Ridiculous benzo tolerance

[blazequietly]

I am prescribed 2mg klonopin a day for anxiety. I find this helps my social anxiety some. However if I ever wanna catch a buzz I have to take crazy amounts. Like today I took 5 xanny bars (10mg) and I feel a little buzz and im really thirsty, I feel prettY good but I ak hardly impared. It kinda sucks to have this high of a benzo tolerance but I used to go through like 20 mg of xanax a day for a couple years when I was in my early 20s I think I might have perminatly messed my brain up because without benzos im a nervous wreck I had to go through prison boot camp a 6 month program and was not allowed klonopin and I was a nervous wreck the whole time. If you do benzos for to long plan on being on them for life.

 

[SixBuckets]

If you're prescribed this for a legitimate anxiety condition, I'd really advise against boosting your dose to catch a high. Benzo tolerance is really hard to undo and you're going to eventually find that it does nothing to treat your social anxiety.

 

[cousinskeeter]

Your normal prescribed dose isn't going to help much, if you go and do huge doses to get high on the regular. 5 bars of xanax to catch a high is a large amount man. But you don't have to be on them for life. You can taper off of most any 'drug' if you really want to.

I doubt you permanently screwed your brain up, but it definitely left a lasting impression.

 

[leibs]

Your brain is probably just used to the GABA releasing drugs you've ingested for so long that it'll take awhile for it to create it on it's own completely. I'm not too sure how cross tolerance works fully, but maybe try switching to Valium/Ativan as a sort of vacation from Klonopin (after tapering of course). But yeah sixbuckets is right, you don't want to boost your tolerance further getting high when you actually need the drugs legitimate effects.

 

[AbusedTampon]

I'm surprised you don't/haven't blacked out completely for days after such insane doses. Must just be your brain naturally or forced, used to it ?

 

[Edaw'Naflagn]

I've had similar experience with WD of benzo's but on Ativan only. I was put on Xanax for my many problems and work good in life with it and without it it's not hard but to much to deal with at times due to PTSD and normal off balance of my emotions. So if I were you I'd taper down off of kpins and then use xanax once your tapered down to get a "high" if that's what you wanna do. I prefer sticking with what works with your brain and body so if kpin works then stick with it but taper down some so you can actually feel something more so than normal. I also have that feeling of "I fucked up my brain" too due to my over abuse of Ativan back in early 2000's when the drug was the "perfect" drug of choice for moms and parents alike with over active kids. Sadly, I feel into depression and suicidly tendencies and started taking high dosages of Ativan *15mg a day* was the highest but I tapered to 10mg then to 5mg then went cold turkey and had a horrible year and a half of WD's. Once back on benzo's I felt much cleaner and more efficient but I don't abuse my script at all. If I wanted to get high I have friends who can get bars very easily and I take those but at the max I take before I get knocked out is about 5 bars. I still don't get what I got when I was younger as in a drunken state and very very mellow but I still get more of a high then I normally would. I would suggest to you opiates like hydrocodone or simply codeine to boost the kpins effects. Also try taking the OTC drug for anti-acid called Pepcid and white grape fruit juice, for me it makes it last longer and actually boost your high.

 

[pally pete]

I've had similar experience with WD of benzo's but on Ativan only. I was put on Xanax for my many problems and work good in life with it and without it it's not hard but to much to deal with at times due to PTSD and normal off balance of my emotions. So if I were you I'd taper down off of kpins and then use xanax once your tapered down to get a "high" if that's what you wanna do. I prefer sticking with what works with your brain and body so if kpin works then stick with it but taper down some so you can actually feel something more so than normal. I also have that feeling of "I fucked up my brain" too due to my over abuse of Ativan back in early 2000's when the drug was the "perfect" drug of choice for moms and parents alike with over active kids. Sadly, I feel into depression and suicidly tendencies and started taking high dosages of Ativan *15mg a day* was the highest but I tapered to 10mg then to 5mg then went cold turkey and had a horrible year and a half of WD's. Once back on benzo's I felt much cleaner and more efficient but I don't abuse my script at all. If I wanted to get high I have friends who can get bars very easily and I take those but at the max I take before I get knocked out is about 5 bars. I still don't get what I got when I was younger as in a drunken state and very very mellow but I still get more of a high then I normally would. I would suggest to you opiates like hydrocodone or simply codeine to boost the kpins effects. Also try taking the OTC drug for anti-acid called Pepcid and white grape fruit juice, for me it makes it last longer and actually boost your high.

I would suggest not.

 

[d-nihl]

I would suggest not.

agreed,=p then a couple months down the line, youll really be fucked. total abstinence is ideal I think.

If you reallllyyyy wanted too, you could probably just control all your stress and anxiety with diet exercise and some form of meditation, and be totally toxin-free!! the human mind can be your worst enemy or your best friend.

 

[cousinskeeter]

agreed,=p then a couple months down the line, youll really be fucked. total abstinence is ideal I think.

If you reallllyyyy wanted too, you could probably just control all your stress and anxiety with diet exercise and some form of meditation, and be totally toxin-free!! the human mind can be your worst enemy or your best friend.

This is actually really good advice. Unfortunately some people are more able to make these changes in their mind than others. And some it just takes longer. But still, abstinence man. No mas. Definitely not opiates. It's going to SUCK BALLS. Seriously, but I mean how many hours of your life have you sat in traffic, or waited in line at the grocery store? If it will end up ruining you, detox is worth it, getting support helps a lot as well.

 

[JimGrassigan]

I too have been prescribed klonopin (3mg x day) for a couple years for my GAD and have found the effect of benzos are now almost non-existent at any dose. I abused them for about 6 months and reached a point where I was taking 15 mg of xanax to catch a buzz. Nowadays, unless mixed with alcohol, they do extremely little to combat the simplest form of anxiety.

 

[Tillyy]

same here. ive been prescribed high dose benzos for 7 years and they dont do anything. i could take 20 mg easy and only be slightly impared. the benzo trap is a sneaky, horrible thing to be dependant on...

 

[maxade]

clonazepam doesn't work for me for some reason at any amount

 

[PieceByPiece]

I'd be very careful if I were you, as said above, if you keep using this to get high it may not help your anxiety anymore and you'll go back to being a nervous wreck. I would suggest seeing your doctor and prehaps withdrawing slowly off your benzo dose and move onto another anxiety medication which aren't benzo's, for example, beta-blockers.

 

[Edaw'Naflagn]

I just had to do something I wasn't trying to give bad advice I was saying what helped me. I used weak opiates in low doses with low dose Kpins (.5) but yes it's not for everyone. I think you shouldn't go cold turkey I would suggest talking with your doctor/tapering down. Sorry bout the bad advice I just say what I did which actually helped since I don't have bad WD's from opiates.