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Benzos alprazolam + alcohol

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MashyJoe

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Hey this is my first post so bear (bare?) with me!

First dabbled into Xanax (alprazolam) the other night, had the most confusing night of my life, took 2mg and felt very little so kept taking more and more ending up at around 5mg or possibly 6, I couldnt walk straight or grasp a simple concept in my mind - very apathetic, and the confusion really got to me - i kept trying to work out how much id taken, staring at the pills for ages just unable to do the simple maths. In the end i felt fine though, could have got up and done something if i needed to, certainly didnt feel like passing out and remember a fair bit of the night, I did however insufflate much of the xanax and ive recently read that its pretty much pointless and so may have had less than i stated. the next day I couldnt walk straight and felt generally loopy but nothing compared to a hangover!

Today i took 3 mg, one bar, and snorted half another, and drunk 3/4 beers and a couple of shots of gin and we smoked a few grams of good ganj between us, and it was one of the best chill out highs ive ever had, so creative, just sat there listening to jazz and psytrance drawing away, was a very nice glowing experience. ive read so many horror stories about mixing benzos, particularly xanax with alcohol, but I personally feel fine and at no point felt like i could have fallen asleep.

so basics, how much do i need to worry about combining a smallish amount of xanax with alcohol and weed every once in a while? and by that i mean, twice a month or so, do the negative effects sneak up on you, how careful do i need to be?

thanks very much in advance!
 
Be careful when drinking with benzodiazapenes, use both moderately when you do (don't have more than a few drinks or take too many pills). I know snorting pills may seem like a good way to dose, especially if you think you'll get high, but snorting benzos is a total waste. Never snort them, eating them is the best way to absorb them.

I don't think marijuana causes any additional CNS depression so the only danger weed presents (in my mind, I really don't know much about it except what I've read because I hate the way it makes me feel, my least favorite drug by FAR) is it might make you unaware of a possible overdose that is taking place that you might notice otherwise if you weren't stoned on cannabis.
 
Okay fair enough,

Im just unsure how to set my limit, as i see many saying .5mg to 1mg knocks them out in combination with a few beers but honestly, I feel absolutely fine, so im just a bit confused. If you were to go over the limit, how would you react? I mean, would it be obvious - youd loose consciousness, throw up etc, or is it something you wouldnt realise?
 
MashyJoe said:
Okay fair enough,

Im just unsure how to set my limit, as i see many saying .5mg to 1mg knocks them out in combination with a few beers but honestly, I feel absolutely fine, so im just a bit confused. If you were to go over the limit, how would you react? I mean, would it be obvious - youd loose consciousness, throw up etc, or is it something you wouldnt realise?
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This is a good question, as i don't really know. At least with opioids when you over do it your body reacts by vomitting, losing consciousness, etc. and it becomes apparent you have overdosed.

With benzodiazapenes with alcohol, I imagine overdose symptoms might be similar in that your breathing will get really shallow, but I would imagine you would pass out and be unconscious when this would reach a point of serious danger.

I think it would be pretty hard to overdose with just benzos and alcohol but I'm sure it can be done and the resulting cause of death would either be respiratory arrest or aspirating on your own vomit.

Given the nature of benzos, I would think you would not be aware if you have overdosed, or at the very least not really care.
 
So,it's been 4 hours since my last dose,feeling fine, I wont die in my sleep? Aha
 
MashyJoe said:
So,it's been 4 hours since my last dose,feeling fine, I wont die in my sleep? Aha
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I sincerely doubt it. The fact that you are responsive enough to make a post is evidence that you're probably okay, but like i said, I don't know much if anything about fatal benzo and alcohol overdoses.

I would think that the danger would present itself as soon as the ethanol and benzo met in your brain, this would be the peak of the danger I would imagine. 4 hours after I think the danger has passed, unless you feel like your breathing is really shallow.
 
Okay thanks, nope feel clean as a whistle still stumbling a bit, just hate the idea that I could feel fine and still be in danger as irrational as it is. So in reality both substances have passed through me past the point of danger?
 
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