Benzos Anxiety issues- benzo tolerance

[jamesBrown]

Ive been prescribed benzos for anxiety and insomnia for about 2 months now.
First I was just given 30 mg temazepam nightly for insomnia. Than about a month ago I was prescribed .5 mg klonopin 3 times daily for anxiety. And it truly did help my anxiety/panic attacks....for a short while. About 2 weeks after I started taking both these meds my tolerance seemed to skyrocket so now I dont even bother taking my prescribed dose...I save my pills for a day or two and then on the next day I take anywhere from 4-6 .5mg klonopins and 60-90 mg's of temazepam(2-3 pills). And given my very little experience with benzos(atleast in the past 2-3 years) I would assume that this amount of benzos should fuck me up nice and proper(maybe not drooling from my mouth fucked up but I mean like a reallly good buzz goin on). Unfortunately this is not the case and after I ingest all these pills I find myself still having mild feelings of anxiety and only slightly feel the relaxing/sedating effects of the benzos that everyone loves. So im wondering if anyone has any insight as to what i can do to help this situation because I really do have severe panc/anxiety attacks that almost cause me to have heart attacks(numb limbs/trouble breathing/sharp heart pain).....and my doctor is extremely reluctant to increase my dosage because of my history of opiate drug abuse(allthough I promise I have had no issues WHATSOEVER when it comes to addiction to benzos). Anyone have any ideas how to help my anxiety issues without having to ration my pills for a couple days risking a severe panic attack just so I can have 1 pain free day?

 

[chompy]

if youre on benzos and you have a panic attack, get a brown lunch bag and breathe into it. most likely you are hyperventilating. it helps to put your hand on your stomach and breathe deep, not short shallow ones that go into your chest.

I would just stick the klonopins, those worked wonders for me when i used to take 2mg pills 3 times a day.

 

[jamesBrown]

i agree with yuo but im only prescribed 1.5 mg's o klonopin a day and that isnt enough to take care of my symptons.....i wanna stay on the k-pins but i need a higher dose...atleast 3 mg's a day...or hopefully 6 mg's like you....its just my doc wont let me up my dose for fear of abuse even though i have no intention of abusing them. When i used to self medicate to take care of my panic attacks i would take atleast 3-4 mg's a day but when i tell him that he just assumes im trying to score more drugs.

 

[chompy]

maybe try asking the doctor if there are similar medications like klonopin to help your anxiety or an extra med to add to the klonopin. if not, get another doctor if you can.