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Benzos coming off benzos

I have been on xanax for about a year and a half and am currently on two mil a day. Sometimes pushing it to four. As stated in this post, benzos are only fun when you are in a bad place in your head. I became addicted benzos because it took away all my problems. The reason everyone does drugs.
 
i'm still off benzos; i've taken a couple ativan over the last few weeks during intense stress but haven't gone back to abusing them as i have no supply which is great i guess lol. Either way, it took me about 3 months to feel better and my sleep still sucks; which is why I post at weird hours on here. I didn't think i could deal with life ever again without benzos but it was a facade, I am much better able to handle stress while not blacking out all the time and breaking things.
 
With this post I seem to be coming at this thread from the opposite angle, so i apologise if its' content is not relevant or welcome here. I'm new to Benzos and loving them. Been taking them at prescribed therapuetic doses for about 3 or 4 months now. (Not that ive got them through a prescription, I have been sorcing them off the net)

I first tried Etizolam (i know maybe not technically a benzo, but i think all the same principles still apply?) to be able to end stimulant binges without too much discomfort.. Immediately noticed the calming effects, and was amazed & delighted that they carried on right though the next day...I might have guessed what lay ahead, as this felt so nice ! The relief i got and continue to l get from the streams of useless/negative/anxious thought patterns i often get bogged down by is tremendous. I feel like my old self again (pre-nervous breakdown self), i think it is helping me tremendously with social anxiety. I essentialy lead the life of a hermit excpet for work, and i feel much more at ease around people at work etc now and have become less intoverted, more confident, outgoing & friendly. I think my concerns about what other people may think about my behaviour and actions is better adjusted now. I can just "be" and live more freely. In short it seems to be helping me tremendously with many of my issues. It seems to me my brain chemistry must be fucked up, and it seems to me that these things help me adjust to life a bit better. Another plus is that I believe i was far too socially inhibited which was another part of the same problem, and 0.5 of a pill during the day has just the right amount of disinhibiting effects IMO.

This stuff is a wonder drug for me. So despite all the horror stories about peoples probelms getting off them, if it turns out to be possible to stick to the prescribed therapeutic doses without needing to increase dosage due to tolerance, i'm happy to enjoy the benefits they provide right now day to day. I dont yet see the need to worry about coming off them. I'd be ok with taking a couple of those little blue pills every day fro the rest of my life, if they continue to help.

To anybody that cares to reply that has been through simillar experiences, i ask them if am i living in a fools paradise at the moment ? Will the help start to turn to a hindrance ? And how does this happen ?
 
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For the average individual, the only way of becoming free of BZDs is...BZDs themselves. The key is gradualistic, attentive, responsible, self-aware reduction.

For those of higher self-mastery, BZD liberation is not so pessimistically hopelessly futile as the regular weak-willed Joe likes to assert. Important medications in withdrawing permanently from BZDs include:

CLONIDINE

BACLOFEN

BUSPIRONE

ONDANSETRON

TOPIRAMATE

ATENOLOL

CARBAMAZEPINE

GABAPENTIN

DIVALPROEX

TIANEPTINE

--And those are only the BZD-withdrawal coping medications I can remember off the top of my head... BZD-addicted sufferers have hope!
 
like others have said, stick to your taper!!! go as slow or as fast as you want...lyrica or gabapentin help tremendously aswell, and beta-blockers aid to combat any hypertension...
 
MYDRUGBUDDY--YES YOU ARE LIVING IN A FOOLS PARADISE. sorry for the caps but I feel its important. I am currently wondering if I will go into seizures awaiting phen and etiz shipments which seem to be endlessly delayed, eventually your legitamite script will do next to nothing. Worst part I blacked out and lost 500 mg phen and am actually contemplating the ER when I know its just laying around somewhere. Or one of my skeezy friends stole it. Do you have the skeezy friends yet?

Eh maybe things will work better for you, and I have no regrets, I honestly need them for anxiety, I also need to get some damn willpower.
 
smokeymcpot42088 said:
MYDRUGBUDDY--YES YOU ARE LIVING IN A FOOLS PARADISE. sorry for the caps but I feel its important. I am currently wondering if I will go into seizures awaiting phen and etiz shipments which seem to be endlessly delayed, eventually your legitamite script will do next to nothing. Worst part I blacked out and lost 500 mg phen and am actually contemplating the ER when I know its just laying around somewhere. Or one of my skeezy friends stole it. Do you have the skeezy friends yet?

Eh maybe things will work better for you, and I have no regrets, I honestly need them for anxiety, I also need to get some damn willpower.
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Thanks for the reply. I knew there had to be a downside. Ive already noticed that the 1mg at night that was initially so effective at sending me to sleep, and keeping me anxiety free for the whole of the next day, is no longer effective for either.

I hope you get your supplies in soon !

I gather that tolerance to the sleep inducing effects rises much faster than the anxiety relieving effects. I wonder how long it'll be before i need to up my dose for anxiety relief. I'll have to look that up, as it would start to be a problem to me if i needed more than the therapetuc guidlines suggest.

I have no regrets either about finding these things..... so far. What a blessed relief this last few months has been ! Although i can feel myself becoming dependant on them, I would hesistate to say i "need" them for anxiety,after all i "got by" without them for the whole of my life before, but with far more mental distress than was necessary. They certainly help a great deal.
 
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