Benzos Another benzo thread but i doubt it's been posted.

[Pirrracetamol]

Anyone else get a comedown from benzodiazapines?

Especially Alprazolam they bring me up to a higher mood 100% confidence and all that, great mood etc.

In higher doses I'm invisible.

So to reiterate do any lovely bluelighters get a bad comedown?

Not expecting any replies but yadda yadda ying that's life and I'm a cousin of one of the Paxtons.

 

[RUC4]

a bad comedown from xannies? i don't think so. not markedly. i usually feel a very slow return of my anxiety the level it was before taking it. but that takes a while. hours and hours.

otherwise i've gotten a slight hungover feeling.

 

[Pirrracetamol]

a bad comedown from xannies? i don't think so. not markedly. i usually feel a very slow return of my anxiety the level it was before taking it. but that takes a while. hours and hours.

otherwise i've gotten a slight hungover feeling.

I wouldn't say an actual comedown more like paranoia comes back and I'm on the rocks.

I think it's because I took them in huge doses when I was younger and now I take 3 different benzos so maybe my receptors have gone crazy .

 

[notsmokeymcpot420]

when I was on real high doses of crazier benzos maybe a little bit --- almost more like an afterburn where the actual "Buzz part" would pass and itd be time to find a bed

 

[Psychonauticunt]

Nah. Only if I have high levels of baseline anxiety, or are addicted to benzos and happen to be taking ones with short half-lives and no active metabolites - in which case it's not a comedown, but withdrawal. Otherwise, I just eventually become aware that the drug's effects have run their course.

 

[garygroundwork]

got 2 mates that say they get bad depression day after valium

they won't touch it now

 

[notsmokeymcpot420]

Interesting ^

Your mates sure they got ahold of valium--- lol nothing traumatizing happened to em that night? Everyone's body chemistry is different I suppose

 

[garygroundwork]

Interesting ^

Your mates sure they got ahold of valium--- lol nothing traumatizing happened to em that night? Everyone's body chemistry is different I suppose

nah at the time all normal but they both say they feel real down for a day or two after so don't use it.

Should be noted they are both huge daily/non stop users of cannabis.

 

[shreddedlettuce]

in which case it's not a comedown, but withdrawal.

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and/or return of original anxiety/stress etc when the benzo wears off.

 

[Pirrracetamol]

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and/or return of original anxiety/stress etc when the benzo wears off.

That would be right. Not a comedown but return of original anxiety/stress etc when the benzo wears off.

 

[placebonaut]

Nah. Only if I have high levels of baseline anxiety, or are addicted to benzos and happen to be taking ones with short half-lives and no active metabolites - in which case it's not a comedown, but withdrawal. Otherwise, I just eventually become aware that the drug's effects have run their course.

spot on

only think I would add is also rebound anxiety as a withdrawal effect specifically.

Alprazolam isn't a good choice to replace diazepam given it's duration of effect, you're gonna be popping a lots of xanax to replace a 60mg+ a day diaz habit...

 

[Halif2]

I wouldn't say an actual comedown more like paranoia comes back and I'm on the rocks.

only think I would add is also rebound anxiety

I was going to mention rebound anxiety and, as the other quoted post states, I feel like the general anxiety that was lingering before the benzo use returns but with a bit extra added.

But in terms of what you'd think of from the words 'comedown' - as an immediate after effect of the drug's main effects ceasing to function - I'd just say sleepiness. Lethargy.

 

[RUC4]

Ye

spot on

only think I would add is also rebound anxiety as a withdrawal effect specifically.

Alprazolam isn't a good choice to replace diazepam given it's duration of effect, you're gonna be popping a lots of xanax to replace a 60mg+ a day diaz habit...

Yeah big time. There is a huge difference.

 

[Mr. moustache]

I wouldn't say it's a comedown, more like I realize that after a week, the benzos won't work as well.

 

[PtahTek]

I'm a cousin of one of the Paxtons.

oh, yeah? i rule domain without worry... can sleep at night.
who are you...?

So to reiterate do any lovely bluelighters get a bad comedown?

yeah i get rising anxiety - naturally. tales some time at current dosing as it a bit higher than "normal" (for me). i can skip doses and go 24 hrs without but when it comes time for sleep i do not skip (yet).
the anxiety i feel causes a "down" as i am unable to function as i would on dose i just hear too much "static" fo rlack of a better word atm. bombardment. constant. i dose and can literally tune everything - cept kits and so - out long enough to focus on what i need to get done. and even them to some point if needed. focus is crucial for navigating these days more so than any point in my life. whateava


peace

 

[Keif' Richards]

I have never experienced this personally, but we do know plenty about the potential for ¨paradoxical reactions¨ with Benzodiazepines. I´ve seen people fly into rages for no reason, so I wouldn´t be surprised to hear of something like a subjective difference in mood. I haven´t experienced this personally though.