ext_201997 ([identity profile] mizuhomaiden.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] damned_bulletin2009-04-05 08:53 pm
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[writing much neater and precise than Sheena's typical writing]

Clinic healers,

Can you please describe to me the effects of a drug called Valium?

[in looser handwriting]

[identity profile] stiffserpent.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 10:30 am (UTC)(link)
If you're thinking of killing yourself with them, don't. If your life isn't worth living for yourself, it's your responsibility to do all you can to live for other people. At least you have had the opportunity to make the decision. Everything I a lot of people have decided was decided for them by someone else, politicians and players.

That said, it's your own decision. If you're considering a lethal overdose, still don't touch the valium. I was never taught about how high a lethal dose would be, but I'd assume it would be more than a gram, so that's several bottles of pills to take. In combination with other drugs, mostly opiates and other benzodiazepines, it can cause heart and respiratory arrest, but, like I said, the valium will slow you right down if you have enough of it, so you'll be less able to back out and get help when you realise how stupid you've been. If you want to kill yourself, there's better ways. I hear there's monsters around here that are good for that.

My advice to you is to take one pill with your food before the night and wait until your hands aren't shaking any more. Then go out there and do what you can to find a way out.

[identity profile] stiffserpent.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 02:36 pm (UTC)(link)
That's good to know.

Whoever this person is, they'll be feeling drowsy and confused for a few days until their system metabolises the drug. So make sure they don't do anything involving fast reflexes, heavy machinery, or sharp knives.

I heard somewhere that Diazepam is bad for the kidneys, so you may want to make sure they go to the restroom regularly.

Sorry about misunderstanding.

Re: [same writing as OP]

[identity profile] stiffserpent.livejournal.com 2009-04-07 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Good luck, to both of you.

By the way, how did it happen? Where did she find the Diazepam?