tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post282805761105554261..comments2024-01-19T04:01:36.869-05:00Comments on Kim Rossi: Kim Rossi Staglianohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-85900472437639248192009-01-14T05:44:00.000-05:002009-01-14T05:44:00.000-05:00My name is Paul Harris and i would like to show yo...My name is Paul Harris and i would like to show you my personal experience with Valium.<BR/><BR/>I am 55 years old. Have been on Valium for 20 days now. I decided to get off of all benzos after much reading and having a friend who was abusing Xanax kill himself (may have been other issues, too). I was taking about 4 mg of Klonopin daily. I read a lot of the reseach on benzos by Dr. Heather Ashton, one of the world's leading authorities on benzos. I was shocked to see her equivalency table for Klonopin and Xanax. 1 mg of Klonopin or Xanax is equel to 20 mg of Valium. That's right, 20!! Plus, Klonopin and Xanax have nasty side effects. That did it for me. No more benzos!! Because Valium has the longest half-life of any benzo and the least side effects, I'm using it and water-titration to get off Klonopin, a method widly used in Europe. 10% reduction every 10-14 days. So far so good.<BR/><BR/>I have experienced some of these side effects -<BR/>Headache, drowsiness in the morning. Hard time getting my Dr. to prescribe and go along with treatment program. Valium supposedly is far less addicting than some other benzos, with far fewer side effects. I hope that turns-out to be true.<BR/><BR/>I hope this information will be useful to others,<BR/>Paul HarrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-48160375908484760042008-08-23T19:25:00.000-04:002008-08-23T19:25:00.000-04:00The fact she wrote this piece is indeed commendabl...The fact she wrote this piece is indeed commendable; it would be great to see it published widely. Thanks Kim! K.Sustenance Scouthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12980573661955592633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-43669892418218962532008-08-18T14:23:00.000-04:002008-08-18T14:23:00.000-04:00In a cock-eyed way, anon, glad you can empathize w...In a cock-eyed way, anon, glad you can empathize with this family. It's not so much the exact scenario that got me but the fact she wrote it down for all to read. I have two severely autistic daughters (who have flown, once long haul but that was before we had a diagnosis so they were only wee, and since but only short haul) and I see this happening to us in all sorts of areas - actually the account made me giggle in parts!Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594327337549020199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-58154978564971018792008-08-16T06:10:00.001-04:002008-08-16T06:10:00.001-04:00This story sounds like our lives. So sorry to see ...This story sounds like our lives. So sorry to see it happens to others just as much.<BR/>Lives of an autistic family.<BR/>Barbie is a strong mother and woman.<BR/>God be with her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-55847913712435394412008-08-16T06:10:00.000-04:002008-08-16T06:10:00.000-04:00This story sounds like our lives. So sorry to see ...This story sounds like our lives. So sorry to see it happens to others just as much.<BR/>Lives of an autistic family.<BR/>Barbie is a strong mother and woman.<BR/>God be with her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-89542480113339811082008-08-15T23:17:00.000-04:002008-08-15T23:17:00.000-04:00I'm sorry: has this kid been on a plane before? I...I'm sorry: has this kid been on a plane before? If not, what made her think it might be anything other than the scenario she described? The one thing I have NOT attempted with my autistic daughter, who is 9, is plane travel, for the simple reason that THERE IS NO EXIT STRATEGY. And Chicago to Hawaii is a long-ass flight! It sounds to me, frankly, like all went pretty well. Most folks on the plane were totally cool. I have had my kid urinate on me and strip in public plenty of times and, while never pleasant, I weathered it even without the reward at the end of a Hawaiian vacation. I don't know, this story didn't elicit the same sympathy from me as it did you. I think lots of us have had experiences like this, where something goes terribly awry, then we marshal our resources, and it works out, and all is not lost. True, it's never as easy for us as it is for our "typical" peers. But she got her meds, she could afford new tickets, she got herself to the Island--I'm not crying a river over this. Did very much appreciate her humor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-26837671015721732772008-08-15T13:00:00.000-04:002008-08-15T13:00:00.000-04:00it's real. it's honest. it's what we live and who ...it's real. it's honest. it's what we live and who we are. who we have to be. thanks for sharing, kim.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-51996640170858916622008-08-15T11:51:00.000-04:002008-08-15T11:51:00.000-04:00I noticed that too. Three words to explain that: "...I noticed that too. <BR/><BR/>Three words to explain that: "Love. Fierce Love"Petrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12725871498573838663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35048242.post-49417556026933088602008-08-15T10:53:00.000-04:002008-08-15T10:53:00.000-04:00Isn't that just typical? Even when we try to give...Isn't that just typical? Even when we try to give a no holds barred brutal honest truth account we still have humour and a bright side tone. She tried to conceal it but it just broke through. great piece.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09594327337549020199noreply@blogger.com