Alprazolam - how bad is it gonna be?

[BabyGurl3171]

Like a complete ass, I took 95 mgs of alprazolam in 2 & 1/2 days. Not even really. 1 mg each. I am now straight screwed til the 15th when I get my refill and the 18th when my dealer gets theirs.
What am I lookin at wd wise?
I do have gabapentin. 600 mg capsules. Will that help? I also have Vistaril (sry forget generic name) to help with panic but I'm worried about withdrawal.
I still can't believe how stupid I was/am.

 

[HCandKROD]

What is your daily intake aside from binging?

 

[pasha]

You really shouldn't be doing that much. Especially that you were coping well without them before. 95 milligrams in 2 days is really astonishing. Expect some moderate withdrawal symptoms at worst, and really terrible rebound anxiety at best. This depends on your previous usage (duration and dosage).

Gabapentin will definitely help to some degree.

 

[shmeglyn]

Like a complete ass, I took 95 mgs of alprazolam in 2 & 1/2 days. Not even really. 1 mg each. I am now straight screwed til the 15th when I get my refill and the 18th when my dealer gets theirs.
What am I lookin at wd wise?
I do have gabapentin. 600 mg capsules. Will that help? I also have Vistaril (sry forget generic name) to help with panic but I'm worried about withdrawal.
I still can't believe how stupid I was/am.

I would be more worried about seizures than anything. And I am stunned that you could take that much in less than 3 days!! How did you function?

 

[BabyGurl3171]

Sorry all, been sleeping through the days.
I've been staying around 4-6 mgs a day, a few days I do more but overall I have tried to stop being stupid. Minus this stunt.
I have a ridiculous tolerance to this stuff. I can basically remember everything I do on it, some memory loss, but I don't blackout.
So far I've only had some increase in my RLS & bad rebound anxiety. I had 5 attacks yesterday. I used Gabapentin & Vistaril to get through it with sleep, when I could, & positive mind thoughts I was taught when I couldn't take meds.
The seizure risks are scaring me. I felt shaky yesterday and immediately thought of them. That started a panic attack, of course. I got up & redirected my attention for awhile & felt better so I guess it was panic.

Yeah, Chrom, I feel stupid. I made it almost a year without benzos. When the attacks started becoming worse, I took the easy way out of them. I should've known, and did, I'd be back down the abuse road accepting them. I'm on buspar now to try to control the attacks and I really wanna try to keep the benzos for a last resort, when I get my refill. Like an about to go to the hospital last resort.

 

[pally pete]

I would be more worried about seizures than anything. And I am stunned that you could take that much in less than 3 days!! How did you function?

Easily done. I used to take around 300mg of Xanax in a weekend when I was at my worst.

Sorry all, been sleeping through the days.
I've been staying around 4-6 mgs a day, a few days I do more but overall I have tried to stop being stupid. Minus this stunt.
I have a ridiculous tolerance to this stuff. I can basically remember everything I do on it, some memory loss, but I don't blackout.
So far I've only had some increase in my RLS & bad rebound anxiety. I had 5 attacks yesterday. I used Gabapentin & Vistaril to get through it with sleep, when I could, & positive mind thoughts I was taught when I couldn't take meds.
The seizure risks are scaring me. I felt shaky yesterday and immediately thought of them. That started a panic attack, of course. I got up & redirected my attention for awhile & felt better so I guess it was panic.

Yeah, Chrom, I feel stupid. I made it almost a year without benzos. When the attacks started becoming worse, I took the easy way out of them. I should've known, and did, I'd be back down the abuse road accepting them. I'm on buspar now to try to control the attacks and I really wanna try to keep the benzos for a last resort, when I get my refill. Like an about to go to the hospital last resort.

I came off a 30mg a day Xanax habit cold turkey after a month of daily use.

I had 3 weeks of hell and then was ok. Fortunately no seizures although I was a bit twitchy! I'm not saying your not at risk of seizure but some of us have a higher seizure threshold than others.

I've known people who have suffered seizures after coming off a 2mg per day Diazepam habit.

Also don't feel stupid for relapsing, I've been there many many times... Everyday clean should be seen as a success. Relapse is part of recovery

 

[CymbalKid]

Damn that's a ton of aplrazolam

Alprazolam*

 

[Lightning-Nl]

Gabapentin should help if you take it correctly. Let me elaborate.

Gabapentin is a non-metabolized, non-plasma protein bound, renally excreted antiepileptic drug that is actively absorbed via the system L-amino acid transporter. Previous studies have demonstrated that gabapentin displays dose-dependent absorption. That means the more you take at one time - less of the drug is absorbed.

To properly get any recreational (and thus potent anxiolytic effect) out of it - you have to take small doses and redose ever 15 minuets or so.

I've done a lot of experimenting with Gabapentin and I've found the following is best - take 1200MG's every 15-30 minuets or so. This will allow the majority of the drug to be absorbed and the redose will also be absorbed in a greater amount than if it was taken all at once.

I recommend you redose until you hit 4 grams (4000MG's) of Gabapentin. By this time you should be floored and have a pretty nice relaxing - anti-anxiety feeling going.

If you want to enhance the effect - I recommend some Nicotine. A small dose of Nicotine really enhances it's relaxing effects.

 

[RobotRipping]

it's hard to say how bad it'll be, hopefully you don't binge like that any more, there's not much to gain from taking such huge doses, and i know, i've done it, put myself in the same position too many times. The severity of the withdrawal will depend on your past use, how many withdrawals you've been through, how many years you've been dependent and stuff like that. If you start to get severe symptoms then you either have to get more benzos or head to the ER, as shitty as that is, you can't just quit cold turkey if you've been dependent before, as each withdrawal gets worse and worse.

and i certainly know the reluctance of going to the ER with an issue like this, so if possible get your hands on some diazepam or clonazepam for now and don't run yourself dry next time. Your body and brain will take a beating every time you put it through this kind of thing. Good luck and please try to not go cold turkey, it will be considerably more dangerous than someone who's only used benzos for a month.

 

[GADADD]

Unfortunately I've had experience with this about 4 yrs ago. Sad thing is that the Alprazolam was prescribed in increasingly higher amounts by a licensed physician, along with opiates. It was actually kind of nice at first but a couple of years into it I realized I was in over my head. The opiates were not a huge problem to quit with the help of suboxone, but it was the alprazolam that was pure hell to get off of. I went to a shrink here who was happy to give the sub for the opiates but in order to do that he told me I had to totally get off the benzos. He did strongly advise me to go into a medically supervised detox for the benzos but I thought I could tough it out on my own at home. I was on 2-4mg per day and did a cold turkey in two weeks. I'd been thru opiate withdrawals plenty of times at that point and thought it would be similar with benzos. IT ISN'T! That was pure hell. Not only did I want to die, I felt like I actually was going to. And at one point I did end up in the ER and was treated with disgust and they did their best to shame me even though I was the one to start this process. My BP was so all over the place that my monitor at home would just go into ERROR mode, which is why I ended up going to the ER. They left me in the waiting room for 2 hours even though there was not one other soul in there! I finally went to the front desk and asked one question. Am I in danger of having a seizure or dying right now? Nurse Ratchet said no, so I went back home. Called the shrink I had the appt with and he just repeated that I should check myself in somewhere for at least a week, He would not give me anything...said it was going to take time but it had already been a week so I was most likely not going to have a seizure.

Everyone is different as the above poster mentioned but benzo withdrawal is not only incredibly uncomfortable, it can be dangerous. I did make it to my appt and was given sub to get off opiates but the benzo withdrawals went on for months. It slowly got better but it took a long time. Sleepless nights, zaps all through my body, incredible anxiety and a constant feeling of panic.

If I had a "re-do" I would do a really slow taper or I would check myself in somewhere for a medically safe detox. If you insist on my method of doing this at home be prepared. Gabapentin and Pregabalin have been reported to help a lot. But with the sheer amount of what this poster has been taking, I would not do this at home. Just my 2 cents. I do wish you much luck with this. It sucks but it can be accomplished.

 

[BabyGurl3171]

Easily done. I used to take around 300mg of Xanax in a weekend when I was at my worst.


I came off a 30mg a day Xanax habit cold turkey after a month of daily use.

I had 3 weeks of hell and then was ok. Fortunately no seizures although I was a bit twitchy! I'm not saying your not at risk of seizure but some of us have a higher seizure threshold than others.

I've known people who have suffered seizures after coming off a 2mg per day Diazepam habit.

Also don't feel stupid for relapsing, I've been there many many times... Everyday clean should be seen as a success. Relapse is part of recovery

Thank u Pally! I def feel twitchy but today I seem to feel quite better. The anxiety is low and my energy is up. Yesterday I could barely move I felt so lethargic. I'm assumin it's part of withdrawal.

Gabapentin should help if you take it correctly. Let me elaborate.

Gabapentin is a non-metabolized, non-plasma protein bound, renally excreted antiepileptic drug that is actively absorbed via the system L-amino acid transporter. Previous studies have demonstrated that gabapentin displays dose-dependent absorption. That means the more you take at one time - less of the drug is absorbed.

To properly get any recreational (and thus potent anxiolytic effect) out of it - you have to take small doses and redose ever 15 minuets or so.

I've done a lot of experimenting with Gabapentin and I've found the following is best - take 1200MG's every 15-30 minuets or so. This will allow the majority of the drug to be absorbed and the redose will also be absorbed in a greater amount than if it was taken all at once.

I recommend you redose until you hit 4 grams (4000MG's) of Gabapentin. By this time you should be floored and have a pretty nice relaxing - anti-anxiety feeling going.

If you want to enhance the effect - I recommend some Nicotine. A small dose of Nicotine really enhances it's relaxing effects.

Ok thanks. I think I've read that before, or something similar. It was after poppin a full 4.2 grams at once of course lol.
Love my nicotine!

it's hard to say how bad it'll be, hopefully you don't binge like that any more, there's not much to gain from taking such huge doses, and i know, i've done it, put myself in the same position too many times. The severity of the withdrawal will depend on your past use, how many withdrawals you've been through, how many years you've been dependent and stuff like that. If you start to get severe symptoms then you either have to get more benzos or head to the ER, as shitty as that is, you can't just quit cold turkey if you've been dependent before, as each withdrawal gets worse and worse.

and i certainly know the reluctance of going to the ER with an issue like this, so if possible get your hands on some diazepam or clonazepam for now and don't run yourself dry next time. Your body and brain will take a beating every time you put it through this kind of thing. Good luck and please try to not go cold turkey, it will be considerably more dangerous than someone who's only used benzos for a month.

Yeah goin to the ER sayin I'm havin wd sucks, hopefully it won't get there. I hate admittin I'm a drug addict to anyone, especially a dr. Ugh. Thanks!

I made it! I'm on kolonopin now, sry bottle is in the house and I'm not sure of generic name. Not throughly impressed. They take foreverrrr to kick in!!