Major withdrawals - xanax link at all?

[whyln]

Its hard to know where to start i think its even my first post on here, anyway heres my story for the last week without pot there are other things to mention too. Ive been abusing benzos for the best part of 3 yrs xanax being the main one (Valium just to keep my head str8 for when i ran out) anyway departments clued on got barred from getting prescribed it well at least from this one doctor. I havent taken any for at least a month now probably longer i cant remember screwed memory is a bitch aint it? Its been a week since ive smoked from today pretty much for the first few days i felt fine then come sunday afternoon ive come down with hardcore nausea constantly throwing up shakes sweats beyond what anyone i know that has smoked just as much or more has gotten when they have stopped. Now dont get me wrong im still on valium daily and i never have had this reaction before when stopping for abit. Really to cut to the chase since my mind is everywhere atm is it stupid to think that abusing the amount of xanax i did (up to 40mg day) and smoking choof at the same time cause my withdrawals from the pot even worse? even though im still taking valium. I like to think im a person that knows a lil bit about whats what but im puzzled by literally how shit im feeling and the waves of nausea that come on.
If anyone has a legitimate clue please replie.
Thanks.

 

[RobotRipping]

those sound exactly like intense benzo withdrawals. Even though you are still on valium i bet your dose isn't nearly high enough to cover 40mg of xanax daily. Whatever you do, keep taking valium or you risk seizures. I doubt you can even feel any withdrawal from marijuana right now.

 

[ErgicMergic]

I doubt you can even feel any withdrawal from marijuana right now.

Agreed, cannabis is definitely quite mentally addictive and has a really PITA mental withdrawal, but 40mg of Xanax is a gargantuan dosage, equivalent to 400-800mg of Valium depending on who ask, since Valium's O-desmethylation in to active metabolites is subjectively either powerful or weak with different livers. Most people would tell you 40mg Xanax = 800mg Valium.

 

[whyln]

Thanks to both your replies, im starting to feel abit better now atm like its the pot withdrawals i was never on a constant 40mg dosage but up to which well doesnt really matter once u start abusing xanax on any level the thing the puzzles me is why its kicked in 5 days later instead of the next day or day after? In my point of view should i be abviously taking a higher dosage of valium? i also take nitrazepam on a daily to regular basis which i did not mention. (10mg-35mg).
Thanks once again for some kind of reasurance because im really needing it so i dont put myself through this again. You sometimes dont know what your getting yourself into only once shit hits the fan hey. 8(

 

[PeacePipeChief]

Ur better off going through these withdrawals the way they are , then tapering off of the Valium , 'up to' 40mg is fucking insane , I have a friend who went through Xanax withdrawals ages ago , and is currently going through them again , it took 3
Days for the withdrawals to kick in this time , unlike last time when he had a 10mg a day habit (which was the worst I'd 'heard' of until now , he used to get his withdrawals really quickly . Benzo withdrawal can be fatal and I'd imagine would be fatal at those doses , be careful .

 

[Mafioso]

ya agreed it is the benzo's fucking you up not the weed. weed makes your a little bitchy when you don't smoke, and maybe a lack of appetite but benzo w/d is like heroin w/d. imo you would be best to slowly taper off if at all possible, and idk about going cold turkey on everything all at once.

40mg is a super high doseage and at the dose it could have taken a few days for your system to completely cycle it out, idk for sure but i would think thats why the withdrawls kicked in late. Smoking weed on a daily basis can deplete the chemicals in your brain that cause relaxation and help you deal with stress, so doing it in combination with xanax is going to make your xanax withdrawls harder to cope with I would think, and it definitely doesn't help with the memory either, but other than coping mentally i don't think the "w/d" from weed is anything significant. stay strong man and keep at it.

 

[Chainer]

This surely is benzo related. 40mg is pretty absurd for xanax, certainly would cause some very heavy, shitty w/ds.

We wish you best of luck, but this isn't cannabis related. I recommend you post in The Dark Side or check out Other Drugs for advice on quitting, and what you can expect.