Benzos alcohol tolerance effecting zopiclone ??

[canucka]

so, from what ive heard, zopiclone can be pretty powerful shit even when taken in prescribed doses..
now i have never had experience with any z drugs anytime in my life before a few days ago.. i took 7.5mg even though i was told it would be a high dose for a new user.. and got fuckall out of it..
the following day i took 2 pills in the morning.. 15 mg.. before i got on an hour long busride across the city.. and once again i got jack shit out of the hits..
no sleep or anything..
i do have a moderate alcohol tolerance; i drink most nights and 12 beers in a single sitting wont get me that drunk.. would that be effecting the zopiclone experience in any way for me ?? i know theyre both GABA agonists.. thats the only explanation i could have for it..
i have 12, 7.5mg hits left.. and i would like to make the most of em..

any recomendations would be appreciated..

 

[monstanoodle]

Yes it would definitely effect your tolerance to Zopiclone. Also Zolpidem, all Benzos and any other substances that work on GABA receptors.

The good thing about Z-Hypnotics and Benzos is that it's fairly impossible to die via overdose from them if they're used alone (i.e. Not taken with any other CNS depressants), so you could take a very large dose and be safe. But do not drink any booze while you are on them!

Aside from taking a monster dose, you could take a smaller dose and have a few drinks, but as I've mentioned, this can be dangerous and lead to respiratory depression and eventually death.
So just because you can drink 12 beers and ony be slightly tipsy on the scale of things, that doesn't mean that you should drink 12 beers and take 15mg of Zopiclone

I would suggest either taking 30mg and see how that effects you, or take 15mg and have only 2 or so beers. But if you choose the latter then make sure you drink slowly and wait for the Ethanol that you've consumed to fully take effect.

Be safe and have fun - but the most important thing is to be safe

 

[axe battler]

^^ Yeah do that. I'm quite good with the sauce but if I have even one Zopiclone whilst I'm pissed I'm slumped in a chair, gurgling, repeating myself constantly and dropping cigarettes on myself: so much stronger than benzos!

 

[canucka]

So just because you can drink 12 beers and ony be slightly tipsy on the scale of things, that doesn't mean that you should drink 12 beers and take 15mg of Zopiclone

i never said that i did or would mix zopiclone with alcohol; i am no stranger to the risks involved with mixing alcohol with other sedative hypnotics i assure you

but thanks for the suggestions to optimize the z-drug

 

[Levvytation]

i am no stranger to the risks involved with mixing alcohol with other sedative hypnotics i assure you

Thats why then....benzo's & Z drugs have cross tolerance...ie if you're used to any benzo, even if you have never taken zop before you'll have some tolerance to it. And zopiclone tolerance develops VERY quickly anyway.

So yep, if 15mg is doing fuck-all, you could either take more zop OR mix with alcohol...but BE CAREFUL mixing, the results vary & you could have blackouts.

I speak from bitter experience, so take care!