Am I doing this wrong? 2 weeks in using liquid and getting sicker by the day

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Hey I'm just wondering if some one can help me. 2 weeks ago I finished my afternoon dose, leaving me at 5 mg valium in the morning and 5 at night. I decided to use liquid and tablets because I've heard this is generally smoother. I've been taking 5 mg dry in the am, then 4 mg dry in the pm and diluting 1 mg tablet with 2 ml (tried 1 ml..no difference) of 80 proof vodka and letting it sit for 15 min-half an hour, then adding 98 mls of water and shake it like crazy. I started pulling out 5 ml at a time but before I should have even felt the cut the symptoms smacked me hard and aren't getting any better. I'm sweating profusely, waking up on panic, skins on fire and I'm so nauseated I'm making myself puke for minor relief at times because I took gravel and had a scary reaction. I've been holding some days, and have only cut theme equivalent of just over .25 mg in over two weeks. I was handling 2 mg a month prior with no symptoms. I would really appreciate any input as I'm sicker than a dog and terrified and have to continue working.

Thanks much in advance

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If I read this properly, your symptoms started right after you switched to taking some of your med by liquid.  While there's no clear reason for it, some people seem to need to up-dose a bit when they switch from solid to liquid.  Usually, it's a small adjustment (5-10%).  You might consider going back to solid for a week to see if your symptoms get back to 'normal'.  Or you can add a little more valium to the alcohol/water to get started.

 

fwiw - I think it's possible that some people who take pills let them sit in their mouth for some seconds which would allow some degree of sublingual absorption.  Sublingual absorption circumvents first pass metabolism, so increases the amount of med that you actually take.  If this is the case, then switching to liquid may have resulted in a decrease in the dose that your body absorbed.