Poly drug use and cycling to minimize dependency & tolerance risk - In other words this idiot's addicted to being high

[placebonaut]

so 33 days since I last had soma and still getting withdrawal effects but they're much less and seem more focused on joint aches and headaches. not had anxiety thankfully for ~a week. Had a few days where I felt back to myself.

I've decided to quite benzo's as well, it's been 6 days since I last had any, never had too high a tolerance but do have slight worries that this weeks withdrawal might not be soma and might instead be benzo related, they share lots of the same symptoms....not doing a taper, went cold on them for a month at the end of last year without issue and suspect it's just soma withdrawal given how long I was taking them for.

Stupidly I plan to take soma again in the future (next 2-4 weeks once I'm well clear of withdrawals), but it will be a once a month thing and I'll be taking it with alcohol to keep dosage of both low.

I've just done a month of weekly pregab and now on a planned mini break though tolerance was starting to grow with it and keep getting pins and needles taking it so might quit it totally in the future at anything but low doses , frequency of everything else has dropped, I'm once per week in the past month for ket, mephedrone, coke, 2-CB, and GBL, all these at much lower doses. Have been drinking more on the downside. However I've pretty much stopped taking combos with the exception of GBL with mephedrone (it's just too nice).

been 100 days since I last had MDMA and i didn't roll then (250mg wasn't enough), got a day with it planned this week though.

I've really upped my weed consumption as well as lots more exercise though had a very lazy week this last week.

NET result, my gaba intake has reduced a lot, I kinda wanna lay off everything gaba for a month or 2 soon to see how well my system resets, and I think that's a doable goal to aim for.

next step in the plan is to reduce hard drugs to twice a week, and at the same time I've bought a few different strains of RSO weed to see if I can use something energizing v sedating depending on my mood, the big issue is finding specific strains of RSO/distillate as my preferred ROA is oral rather than smoking, it's a pain in the ass int he UK to be honest, but I have something workable to test out my idea at least.

 

[Mushoku_Sensei]

so 33 days since I last had soma and still getting withdrawal effects but they're much less and seem more focused on joint aches and headaches. not had anxiety thankfully for ~a week. Had a few days where I felt back to myself.

I've decided to quite benzo's as well, it's been 6 days since I last had any, never had too high a tolerance but do have slight worries that this weeks withdrawal might not be soma and might instead be benzo related, they share lots of the same symptoms....not doing a taper, went cold on them for a month at the end of last year without issue and suspect it's just soma withdrawal given how long I was taking them for.

Stupidly I plan to take soma again in the future (next 2-4 weeks once I'm well clear of withdrawals), but it will be a once a month thing and I'll be taking it with alcohol to keep dosage of both low.

I've just done a month of weekly pregab and now on a planned mini break though tolerance was starting to grow with it and keep getting pins and needles taking it so might quit it totally in the future at anything but low doses , frequency of everything else has dropped, I'm once per week in the past month for ket, mephedrone, coke, 2-CB, and GBL, all these at much lower doses. Have been drinking more on the downside. However I've pretty much stopped taking combos with the exception of GBL with mephedrone (it's just too nice).

been 100 days since I last had MDMA and i didn't roll then (250mg wasn't enough), got a day with it planned this week though.

I've really upped my weed consumption as well as lots more exercise though had a very lazy week this last week.

NET result, my gaba intake has reduced a lot, I kinda wanna lay off everything gaba for a month or 2 soon to see how well my system resets, and I think that's a doable goal to aim for.

next step in the plan is to reduce hard drugs to twice a week, and at the same time I've bought a few different strains of RSO weed to see if I can use something energizing v sedating depending on my mood, the big issue is finding specific strains of RSO/distillate as my preferred ROA is oral rather than smoking, it's a pain in the ass int he UK to be honest, but I have something workable to test out my idea at least.

Good luck with the reductions! Dropping combos is a wise thing to do, took me quite a bit of pain to get there...

 

[Deleted member 597184]

Poly drug use is annoying because I never know what I'm wding from.

Very true.

And equally as frustrating showing up to the emergency room. They make a textbook out of you.

 

[placebonaut]

and I've had a bit of a wobble in the past 2 weeks - tough personal times but that's not enough of an excuse.

taking soma again though at least I have learnt a lesson and it's not as frequent, but dosage is up to 2g again.

I'm drinking again too, no doubt that's feeding other drug use.

weed is daily and growing in dose week on week.

I should have had a pregab tolerance break but ignored it....

benzo consumption is increasing in dosage, but not frequency thankfully, but I'm now using pharma shit rather than cheap generics - worryingly for the 1st time I'm enjoying benzos just because I like benzos.

all in all a pretty bad couple of weeks

I'm using less ket overall, less GBL, have had some great mdma which meant less gaba/alcohol (good), less mephedrone, no coke. I've been pushing 2-cb harder (which I think is less harmful for me)

I'm generally not doing combos, except for my favorites.

need to back off a bit.

putting this down to a wobble, but if I don't get back on track it will become an issue....

so maybe NETing out in my mind as 2 steps backwards 1 step forward.

hey ho

 

[chippermonk]

and I've had a bit of a wobble in the past 2 weeks - tough personal times but that's not enough of an excuse.

taking soma again though at least I have learnt a lesson and it's not as frequent, but dosage is up to 2g again.

I'm drinking again too, no doubt that's feeding other drug use.

weed is daily and growing in dose week on week.

I should have had a pregab tolerance break but ignored it....

benzo consumption is increasing in dosage, but not frequency thankfully, but I'm now using pharma shit rather than cheap generics - worryingly for the 1st time I'm enjoying benzos just because I like benzos.

all in all a pretty bad couple of weeks

I'm using less ket overall, less GBL, have had some great mdma which meant less gaba/alcohol (good), less mephedrone, no coke. I've been pushing 2-cb harder (which I think is less harmful for me)

I'm generally not doing combos, except for my favorites.

need to back off a bit.

putting this down to a wobble, but if I don't get back on track it will become an issue....

so maybe NETing out in my mind as 2 steps backwards 1 step forward.

hey ho

It's excellent that you are keeping track of things and trying to evaluate it. That's always a good start to scaling back and getting/keeping on track
Good luck!

 

[placebonaut]

It's excellent that you are keeping track of things and trying to evaluate it. That's always a good start to scaling back and getting/keeping on track
Good luck!

thanks.

yes keeping a log is very useful, helps me spot tolerance building and gives warning signs when I'm using things too much. I'll keep an eye on it and manage things a bit tighter.

 

[Ki3ly]

Yes, that's why I like the Power of Note taking so much.

 

[placebonaut]

Yes, that's why I like the Power of Note taking so much.

I can't agree strongly enough with this, best bit of advice for a drug user is to take notes, ignoring all the great HR benefits of it, it also simply allows you to better understand how you interact with drugs at a personal level and then tailor your drug usage accordingly.

I log whatever is notable from the session, not always the same things each time but whatever stands out - effects, mood, scene setting, if I felt it was too much or not enough etc.

I'm pretty good at keep a track of dosage as well