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Natural Xanax / benzo tolerance. Possible or not?

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drac120

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I went into my doc today, and of course I can't tell him my crazy stories or he would have me in a mental ward. Anyway though I keep dropping hints that xanax doesn't do anything... except he thinks it's just a tolerance issue.

I mentioned to him that they've never really worked for me and he more or less said you can't have a natural xanax tolerance which sounds like bs to me. I know for a fact EVERY person reacts differently to ANY drug.

I snorted not much Ativan and it had my relaxed as hell I can't tell him that though ;\
It's to the point one night I did something moronic and parachuted 12mg of xanax and drank 3/4 a bottle of wine. I wasn't even wobbly, I KNOW. I KNOW COMPLETELY STUPID. I was just in one of those "fuck whatever happens happens, I don't care moods" wanting to get fucked up.


Anyway TL;DR Is it possible to have a natural xanax tolerance?
 
I'm dead serious, I drink once every 3-4 months literally, obviously b isn't right =P, and c. Like I said I'm DEAD SERIOUS. Also I DO NOT want this thread to turn into dick sizing contest, I just want a legit response.

I'm thinking maybe the fact I've been on Oxymorphone, Morphine, Oxc, and various others over the years could have something to do with it maybe? Also I did parachute it, so maybe that slowed the absorption down? I would highly doubt it though.

I wanna go through opiate withdrawals for the millionth time but I've never found anything to help me get by. I can make it 3-5 days which is about the end but by then I'm broken so mentally but if I could knock myself out.
 
yeah every persons body reacts differently to all things (drugs or not)]

first time i tried valium (doctor prescribed)( i needed30- 40mg to get a good proper hit and everybody said if you got no tolerance you should be feeling 2-5mg.

same with xanax it took me 2mg before i really felt anything,whereas the majority of people say 0.5 mg is plenty for a first time user.
 
it depends on what your expecting from the drug. if your expecting to be high or fucked up from xanax then thats probably why you say you dont feel anything. xanax just calms your nerves, and gets you mellow and some people dont care for that feeling, so they feel like its not doing much, its not going to get you on an opiate high or anything like that.

and to the op, idk about your story 12mg and 3/4 of a bottle of wine might possibly bring down a cow.
 
Well A) snorting ur benzo is a waste since the bioavailability os like 80% oral n like 40% intranasally. So 1mg = like .4. B) alcohol releases GABA just like benzos so it may have to do with it. N C) do u smoke ciggs? They decrease effectiveness of benzos by 50% turning 2mg - 1mg. Sum things to think about.

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i believe it is possible that your body doesn't metabolize alprazolam properly.... just ask to change benzo... i did 30mg clonazepam with about 1.5 liters of beer and wasn't wobbly or benzoed out at all... clonazepam just doesnt seem to do anything for me... maybe its the same with u and alprazolam... change benzo to clonazepam or diazepam or ativan IMO...
 
yeah i had xanax scripted to me for a little over 2 years, and even when i first started taking it i needed 1 mg to get any anxiolytic effects from it..i still dont know why, but in general i need high dosages of any drug to feel effects from it, even when i was a child. it sucks, i would love to be able to take small amounts of something and get fucked up.

anyway, yeah its possible, but most benzos arent water soluble so its a waste to snort it, just take it normally, or parachute it if you must.
 
what is it about benzos that people like so much, any ativan, xanax ive ever taken just put me to sleep, no euphoria or anything.
 
I totally believe it is possible to either allow or not allow a substance to affect u. The mindstate is the most powerful thing imho.
too foreign to me and I am/was unprepared so I panicked, felt sad, lonely, and still remain stuck in the negative thought patterns. So I use opiates to suppress my growth, but I subconsciously and sometimes conscious set an intention for that effect. I have been filling myself with junk because I was scared to keep changing wo spiritual guidance (I felt/feel so alone like my ego/self was becoming an observer).

I believe that ur mental state is signaling that u don't need benzos and whatever other drugs that u don't respond to imho (I don't mean to diagnose u or sound like I know u more than u- I am just guessing).
 
In the transition stage between my crumbled shattered life when my life on drugs caved in around me and now where I'm on the verge of a great new beginning I still find a certain luster and motivation lacking (the inability to enjoy myself) and the Xanax does help that. Mostly because my addiction stemmed from my self medicating for anxiety (opiates-E-cocc) and paws creates even worse anxiety. So I believe in a month or 2 when I'm where I need to b I will no longer need the benzos
 
DiRtYjErZ said:
do u smoke ciggs? They decrease effectiveness of benzos by 50% turning 2mg - 1mg. Sum things to think about.
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Can anyone else confirm this?

May partly explain why benzos don't seem to have the same magnitude of effect on me that they do on others.

Though saying that, I've seen 2mg alprazolam KO a much heavier smoker than myself whereas as 2, 3, maybe 4 times that won't put me to sleep if I don't particularly want to go.
 
petebog said:
Can anyone else confirm this?

May partly explain why benzos don't seem to have the same magnitude of effect on me that they do on others.

Though saying that, I've seen 2mg alprazolam KO a much heavier smoker than myself whereas as 2, 3, maybe 4 times that won't put me to sleep if I don't particularly want to go.
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I believe there was some studies on this that were true. However I THINK what it should say is "They decrease effectiveness of benzos by UP TO 50%." Benzos aren't my specialty and I don't smoke so I never completely read the article, however there was a thread on BL relating peoples experiences with smoking and benzos. You should check it out for more info.

@OP: Do you have a heavy alcohol tolerance? I think there's a cross tolerance between alcohol and benzos. If not then maybe you do have a high natural tolerance, idk.
 
Sorry, yuor correct it is "up to 50%" source being my cvs pamphlet that you recieve when filling a Xanax script. My pharmacist and psychiatrist confirmed this and I've seen other post if you UTFSE you can probably find sum. I'd try and find em for ya but I'm on my iPhone and it's bedtime ha. Sorry hope I helped! Best of luck!
 
As you said, everybody reacts differently to every substance. That said, feeling pretty much no effects whatsoever from taking 12mg of Xanax without any tolerance you've built up over time... Something about that just seems very... off.

Regardless, though, if Ativan works much better than Xanax for you, you should just ask your doctor to switch you to Ativan. I mean, it's not like Ativan is any more addictive or "controversial" or anything than Xanax; hell, it's not even that different...
 
drac120 said:
I went into my doc today, and of course I can't tell him my crazy stories or he would have me in a mental ward. Anyway though I keep dropping hints that xanax doesn't do anything... except he thinks it's just a tolerance issue.

I mentioned to him that they've never really worked for me and he more or less said you can't have a natural xanax tolerance which sounds like bs to me. I know for a fact EVERY person reacts differently to ANY drug.

I snorted not much Ativan and it had my relaxed as hell I can't tell him that though ;\
It's to the point one night I did something moronic and parachuted 12mg of xanax and drank 3/4 a bottle of wine. I wasn't even wobbly, I KNOW. I KNOW COMPLETELY STUPID. I was just in one of those "fuck whatever happens happens, I don't care moods" wanting to get fucked up.


Anyway TL;DR Is it possible to have a natural xanax tolerance?
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I seem to have a slightly higher natural tolerance to benzos. But the amount of alprazolam you listed -- 12mg -- is crazy. I find it hard to believe that, without a built-up tolerance brought upon by years of regular benzo use, 12mgs of alprazolam didn't phase you, not to mention the wine you downed with it! That's the equivalent of 240mgs of diazepam. If you're not bullshiting, then you're just a freak of nature. I downed 6mgs of Xanax the other night and just passed out halfway through Hostel 2.
 
Wow thats really abusing your prescribed medication. Do you actually need it for anything or do you just use it to get fucked up? I dont know about natural tolerance, but as you said benzos or opiates or whatever can be very individual, whats great for one person my be useless to another. This is a perfect example of this because xanax works wonders for me, my favorite benzo, 2mg's with my usual opiates and Im set. Yet you hate it.
 
try valium, I once took 2mgs of alprozam, didn't feel a thing :/. 10MG valium first time=ooooo weeeee.
 
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