Posted by Andrew on 22/5/2010, 12:29 pm, in reply to "Help needed!"
Glad you have found us, and I hope the fact this site exists will help you feel part of a group.
We are careful not to recommend any drug for obvious reasons; but if any individual has personal experience, then that is OK. My only experience is with valium, a long time ago; it did nothing for me.
Diazepam is an anti-anxiety drug, also known as valium. It wont do you any harm, but my personal feeling is that prescribing it is a cop out.
I recommend you go to your GP and ask to be shown how to self-catheterise. It would mean that if you lock up, you can at least go in a cubicle and drain off. Knowing you can do that would relieve your anxiety a lot, and may even enable you to go with recourse to the catheter.
If your GP is reluctant, or refuses, just ask him what you are meant to do when you lock up. Because there is no answer to that, it should force him or her to agree to your request.
Once you have got confidence in using these disposable catheters, you can then think about moving on and dealing with the condition.
cheers
Andrewrayour370
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