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Benzos Please help me decide BENZO WD question

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2141zach

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:! hey guys I feel pretty bad. Registered just so I could ask this question its really hard to type right now so...took etilozam about 2mg a day for about 2 weeks and stopped im on the 2nd day of withdrawl wondering if taking .5mg now would be counterproductive to wd I should have tapered can i still now? thanks please respond if you have gone through this before
 
ah thanks for the quick reply I don't wanna drag this out but its tough had to stay home today hoping ill be good for tomorrow. I think I was having brain zaps
 
Im drinking half a beer and making some kava later think im coping better already but this sucks...meanwhile im still using nicotine (vaporizer) and drinking coffee cant stop using those right now.
 
It´s not a long time. Try to quit while you still can manage. If you stay using for longer periods you may experience psychological withdraws as well.
 
Yeah man just drop the shit. I was babying around a habit recently (significantly worse than yours and I'm a long time sporadic user) and that just makes everything worse, I spent wayyy more time kicking on and off than I should have. You're far from being in serious danger and I honestly doubt that your kick is anything a few hits of weed couldn't manage. Try not to drink alcohol and stay away from the benzos, it only gets worse.
 
ok thanks I will stay away fuck benzos are hard on me, didnt know they would be like this it got out of hand I guess, I am feeling better, still not good but better at least.
 
hopefully this withdrawal will scare you and others enough not to abuse benzo's like this anymore.
2 weeks is a short time and can already produce nasty effects.

i'm sure some will say that they can use for 2 months and stop without much problems but everyone is different.
i know i wouldnt feel good after two weeks of using at all!!

and i would taper it too.



oxazepam feels lighter on the body and mind than other benzo's i've tried but it still works well enough to help,
and because of the above and it's short half life i've developed a theory that its possible to use it twice a week without harmful effects.

now,
if you use benzo's for anxiety, i suggest to use not more than 20mg of Oxazepam spread out in 3 doses with about 4 hours between each dose.
this will get you through a day.

if you dont take oxazepam in this fashion more than twice per week and you avoid further taxation on the body's GABA system by drugs like Ambien or Alcohol,
you can probably avoid rebound anxiety or withdrawal alltogether.

benzo's are dangerous but they're good tools to break the ice in tough social situations or to perhaps learn a few new social skills.

but if you take them a tiny bit too often you will experience an increase in anxiety and thus using them defeats their own purpose.
benzo's need to be handled with Extreme Caution and Respect.
 
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Yes this scared me I learned the hard way. Not gonna use benzos anymore I cant do this.
 
I can't believe how easily benzos are RXd in the states, when the general consensus amongst the medical community is that they're SO much more trouble than they're worth.
 
Ya day four feel better still feel the anxiety I have a four day weekend have stuff I want to do but not a lot of motivation. I was having panic attacks and not sleeping well. I have this constant body stress that is still affecting me as of right now. Threw all my benzos out yesterday. had a little to drink this morning and that helped there doesnt seem like a lot of options to help restore GABA receptors naturally that I could find. Taking magnesium seemed to help temporarily and kava to get some sleep or when it got really bad. Hope this is over soon Im tired of this already have enough too worry about
 
I was right there with you. I was popping etiz casually for about 2 months and realzied that I was digging myself a massive hole. I quit CT and it was fucking nasty for about 4 days but after that everything was fine.

My first night of CT I had to pop .5mg to fall asleep at 3am. The rest of the nights I would just nurse a beer or two to deal with the insomnia. An absolutely miserable experience.

Etiz is not harmless. Holy shit I cannot imagine having to go through a real withdrawl.
 
2141zach said:
Ya day four feel better still feel the anxiety I have a four day weekend have stuff I want to do but not a lot of motivation. I was having panic attacks and not sleeping well. I have this constant body stress that is still affecting me as of right now. Threw all my benzos out yesterday. had a little to drink this morning and that helped there doesnt seem like a lot of options to help restore GABA receptors naturally that I could find. Taking magnesium seemed to help temporarily and kava to get some sleep or when it got really bad. Hope this is over soon Im tired of this already have enough too worry about
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That was a smart choice. I would avoid alcohol though. I don't know much detail about their cross interactions, but I know alcohol and benzos have a cross tolerance and act in very similar ways on the body. I would think drinking alcohol is almost as bad as taking baby doses of more benzos. It shouldn't be much harder from here though.

If you smoke weed, just zonk out for another day or two. In WD I would be so out of it, that dabbing some weed would just make me too out of it to know or care what was going on haha. With the nature of benzos, it is hard to remember what else I did to get through WD ha, but use that as more motivation to never go back. I can't remember 2-3 years of my life because of benzos.
 
Dawglaw said:
I was right there with you. I was popping etiz casually for about 2 months and realzied that I was digging myself a massive hole. I quit CT and it was fucking nasty for about 4 days but after that everything was fine.

My first night of CT I had to pop .5mg to fall asleep at 3am. The rest of the nights I would just nurse a beer or two to deal with the insomnia. An absolutely miserable experience.

Etiz is not harmless. Holy shit I cannot imagine having to go through a real withdrawl.
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Wow that sounds horrible sounds like a real withdraw to me. I feel way better right now I think most of the withdrawl is over at least that I can feel. Glad I did it.

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That was a smart choice. I would avoid alcohol though. I don't know much detail about their cross interactions, but I know alcohol and benzos have a cross tolerance and act in very similar ways on the body. I would think drinking alcohol is almost as bad as taking baby doses of more benzos. It shouldn't be much harder from here though.

If you smoke weed, just zonk out for another day or two. In WD I would be so out of it, that dabbing some weed would just make me too out of it to know or care what was going on haha. With the nature of benzos, it is hard to remember what else I did to get through WD ha, but use that as more motivation to never go back. I can't remember 2-3 years of my life because of benzos.
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I will stay away from alcohol I new it was counterproductive but I only used a little when I felt like I needed it. I would smoke weed if I had any, but I don't in my current situation.
 
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