valium and percocets

"what else does valium do? i begged for percocets but never got them. they didnt offer anything for depression."

I have strong opinions on both valium and percocets.

Had a RN family member who was hooked on Valium for several years and finally got off it .  It is prescribed for "anxiety" and is highly addictive.  Once she got off of Valium she admitted that she "...was out of it for over twelve years."  She was not in touch with reality during that period of time.  I also had anxiety about forty years ago and was prescribed Valium by my family (idiot) physician.  I got ten pills and took the first one before work one morning.  I was so out of it by the time that I got into my car to drive to work and got a few blocks down the road that I turned around and went back home.  Went to bed and slept the entire rest of the day.  Never took them again - except, as a recreational drug in the evening until I finished the 10.  Better than a double martini with no hangover, but have never ever taken a mood altering drug again and never will.

Percocets?  Got a prescription of those after knee replacement surgery a couple of years ago.  Was the most painful experience that I've ever been through - which they don't tell you about prior to the surgery.  While in the hospital it was morphine injections.  While at home it was Oxycodone (also known as Oxycontin, Percocet, or Tylox) and Vicodin (also known as Hydrocodone, Lorcet or Lortah).  The Oxycodone was for intense pain and I used it primarily to get to sleep.  I found that when I took it, I was not in control of my reality.  That is, I was completely out of it, but I couldn't sleep without it for the first few days.  I didn't use the entire prescription but relied more on Vicodin and that too made me feel out of control.  They both helped with the pain, no question about it, but after about two weeks I discontinued both even though I had more available both in my prescription bottles and the refills that I could have used.

"Prescription Drug Addiction, The Hidden Epidemic" lists the top 20 addictive drugs in the U. S.  Vicodin is listed at number 8, with alcohol being number one followed by cocaine, heroin and marijuana.  Oxycodone/Percocet/Oxycontin is listed at number 15.  Both of these prescription drugs have a more difficult clinical withdrawal (clinical residence required) than heroin!  Valium is not listed in the top 20 but then there are so many alternatives nowadays that it isn't prescribed as much as it used to be but it has a difficult withdrawal cycle too.

I cured chronic depression with meditation.  Never knew I was depressed until I no longer was depressed.

If it were me, I'd seek alternative therapies for pain management rather than use prescription medications.  Just my thoughts.