have took myself out. I am very careful with it - I have 5mg tablets and I usually break them in half if I need to use them. I’m still going through hell, a bit less than before thankfully, but knowing they’re there helps tremendously. Yes they have a high chance to be abused; I can see how someone would become addicted quite quickly, but when you’re in the throws of mental health crisis and the mental health team is non-existent, as long as you use them carefully they are lifesavers. OP, I would LTB. He can’t be trusted.

If you google, you can find some information about conditions Diazepam is and isn’t currently prescribed for. You can no longer get it for specific anxiety inducing scenarios like fear of flying, and it’s not prescribed for dental work any more for a variety of reasons. When they are prescribed for conditions like OP’s, it’s very strictly controlled and short term.

Don’t use controlled meds which you don’t need to relax. It’s like relaxing with a couple of glasses of wine after work. It will become a dangerous habit before you know it. Relax with a good book, telly, ice cream. Otherwise it’s a slippery slope.

As others here have said, it’s used for severe anxiety, by people who need it to function, not to relax.

The main problem is that sometimes (and I mean very much sometimes) my brain goes into “loops” and gets overwhelmed.

when I’ve taken them I can separate the different threads and mute the “noise”. They’ve genuinely helped me in that sense. I’ve resolved whatever the problem was and move on. And that happens with 3 pills (so 15mg).

Yeah, l think it’s pretty much down to whether an individual GP is prepared to prescribe, given the risk of addiction. I was prescribed it in short bursts after my husband died but after a certain timescale it was discontinued.

Absolutely.

I was also given a prescription to help me get through a hysteroscopy and a later biopsy, after having had a previous horrendous experience.

When I’ve used them is because I’ve stopped functioning, not just “because”. I actually now that I think about it have only taken them twice. I have been prescribed them three times, but one of the lm my husband stole them.

It's almost a medical drug? 🙄

Read the thread. OP has explained exactly why it’s prescribed.

I was prescribed diazepam for overwhelming anxiety - widowed at 37. I now have propranolol for that situation and take as needed. I wonder if that would work for you given your husband’s complete untrustworthiness?

Self control 🤔 hmmmm…

What a selfish cunt. I have a repeat prescription for 20 5mg Diazzies monthly for extreme anxiety. Getting these prescribed was a right old to-do, so i doubt your doctor will reissue a script for your thieving DH to help himself to.

Woof!

Gosh that’s outrageous. I rely on mine for flares of sacroiliac joint dysfunction and I would be livid.

Your GP should understand if you explain. You have to be taking a decent dose daily to get dependency issues, you aren’t going to be a red flag for substance abuse by getting prescribed a repeat prescription. If your GP has any concerns about your husband, be sure to tell him he took them without telling you for hip pain and had the audacity to complain they don’t work (so they don’t think he’s got a problem)

Valium doesn’t make you “high”!

In my experience there can never be too many dogs.

She has had four prescriptions over 8 years so that equates to one every 2 years, hardly caning it is it? GP will be prescribing on a prn basis or pro re nata, which translates to "as needed"

I couldn’t be with a man who robbed me. And he’s done it twice now. I know he can’t control,himself round drugs, and that in itself is an issue, but robbing you,

nah.

If you are able to get a new prescription, you must not let him know and you must keep them locked where he can’t see them.

I have had them prescribed in similar situations. Back spasms with a slipped disc, and also at an absolute crisis point when I needed to remain functional and calm in an extreme situation. I was afraid that I was going to lose control and get extremely emotional in a situation where that would be very damaging.

The GP recognised the unusual circumstances and prescribed them. And like a PP, I eked them out in case of future back spasms or emergencies.