Anyone take diazepan before flying?

[tracyk]

I've started taking it half an hour before a flight and it's calmed me down enough. I take 5mg.
I've flown twice this summer and flights have been in clear skies.
But I have to fly again in a couple of weeks and I'm apprehensive that the weather could be worse.
How many mg of diazepan is ok to take without making me a zombie?

I don't know, but do check it's not a controlled drug in the country you are flying to, or you could get done for drug smuggling. I seem to remember reading something about a woman who got jailed in Dubai for having diazapan and codeine.

Fine to take on your own but if travelling with dc's would check the dosage...tempting though it would be to go the whole hog and let the stewardesses take over .

I take it but only in 2mg increments and not for flying....

I take it regularly for flying. I take one before we leave the house (5mg) one whilst we're waiting to board (5mg) and another just before take off (5mg) ALL ON AN EMPTY STOMACH (very important for me as it doesn't work if my belly is full) and by the time the plane has lifted off I'm quite happily in a bit of a fug. Still able to play with DD, although prone to a touch of dribbling.
Seriously, I've taken 20mg within the space of 2 hours and although I slept like a baby, it didn't do me any harm.
HTH x

5mg is the standard dose and I have taken 10mg and felt like I have had a couple of glasses of wine i.e. you will feel a bit tipsy but still know what you are doing which is fine if you have dh/dp with you. I would worry about going over 5mg if on my own with dc's but ok on my own.