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Bluelighter
Testing 5g Maeng Da Kratom - mixed with vodka, lemon juice, sugar and hot water - yummy! 

Have you done it where you got the proper effects? I dont IV but curious.
Benzodiazepines suck recreationally IMO. Never even had one that I've found to be "recreational". When I think "recreation" I think of opiates, strong stimulants, high-grade cannabis etc. Definitely not tranquilizers, which in my opinion are only useful (from a recreational drug user's perspective) for panic attacks and come-downs.
I find z-drugs to be mildly recreational, OTOH
As you can understand, I'm subconsciously inclined towards GABAergics despite opioids (codeine ATM) being my DOC. I agree that benzos aren't that recreational when you compare them to opis (haven't tried hard stims, and not planning on; and cannabis has always been a letdown for me) - the times I tried using bromazepam on its own to get some recreation, it failed miserably.
People (such as me) do find phenibut somewhat recreational, and despite the fact that nifoxipam (allegedly) acts on a different subtype of GABAR (GABA-A vs GABA-B for phenibut), I actually found it fairly recreational similar to phenibut. I enjoy strong muscle relaxation, anxiolysis, general sedation, and loss of inhibition (and the desire to talk to people in a nice way - usually I'm quite the cynical jerk, as can be seen from my BL posts). Nifoxipam seems to be like a very clean phenibut (no side-effects), and many-fold stronger in its effects, obviously. The duration, despite the online info on it (10-70 h duration, 40-120 min onset), IME the duration of action is 5-8 hours tops and onset 20-30 min, and the medium-strong dose for me is 3-6 mg (as opposed to 1-2 mg from the same source) - and I hadn't taken benzos for over a year, and have never been physically dependent on them. Maybe my heavy alcohol use resulted in persistent heavy GABAergic tolerance? But I haven't drunk properly in a year too. But anyway, IME it's a great drug as far as benzos go - I hate long duration, long onset, and long elimination (a la diazepam).
I have only done zopiclone from the Z-drugs. I have the option to go for zolpidem, but from what I've read it has too many "psychedelic" side-effects, and results in very strange thoughts as you said. Zopiclone only gives me a very-very strong benzo intoxication (oh the stuff I've done on it, on par with alcohol), and some visuals on higher doses, but nothing really out of the ordinary considering the doses to be honest (up to 50 mg at a time). But it certainly is recreational on its own as well, even more so than nifoxipam IME.
Anyway, OT: 800 mg codeine (70 h break since last dose, so low tolerance), about 5 mg nifoxipam. Came to love this combo, but trying to limit my nifoxipam usage, because the last thing I want is an opioid and benzo dependence. The low price of nifoxipam is definitely a teaser though. Feeling nice.
PS, despite the wall of text, no I'm not on amphetamines before anyone asks![]()
OT: the last few weeks it's been 1) coffee when I wake up in the morning; 2) a spoonful of Maeng Da kratom around 12 or 1 PM for an added little energy boost to power through the second half of the workday (this stuff is great, I love kratom), and 3) some nice high-grade cannabis at nighttime after work.
It's a good routine![]()