Diazepam and Insomnia and Sleep Aid

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Ok.. If I am taking 1.25 mg of Valium during the day at 11:30am and I'm taking 3.75 mg of Valium at night for sleep, how do I taper off the night time dose yet still get the sleep I need to function?

 

I was taking 2.5mg at night for sleep but I would only sleep maybe 3 hours. After hardly any sleep I could see I was getting very sick with anxiety, fatigue, and some depression.

 

Last night I took the 2.5mg, woke up at 2:45am, decided to take 1.25mg more because I was so sleep deprived and I slept until 5am. Closed my eyes again and woke up at 6am

 

I'm having a difficult time with this

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I also have low blood sugar and I feel like this medication is affecting it. Whenever I test my sugar now is always higher then usual. If I eat some fruit it jumps up to the 140's - 150's. Which it never did before.

 

I know I need proper rest and night. How do I achieve that if I'm also trying to taper.

 

Any advise?

[[me...]]

I'm not sure why you are splitting the dose like that? Valium is a very long-acting drug, it only needs to be dosed once a day. So you would probably do better taking the entire dose at bedtime. Or I guess you could split the dose at night if that works for you.

 

Unfortunately, I did not find Valium to be a very good sleep drug. Even at 5 mg., I often had nights with little or no sleep. The faster you can get off that drug the better.