Susanna Omynona

I've just voted for your painting and have sent you a PM for more info about your work and to go on your mailing list re: future exhibitions.

Thanks to everyone who has replied so far especially Saffron, Robert Poste's child and Binkyliliput for taking the time to respond. I haven't taken any pills yet and if I do, it will only be one or two. It's helpful to be able to share the situation with you, and I do know this is a temporary situation for me and also that a lot of people are going through a lot worse.

After a very stressful year coping with involving family illnesses and spending all last summer at 4 different hospitals with them, selling elderly parents' home , a mother-in-law with dementia who phones us up to 30 times a night, work stress and more, this week it all got too much and I went to the GP. He has prescribed 2mg diazepam / Valium to be taken as and when I need it for a couple of weeks. I've tried to make do with various herbal remedies so far but they aren't really easing the symptoms of feeling sick, loss of appetite, dry mouth, very tense shoulders etc. We are going on holiday soon which will involve a long haul flight and as I'm not a great flyer, I'm wondering whether the anxiety symptoms will get even worse when I'm on the plane so am trying to decide whether to take the Valium prior to the flight.I'd be interested to hear from anyone with experience of taking Valium as a short term aid to stress. If I do take it, should I avoid alcohol altogether? I'd also like suggestions of the most effective herbal or homeopathic remedies in case there are some I've missed. Thanks!

The plans of the location / neighbouring buildings are about 20 years out of date, as they still show the residential flats in St Clement's Yard as a school and it has not been a school since about 1993!!! They also show outbuildings which were part of the school and these were demolished in 1994. The new building would overlook residential properties and their gardens, not a school.