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Benzos Using clonazepam recreationally & therapeutically

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MichelJacques

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Hi, all.

I wondering if anybody has experience using clonazepam recreationally while retaining its efficacy therapeutically? I have a script for it for occasional anxiety. I use 0.25-0.5 mg when I need to, a few times a week give or take. It works wonderfully and I don't want to fuck that up or start an addiction spiral. That said, I've been making a real effort to not smoke and drink so much (increases my anxiety the following few days), but I'd still like to kick back and get a little fucked up now and then. I've used a mg or two of clonazepam in the past for a decent buzz, but am I just shooting myself in the foot by doing this?

My main concern is rebound anxiety and increased tolerance fucking up my using the drug therapeutically. I know the obvious answer is to not use it recreationally then, but I'm wondering if anybody on here has experience walking this fine line.
 
An extra couple mgs once or twice a month should not affect its therapeutic effectiveness or cause rebound anxiety. That being said, it is a dangerous road to go down as it's very easy for many people( including myself) to go from once a month to once a week and it's all down hill from there. Keep a strict limit on your recreational use and tread lightly.
 
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Yeah if you only take higher doses like that once in a blue moon, it will not jack up your tolerance. Start doing it more often though, and you will definitely raise your tolerance and very likely experience rebound effects when you go back to a lower dose.
 
what everyone above said. as far as dosage goes, I found 4 mgs to give nice relaxation for many hours but with great memory loss. maybe if you don't want to fuck up your tolerance too much you could just take a couple mgs with a bit of alcohol? (if you like the drug of course) because IMHO benzos are almost worthless by themselves as far as recreation goes, where they really shine are when combined with downers (only tried with alcohol or DXM or all the three togheter, and it is really a good high, too bad the memory loss is sooo bad)
 
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what everyone above said. as far as dosage goes, I found 4 mgs to give nice relaxation for many hours but with great memory loss. maybe if you don't want to fuck up your tolerance too much you could just take a couple mgs with a bit of alcohol? (if you like the drug of course) because IMHO benzos are almost worthless by themselves as far as recreation goes, where they really shine are when combined with downers (only tried with alcohol or DXM or all the three togheter, and it is really a good high, too bad the memory loss is sooo bad)
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Don't forget the weed. I've never tried clonazepam but all the other benzos I have tried synergized great with it and it allows you to use a fairly low dose of benzo for a great relaxing high.
 
Thanks for the feedback, all. Gonna give it a try. Tested a higher dose for myself last night (2mg) with a couple glasses of wine. Felt good and chill without having to drink a whole bottle. Will probably use occasionally like this and will keep a record to monitor myself from slowly increasing dose (edit: and frequency)
 
You can abuse Klonopin then use it as prescribed, but it's nearly impossible to do and isn't worth it in the long run. Your tolerance will definitely increase.

That's coming from personal experience.
 
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^thing is, the shit that people have got themselves into with benzos is far weirder than that8o
 
I think Im one of those people who can't enjoy benzos recreationally, I mean just keep your tolerance low man and use little amounts for the purpose they serve. Ive heard benzo addiction is like heroin addiction or meth, getting off of them is easier said than done why shoot your tolerance up and get addicted to that shit. But idk some people like the high Id just say do some kratom or something if you wanna get high similar to an antianxiety medication. But do whatever you wanna do. I tried xanax once 2mg with no tolerance, it was strong but it wasnt recreational I just felt dizzy and cocky like not cocaine cocky but like douchebag cocky, but thats about it lol.

Is the high worth the risk factor of becoming physically dependent, Ill leave that up for individual opinion but for me hell no, Id rather get hooked on something that actually has recreational value if I want to play with fire abusing rx pills to get something out of them, other than not having alot of anxiety ha.
 
Thanks for the words of caution. I am listening and will tread lightly, so to speak.

Edit: my current plan is to stick to low doses recreationally, and just chill with that or supplement it with a couple drinks. Didn't notice a whole lotta dif bw the 2mgs and 0.5mg.
 
MichelJacques said:
Hi, all.

I wondering if anybody has experience using clonazepam recreationally while retaining its efficacy therapeutically? I have a script for it for occasional anxiety. I use 0.25-0.5 mg when I need to, a few times a week give or take. It works wonderfully and I don't want to fuck that up or start an addiction spiral. That said, I've been making a real effort to not smoke and drink so much (increases my anxiety the following few days), but I'd still like to kick back and get a little fucked up now and then. I've used a mg or two of clonazepam in the past for a decent buzz, but am I just shooting myself in the foot by doing this?

My main concern is rebound anxiety and increased tolerance fucking up my using the drug therapeutically. I know the obvious answer is to not use it recreationally then, but I'm wondering if anybody on here has experience walking this fine line.
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I don't think "clonazepam recreationally" exists as a thing.. I mean sure, the first time someone takes a benzo, they get a little dizzy and light-headed and it feels fun, but it's not really recreational..
I was on clonazepam for about half a year.. I don't remember much of that half a year.

Taking them out of boredom is going to make you even more bored..

Benzos are good at 3 main things: stopping anxiety/panic, stopping stimulant overdoses, and stopping seizures

I just can't say the friggin things are recreational.. they really aren't.

Oh also, for people who get vertigo, diazepam can be a godsend.

Other than that though, there is nothing recreational about not being able to remember weeks at a time or being stuck in malaise

Also, I don't mean to be telling war stories here, but one time I took about 10mg with a relatively naive tolerance, 10 minutes later went to sleep for 40 hours straight, woke up to my mother and stepfather violently shaking me trying to get me to wake up.. They figured out I took 10mg of clonazepam, and were freaking out wondering if they needed to call an ambulance, and I had to cohere out of my benzo stupor for 30 seconds to give a stern explanation to them about how it is damn near impossible to overdose on benzos alone, and if I was going to die from it I would have already, and all they needed to do now was let me sleep for another day or two.

Oh, and 5 days later, I was STILL in a stupor...

Benzos aren't something to fuck around with..

HEY just read youre mixing them with alcohol Michel, please dont do that, that's how people die.
 
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magni2ude said:
I think Im one of those people who can't enjoy benzos recreationally, I mean just keep your tolerance low man and use little amounts for the purpose they serve. Ive heard benzo addiction is like heroin addiction or meth, getting off of them is easier said than done why shoot your tolerance up and get addicted to that shit. But idk some people like the high Id just say do some kratom or something if you wanna get high similar to an antianxiety medication. But do whatever you wanna do. I tried xanax once 2mg with no tolerance, it was strong but it wasnt recreational I just felt dizzy and cocky like not cocaine cocky but like douchebag cocky, but thats about it lol.

Is the high worth the risk factor of becoming physically dependent, Ill leave that up for individual opinion but for me hell no, Id rather get hooked on something that actually has recreational value if I want to play with fire abusing rx pills to get something out of them, other than not having alot of anxiety ha.
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Benzos honestly have worse physical withdrawals than heroin.. Opiate withdrawals usually last a few days maybe a week or two.. Benzo withdrawals last months.

And they are terrible. Imagine not being able to pick a pencil up off a table because your hands are shaking too bad, and the only thing that steadies your nerves is having random fits of lashing out violently and throwing/breaking things for no reason, then having a panic attack every 30 minutes... for MONTHS

and after the really bad physical withdrawals have slowly subsided, you have possibly permanent post-withdrawal symptoms, like an extreme sensitivity to ANY stimulants where you get a fucking bad trip every time you try to drink a soda or a cup of coffee and the bad shaking comes back all over again.

Yes, IT IS possible to get that physically addicted to them. The reason why is because the half lives of most benzos are in the 1-4 DAY range, and taking just one or two doses a week means it was constantly in your system that entire time, causing some degree of physical dependence in just a few weeks.

My recommendation? Don't use them unless:
A) You're having a panic attack and the alternative is going to the emergency room.
B) You're having a seizure
C) You're accidentally overdosing on a stimulant

Sorry benzos are a touchy subject for me.
I knew people who used to down 5mg handfuls of alprazolam several times a day until they had dosed themselves goofy and couldn't form real words anymore.. Then the day came where they had to quit and they had a complete lack of control over their muscles and couldn't do anything besides lay on the ground sweating and jerking around

Remember, the common saying is "benzos withdrawals are one of the only type of drug withdrawal that can actually kill you, just from the withdrawals". Alcohol is another one. But during benzo withdrawals, you might get a tonic clonic seizure out of no where and crash your car or fall down a flight of stairs... or if you have withdrawals really bad, your body can end up just dying from exhaustion.

Fun thing to take on a friday night, right?
 
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^Yeah. Those are the words of one whose been through the Klonopin (clonazepam) wringer.

If you've experienced it, then you know that there's not one drop of exaggeration in the above descriptions. Clonazepam and phenazepam are the two worst drug withdrawals I've ever experienced. So bad you couldn't imagine it was possible. If you manage to go all the way through and come out clean you understand the spectrum of experiences possible in an earthly body.

I've never hallucinated harder than during benzo WDs. Hell on Earth.
 
Mr.Scagnattie said:
^^

Be careful drinking on benzos, especially if thats the night you are taking a higher dose. Very dangerous, man.
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In prison one can find lots people done criminal acts on benzo+alk (and, of course, can't remember a shit: 'They told me that I done xy, now I am here"). You just don't care anymore. Very dangerous.

Take care and - if you do leave the house - don't forget to make pictures!
 
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