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So after a horrible sleepless night I took a dose of Valium (12mg) instead of Prazepam, I thought I would switch back to  V because I didn't like taking  Prazepam drops which doesn't make any sense but anyways, I thought as long as I'm taking the equivalent dose I'd be fine, well everything went downhill from there, I had a paradoxical reaction to it and I thought something was wrong with the pills so later in the day I took my Prazepam dose hoping that it would calm me down but it made things even worse, we're talking insane levels of anxiety, feeling like I lost touch with reality, being totally hysterical and screaming at my parents to call a doctor  and self pitying as I thought I was dying, the anxiety is still high as I'm typing this, I  hope it calms down soon, has anyone had an episode like this?
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Wow, that sounds awful and that's exactly what the paradoxical effect is.  That's so scary.  I had some paradoxical effect from V but never never anything like what you described.  Mine were just mild - like couldn't sleep and had energy, but after an hour or so I would relax into it. 
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Years ago before CT'ing xanax I tried to switch to valium to taper.  Took one dose, freaked out...never took V again.  Wicked panic.  Side note, had a genetic test done recently.  It said V was the only benzo that might not agree with my chemistry.
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The thing that I don't understand is that prior to Prazepam I was taking Valium to taper, I must also say that I stopped taking lexapro which I had been on for a week and didn't take trazodone to sleep that night but it still doesn't explain what happened.
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