ME/CFS
Outcome unclear
ME/CFS with anxiety: brief oxazepam relief, hard crash, no lasting benefit
- Condition
- ME/CFS
- At worst
- Not stated
- Ill for
- Not stated
- Last post
- Dec 2020
In their words
- Condition: ME/CFS
also made me crash hard when the effects wore off
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Summary
Trail 41285 took oxazepam for anxiety a few years before 2020, not often; it helped them a little but they crashed hard when the effect wore off, and it stopped working quickly. Diazepam, tried the year before, did nothing for them. They described no lasting benefit from either benzodiazepine.
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What they tried
Their words about each treatment
- oxazepam · Helped
I took oxazepam for my anxiety a few years ago, helped me a bit, but also made me crash hard when the effects wore off. They stopped working for me relatively quickly despite me not taking them often.
In context ↗ - diazepam · No change
Tried diazepam last year and they did nothing for me...
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Their path
They say too little about how ill they were at each step to draw it on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| a few years before December 2020 | crashed hard when oxazepam's effect wore offmade me crash hard when the effects wore offIn context ↗ |
| 2020-12-13 | reported that benzodiazepines helped only briefly or not at allTried diazepam last year and they did nothing for meIn context ↗ |
Adverse events
- Oxazepam (Serax)“I took oxazepam for my anxiety a few years ago, helped me a bit, but also made me crash hard when the effects wore off.” In context ↗ Withdrawal problems
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Anxiety & low mood
I took oxazepam for my anxiety
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