I sort of trailed off there, Have to hand it to the bluelight community that is exactly what I was getting at, and I'm happy to hear it. Yesterday night I went out to a restaurant for the first time in a year, and had one cup of sake and one beer if you can even call it beer (Michelob Ultra, ordered because they didn't have non-alcoholic beer on the menu) and having smoked a couple hours before I could not finish the beer, it only seemed to add to a feeling of malaise
Incidentally benzo addiction is no longer a problem. Since I'm stabilized on a relatively low dose of 1 mg twice-daily Klonopin for generalized anxiety & panic attacks and have neither, I never run out of pills before a refill because I prefer breaking them in a half and taking PRN. Klonopin has a very slow onset and a smooth curve which makes it an excellent medicine but one which is poorly suited for quickly counteracting the effects of too much speed. Xanax works much better without leaving a hangover, but I'm not in a position to ask my doctor for another benzo.
I have to politely decline your Seroquel suggestion, which at low doses makes me feel like I'm coming unglued and simply clobbers me at high doses. I just have an old script that I stay away from except in rare occasions that I just want to fall asleep immediately and stay like that for 10 hours, knowing full well I'll have a hangover
So for the time being I guess it's Benadryl 50 mg which works but also makes your mouth dryer if that's even possible, and makes me have to pee even more than I typically do when I'm smoking
Thanks for your suggestions!