Alkaloidich
Greenlighter
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- Jan 10, 2017
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Hey friend,
I recently had to go through a forced benzo withdrawal as a result of a legal matter. In order to receive an excellent deal from the DA, a condition imposed was a residential rehab stay. At this time I'd been off anything but prescribed meds which I always used properly as prescribed. I was then taking suboxone, vyvanse and clonazepam. Yes. I've always been good at landing great RX situations because I actually need them. I feel so bad for people who get SSRI's and BS like that. Wrong drugs man. Sure these can be addictive, dependence, etc, blah. Well, SSRI "discontiuation syndrome" (JESUS) apparently is pretty awful too. So any substance with strong effects on neurobiology will cause some kind of d/c syndrome (ie withdrawal). Thus I firmly believe that if you are gonna take drugs, meds if you want lol, then for gods sake at least take ones that help, that work...drugs whose pros will outweigh the cons for you. Klonopin was tough to beat beacause of the mix of 12 days straight awake (yes, this happened) and generally weird, uncomfortable feeling. But, even after several years 3mg klonopin a day and NO TAPER (dumb ass rehab man) I didn't have a seizure or anything like that. I ended up going back to kpin several months later and trust me, it wasn't due to PAWS or something like that...I realized WHY I started taking them in the first place. I have a serious anxiety/insomnia/hypervigilance issue related to trauma as a youth which Clonazepam, specifically, helps more than any other drug I've tried and is the only one to be effective. Dextroamphetamine, for me, is purely a tool of enhancement and has NO downside (dose of roughly 80mg dexamphetamine base). Suboxone both keeps me from opiates and provides a nice little mood lift, subtle but there. I've been through w/d from all of these and I'm talking very real w/d (after taking daily for years) and choose to take them. I tried real hard to convince myself that I was better when on nothing, but the simple truth is I have some serious problems and these medications help. I've been through the gamut of wack drugs. I can only speak of my own experiences, so won't knock all of them in general. For me, 3mg kpin, 4mg buprenorphine and 60-90mg amphetamine is as close to a pharmaceutical cure I've gotten. I'm in very good health. I am lucky to have doctors who are open minded and respect the severity of my issues, my rx experiences and my knowledge of pharmacology, and are thus willing to go outside the mainstream. Benzos can be quit, subs can be quit, amphetamines are a breeze. I've done it for them all and I choose them in the end. And it was NOT paws. That would be a convenient counter point and is far too often invoked. I was "fine" but my life is BETTER with these drugs. Better living through chemistry. Just be smart, know dosage, combinations, and above all, your own physiology.
I recently had to go through a forced benzo withdrawal as a result of a legal matter. In order to receive an excellent deal from the DA, a condition imposed was a residential rehab stay. At this time I'd been off anything but prescribed meds which I always used properly as prescribed. I was then taking suboxone, vyvanse and clonazepam. Yes. I've always been good at landing great RX situations because I actually need them. I feel so bad for people who get SSRI's and BS like that. Wrong drugs man. Sure these can be addictive, dependence, etc, blah. Well, SSRI "discontiuation syndrome" (JESUS) apparently is pretty awful too. So any substance with strong effects on neurobiology will cause some kind of d/c syndrome (ie withdrawal). Thus I firmly believe that if you are gonna take drugs, meds if you want lol, then for gods sake at least take ones that help, that work...drugs whose pros will outweigh the cons for you. Klonopin was tough to beat beacause of the mix of 12 days straight awake (yes, this happened) and generally weird, uncomfortable feeling. But, even after several years 3mg klonopin a day and NO TAPER (dumb ass rehab man) I didn't have a seizure or anything like that. I ended up going back to kpin several months later and trust me, it wasn't due to PAWS or something like that...I realized WHY I started taking them in the first place. I have a serious anxiety/insomnia/hypervigilance issue related to trauma as a youth which Clonazepam, specifically, helps more than any other drug I've tried and is the only one to be effective. Dextroamphetamine, for me, is purely a tool of enhancement and has NO downside (dose of roughly 80mg dexamphetamine base). Suboxone both keeps me from opiates and provides a nice little mood lift, subtle but there. I've been through w/d from all of these and I'm talking very real w/d (after taking daily for years) and choose to take them. I tried real hard to convince myself that I was better when on nothing, but the simple truth is I have some serious problems and these medications help. I've been through the gamut of wack drugs. I can only speak of my own experiences, so won't knock all of them in general. For me, 3mg kpin, 4mg buprenorphine and 60-90mg amphetamine is as close to a pharmaceutical cure I've gotten. I'm in very good health. I am lucky to have doctors who are open minded and respect the severity of my issues, my rx experiences and my knowledge of pharmacology, and are thus willing to go outside the mainstream. Benzos can be quit, subs can be quit, amphetamines are a breeze. I've done it for them all and I choose them in the end. And it was NOT paws. That would be a convenient counter point and is far too often invoked. I was "fine" but my life is BETTER with these drugs. Better living through chemistry. Just be smart, know dosage, combinations, and above all, your own physiology.