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lman_15

lman_15

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Hey,

I've recently come across some carisoprodol, and I've been taking benzo's recently and was wondering. If I have been taking benzo's (recreationally not every day and i'm trying not to become physically dependent), I read online that carisoprodol is a muscle relaxant. If I were to take benzo's then carisoprodol for a couple of days, would I become dependent on benzo's. What I'm saying is is carisoprodol a benzo, does it share any properties with benzo's and by switching between using benzo's and carisoprodol could i get physically dependent on carisoprodol?
 
Carispodol is a muscle relaxant that the liver metabolizes into meprobamate, an older anxiolytic, which binds to the GABA-A receptors. So it does share similar properties to benzodiazepines i.e. diazepam (Valium) binds to the GABA-A rececptors. Therefore, the metabolite meproamate can form dependence and addiction.
 
^Exactly.

Carisprodol is similar in effect to both benzos and barbs, if you like benzos, you'll probably like carisprodol.

But, as said above, it carries the same risk in regards to addiction risk, etc.
 
So what your saying is that if i took benzo's for 2 days took 5 days off, which would prevent physical dependence.. but during those 5 days i took carisoprodol and since it has similar properties as benzo's i would get physically dependent on benzo's?

Basically what I'm saying is if i went between taking carisoprodol and benzo's would i get hooked on benzo's because they both work on similar receptors etc.? The same way that if I took morphine for a bunch of days and switched between morphine and oxy since they're both opiates i'd get hooked and be dependent on opiates. Would that happen with benzo's and carisoprodol?
 
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I love narcotic cocktails, anyways, as they said above they bind to the same receptors, i take oxycodone 30mg, 10mg diazepam, 350mg carisoprodol, point being, if you like benzos they are much better and more physically addicting. You mention anxiety, so valium for that and soma for the muscle relaxation, when mixed it does feel quite nice. Just IME I have never once craved my somas but when im out of valium or oxy then im a monster, I do mix all 3, i can take about 3 somas by their self and it does not feel in any way like a benzo, i might look like im on some but im just doin a lil soma shuffle.
I re-read my post and I dont think I answered you or put in any HR advice. more of experience and opinion.
 
lman_15 said:
So what your saying is that if i took benzo's for 2 days took 5 days off, which would prevent physical dependence.. but during those 5 days i took carisoprodol and since it has similar properties as benzo's i would get physically dependent on benzo's?

Basically what I'm saying is if i went between taking carisoprodol and benzo's would i get hooked on benzo's because they both work on similar receptors etc.? The same way that if I took morphine for a bunch of days and switched between morphine and oxy since they're both opiates i'd get hooked and be dependent on opiates. Would that happen with benzo's and carisoprodol?
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Yes benzos and carisoprodol are cross-tolerant. I don't think they're completely cross-tolerant, but there will be some cross-tolerance between benzos and carisoprosol.
 
Like a Soma now & then...........name brand are better imo. Seen people compare Soma's to benzos & imo/ime, they have a similar effect.

A Soma relaxes you & it does have a similar effect where it relaxes you anxieties.........of course a benzo will take away your anxiety way better than a Soma, but I was trying to compare on how I think of them both.
 
i dont think there is a cross-tolerance between benezos n carisprodol, so up to a certain extent, yes juggling between the two will make it a longer process for you to get addicted but don't forget both are very addictive, so you might just end up getting addicted to both substanes
 
You found some carisoprodol? you lucky f**ker! wish that sort of stuff just got left in the street around here, (although i did find myself a fentanyl patch last year!)


I had some in South america for a few days and it was such a beautiful drug ill never forget it. on its own, a7/10 euphoric buzz with relaxation but with some valium and some tramadol, i enjoy 2 of the fattest peices of pizza in and it took me about 3 hours! I feel like i was melting into the floor i felt that good, like a good MDMA. I don think ive ever had such a good combo drug since.

So in answer to your question, taking this tuff with anything else or on its own (or just the vaium left over from the day before in your blood becausae of its long half life) is going to get you takingh more of either, or both, or opiates too. defenitely a "find" whether youll praise that find or curse it in another 6 months is another matter
 
carisoprodol DOES bind to the gaba-A receptors, but not the benzodiazepene specific receptors.
but you best be careful not to get hook on benzos because that is even worse than opiate addiction IMO...also if you are on a high dose of benzos and then try to quit cold turkey you can die because to seizures.

so lman..please..for your own good, stay away from those damn benzos unless you have anxiety or sleeping issues, and even then, make sure you don't take it more than once per day. that's the easiest way to avoid addiction, just don't get high in the morning, do what you needa do, and then you can get faded at night time!


I was addicted to xanax once, I wasn't even on that high of a dose, just 4 mgs per day, (1 mg IR 4x per day) and I will tell you...I have never felt so powerless and afraid and helpless and nervous and twitchy and I couldn't sleep and I was sweating because I was so afraid (of nothing, thats the worst part) you just start getting super scared about your life, like "what if I'm not happy when I get old" "what if I flunk outta college?" "what if I can't get a job" "what if I never find a girlfriend" (or bf or w.e you're into) "what if I get a girl pregnant before I'm ready and she decides to keep the baby" "what if I get into a car accident today?" "what if there's a tornado"

there is so much meaningless, stupid, worthless fucking fear and anguish...I thought about killing myself because I was shaking and sweating and crying and I just couldn't stop. It took me a good week or two to be able to function again. but even after that, it took me a solid 2 months to get back to almost normal....the worst part about benzos is that YOU DON'T EVEN FUCKING REALIZE you are getting hooked on them. Because they don't really make you HIGH per say, they just change the way you analyze things and the way you think, and the way your reward center in your brain works. And slowly as you get habituated on them, your brain becomes so content because you have no worries or fears or even any cares. That's what really made me want to stop in the end, is that I realize benzos just made me NOT GIVE A SHIT about ANYTHING. I was constantly late for my classes and appointments and I stopped cleaning up my room and bathroom and sometimes I just wouldn't eat because I had no motivation and I just didn't care enough to make myself do it..pretty fucked up.

so lesson of this story (And THANK YOU to anyone who read this far!!! :D) please be careful with, or just totally stay away from, benzodiazepines.
 
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