I have a terrible fear of flying...Just
terrible. Few years back my doctor gave
me xanax (12 of them) to take prior to a
flight. I took my last one earlier this
summer.
I now have a flight coming up next week
and only 1 day off left before heading out
(sunday) which means I can't get to the
doctor. Reason i've procrastinated is I
was thinking of taking one of my husband's
valium (prescribed to him last spring for
spasms).
Now comes the plane crash this past
sunday. It happened less than 10 miles
from our home. I knew some of the people
on the flight. Probably I should say I
know of them, plus one couple was heading
to the same destination I am. In fact,
that would have been the same flight I
would have taken for my connection in
atlanta. It's a popular early morning
flight from this airport.
Anyway, I haven't slept very well since
the tragedy. Once asleep, I wake up in
about 2 hrs or so, past 2 nights from
nightmares and have trouble going back to
sleep. I'm a walking zombie. Being in
lex, the media has been non-stop.
So my question: seeing I was stupid enough
not to get to my primary care earlier,
would it be ok if I took one of hubby's
valium, 5mg? Is there much difference
between that and the xanax?
I am otherwise a healthy person. Only
other meds I take is fosamax 35mg.
