Yes. Benzodiazepines have been proven to be able to produce feelings of euphoria in human clinical trials. For example, the FDA lists "euphoria" as an official side effect of temazepam use. In animal models, benzos proved to be very strongly reinforcing. So yes, they can produce euphoria.
I personally get euphoria from temazepam and I've experienced it on several times with nitrazepam, triazolam, diazepam and lormetazepam. But temazepam is the one that takes the cake.
Maybe it depends on the type of benzo then. I have little or no experience with them, only one I've tried is alprazolam and lormetazepam. I've done z drugs and they do induce euphoria in me, especially zolpidem. Lormetazepam actually induces dysphoria and anxiety in me. Thats probably a paradoxical reaction though.
^ calm down man, they clearly said "they don't give ME..." not "they don't give anyone..."
Lots of people do experience euphoria with benzos but often times some people feel that when combined with opioids, they dull the experience and it's less euphoric. This has been discussed for years and there are people such as yourself who don't feel they add to the euphoria and others such as kokaino who do.
Yeah I think all this is highly personal. Drugs affect everyone differently. Phenibut has muscle relaxing properties for many people. For me, its the other way around, it makes me aggitated. Amphetamines stimulate many people, they tranquilise me. When I'm coming down off amphetamines, I get really drowsy but if I take opioids at that point, they wake me up. Taking phenibut during an amphetamine comedown wakes me up so much that I have a tendency to stay up for 36 hours (which is unusual for me since I usually crash after 16 hours on amphetamines).
Do you suffer with Anxiety?
My guess would be no.
It seems the general consensus is that the 'euphoria' is the relief from an anxious state from the anxious individual.
I'm not entirely sure if this is how it is though. One day I was in the midst of a phenibut withdrawal and I took 1mg alprazolam and it put me in this blissful sedated state. Today, I had feeling like crap because I significantly reduced my dosage of phenibut after a 7 day binge and the 1mg alprazolam sedated me, but it didn't produce any euphoria at all. Later on that day, I took 5mg of dexedrine and now I'm feeling way more euphoric. I think it depends on what neurotransmitters are present in the brain already. For example, when I take opioids while amphetamines are still in my system, I feel like crap. If I take them during an amphetamine comedown, I start bursting with euphoria. Its not simply the contrast that I feel though, I feel way better than I do if I take opioids by themselves. The contrast does play a huge role in it though.
Unrelated side question: Do all of you get really thirsty when you take benzos? Most drugs make me more likely to get dehydrated because I don't get as thirsty on them. Benzos on the other hand make me really thirsty. Since the xanax kicked in earlier, I've drank 3 pints of water. Feels real satisfying drinking water on benzos too.
