Benzos Alprazolam Xanax addiction, How easy is it to get addicted

[TweakFace]

I've been prescribed to 1mg Xanax for well over a year now and it's probably one of my worst addictions, right up there with Heroin and Meth. When I run out of my script I get desperate to find more. It's ugly, and only getting uglier.

They help tremendously with my anxiety/panic attacks but I'm asking my doctor to start me on a taper next time I see him. I can't keep popping Xanax every night, because then I end up drinking and doing opiates ith them and we all know how dangerous is that. I wouldn't do it if I were you.

Someone on BL awhile told me to stay away, and I didn't take their advice, and now I'm here, addicted.

 

[moe.ron]

Any time I have ever allowed myself to pick up major supplies of benzos, ie 500 mg of xanax equivalent or more, and this has been three times, I ended up with a major habit that could only be resolved by months of tapering (at least 6 mg of xanax equivalent a day, not to get high but to stop the withdrawals, each time. each time I ended up on a higher dose then the last, though I was able to catch it and start my taper quicker each time). Each time I told myself I would follow a dosing schedule so as to not become phsycially dependent, each time I did. I have realized I simply can not allow myself to have a large supply of benzos around, I have proven it to myself in the worst, most financially and physically destructive way possible. There are probably those who can probably handle having access to a large supply of benzos. I am not one of them. Hopefully you can determine if you are one of these people before you pick up your supply, otherwise you can end up in a place I wouldn't wish on my worst enemies.

 

[RTrain]

I got 90 mg of xanax and basically poppy between .5 and 1.5 mg a day for 2 months. Realized I was screwed if I continued at that pace so I cut down and now was taking .25 a day. Still feel its gonna suck because I just ran out. I almost feel I gotta hit a walk in clinic and try to score some diaz for a more gradual taper or something because I work 24 hours on Saturday and it doesn't look like its gonna be much fun.

 

[stray cat]

u'll be good. short term, and at a low level like that, "s'all in yo haid"

 

[braziliandude]

If you can take 8mg easily, it already means you're addicted to it.
I know that the feeling of being laid-back, relaxation that Xanax provides might be good when you're in the middle of the storm.
But 8mg is a serious case, usually these meds are meant just for a few weeks of usage, intermittently mostly.
Be careful man, really. Maybe it's time to do a check-up with the doctor. It might be more-mood related than just anxiety strikes.

 

[Lopez]

I have recently come a across a cheap supplier of xanax but he only sells in bulk 100 2mg bars min i really enjoy xanax but do not want to get addicted to it, i will admit i have a problem with self control im woried if i got 100 bars that i would get addicted in your experience would that get you addicted if i took 2mgs a day if that would how could i not get addicted.
more info i have a very high natural tolerence for xanax i can take 8mg and still function ill be blitz but i wont black out or loose it

i wouldn't buy it. i have a very ANTI-addictive (keep myself away from things) personality yet if i had 5 xanax bars at arms reach i'd snatch them and drop them in one go.

i have valium prescribed for anxiety but due to its low potency (10mg) i'm not tempted.

 

[Drumminstoned20]

Depending on mentality, personality, the frequency/amount used, it can be extremely addictive or barely. Ide doubt youde get fairily addicted in under a month but either way by the time you finish 100 bars unless you made it last several months it will not be fun to quit. 200mg of alprazolam deffinately has a big risk for addiction. Use it very sparringly and spaced out. If you have money for 100+bars Ide highly advise you invest it in weed or klonopin if any drug. Klonopin isnt as addictive as xanax and for some is much more enjoyable.

 

[Blind Melon]

I frequently go on benzo binges. I can put down the cocaine/crystal/mdma with ease, but I just can't seem to help myself when it comes to benzos (and especially opiates).

How susceptible you are to benzo addiction is a result of not just your self control, access to the substance, etc.. but your personal levels/frequency/type(s) of anxiety/panic attacks/insomnia and how well you handle them. If you have issues with any one of those three mental ailments, let alone more than one or all three you are very likely to become addicted to benzodiazepines. I suffer from chronic insomnia, random panic attacks, and a near constant GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) along with some social anxiety issues. So for myself, benzos become a euphoric drug, the relief from that constant tension is so great. People who don't struggle with anxiety, extreme-self-awareness, insomnia are not very likely to become addicted to, yet alone enjoy a benzo-- beyond maybe some Xanax to potentiate alcohol or kill a stimulant comedown.

I've gone through alprazolam/clonazepam/lorazepam binges where I've dosed 6mg+ a day for maybe 5 weeks straight several times and I have yet to experience worse than rebound anxiety and insomnia on most occasions. There have been a few times when stopping benzos cold turkey I've had to deal with excessive sweating, paranoia and cramps, but I usually try to do a taper now, and I try to take days off when I'm holding 50+ pills.

Be careful, knowing me I'd go for the deal, and I think you should too (probably already have), but I really recommend trying to limit recreational dosing to once or twice a week tops. And in good conscious I'd have to say that I wish I'd tried dealing with my anxiety/insomnia disorders through behavioral therapy first. Having discovered an instant cure class of pill that is usually always available has been both a blessing and a major curse. I'm way more social and self confident, and I get sleep now--but I'm also a slave to a drug.

 

[morphonorconic]

As we've pretty much all outlined, recreational, non-therapeutic and unsupervised benzo use is a very slippery slope that has zero potential for any kind of positive outcome.

This is not to say that benzo's cannot be used effectively (regularly/daily) long-term as an anxiolytic or anticonvulsant/muscle relaxant- although in general no benzo is "ideal" for or even intended for long term use. But I've had the same prescription for alprazolam for five or six years now- 30 x 1mg tabs to be used PRN, and sometimes I go through a bottle in twenty days, other times a bottle lasts me two or three months, because I take it when I need to and use it responsibly. I have no desire to get back to where I was years ago, when I would've taken all thirty pills in three days. My doctor offers to increase the dose but I decline because I don't need it.

Benzodiazepines are a truly wonderful class of therapeutic drugs. When they are used in a reasonable manner they are clean and highly effective. When they are misused they put tremendous strain on [normal] psychological and physiological processes. I'd probably wish heroin w/d on an enemy, but I would never want for one single human on earth to ever have to suffer through benzo w/d.

 

[syrp]

OP = Twonk

Id say around 5 minutes, 45 seconds and not quite mathematically calculated the millisecond equation. Boy you guys love a natter