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I have recently had baclofen prescribed by a neurologist (I have an oppressed nerve in my hand which makes it go numb). Over 2 years ago I quit benzodiazepines, so I was reluctant to take any GABAergics at all, but I took like 2 doses of 10mgs and one dose of 20mgs, 3 days in a row, to my surprise a day after 20mgs I experienced effects quite similar to benzodiazepine effects (sluggish thinking, drowsiness, some amnesia from the previous day). It's been two or three days since my last dose and my thinking is still blurry, I have to do a lot of basic math in my job and a lot of more complex math for my classes at the university, so I can notice such things right away, it takes me some time to process basic mathematical operations and I'm experiencing weird anxiety coming out of nowhere.
So I'm wondering by what mechanism this could be happening (how are GABA-B and GABA-A receptors connected? is it possible to still experience rebound withdrawal symptoms two years after quiting benzodiazepines if I was feeling fairly fine for quite some time now?) or if it's not related at all and I just had my anxiety triggered by something else that I missed and attribute it to these few doses of baclofen.
So I'm wondering by what mechanism this could be happening (how are GABA-B and GABA-A receptors connected? is it possible to still experience rebound withdrawal symptoms two years after quiting benzodiazepines if I was feeling fairly fine for quite some time now?) or if it's not related at all and I just had my anxiety triggered by something else that I missed and attribute it to these few doses of baclofen.