Benzos Having benzo's around for TRUE emergencies

[oar9fi]

Hi all. As many of you may know we are in the midst of Tropical Storm Debby here in FL. I have been listening to local rescue efforts for over 24 hours and its been unreal. So far I've heard 5 elevator rescues, 3 "psychological" crises (including an 80 year old woman running out into the storm in what was described as "an altered level of conciousness" and a man who went into a house of strangers & grabbed an 11 year old,) countless downed trees/power lines/electrical fires, car wrecks, structure failures, 3 rescues of people who got into boats to get to the mainland from the barrier islands including 2 15 year olds who capsized in the bay in 45mph winds.
It goes on and on, and there is currently no end in sight as the storm is stalled in the gulf (as I write this I just heard an intentional overdose- nobody wants to drown) Also people are burglarising/ breaking into shops since the police are doing other things and cannot respond. Like I said, it's nuts.
I live 7 miles inland out in the country & while it's not as bad as the coast, we did lose power for 6 hours last night and we have a slight roof leak but nothing serious. But I can't help but feel a little panicked, for which I have plenty of etizolam which I'm thankful for. I don't abuse them, just mostly use for sleep but if I were by the coast I would be handing them out like candy on halloween.
Food for thought for anyone who may ever be in such an emergency. Regards, oar

PS: I'm hearing all of this on a police scanner, which is also a good thing to have in emergencies.

 

[NeighborhoodThreat]

I'm confused. Sounds like you have a legit reason to take benzos. Did you have another question?

 

[mrflowers00]

is there a question or is this just random rambling

 

[oar9fi]

Maybe just ranting :D I kinda just wanted to throw it out there for discussion. And was wondering if anyone else has found themselves in a similar situation. Please move if this is the wrong forum. -oar

 

[Alex000]

Are you talking about taking benzos yourself or distributing them to others in times of panic or extreme anxiety? If a family member were having serious anxiety, or a good friend, and I knew they could safely take a benzo without any interaction, I would offer them one after telling them what it was if they were willing. Same with an opioid if someone I knew well were in extreme pain. I wouldn't hand out drugs like candy, however. Having them on hand for myself, however, at higher doses than I would normally take, seems reasonable enough if I were to require a higher dose. I even keep some neuroleptics on hand in the rare case I need to be seriously tranquilized, not that I am a fan at all of them, but there are ocassions in which they can come in handy such as during extreme anxiety, panic, dysphoria, acute stress reaction, severe nausea etc. I think emergency drugs for my own self are a good thing to have. Distribution to others can be dangerous, but not completely out of what I might do depending on the situation.

 

[tricomb]

For this very reason I have saved up countless grams and grams of alprazolam, diazepam, temazepam, triazolam, and other drugs too like prescription pain killers, antibiotics, antiemetics, naloxone, antihistamines, anti-psychotics, first aid, clean syringes, etc, all the prescriptions I've been legally given that I didn't take, enough RX stims to keep a small army tweaked out enough for months. But I have no intention of "handing them out like candy", I just want to be prepared should we experience the apocalypse.

I also store gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane, coal (LOTS of coal), backup generators, many many gallons of water, food to last weeks, some tents, sleeping bags, a satellite phone (which probably wont do much good if the world ends lol), high range personal radios, a metric fuckton of AA, and D batteries, condoms, plan B, birthcontrol for women, instant heat packs, instant ice packs, a bunch of tools and things for construction/repairs, flare gun, shotgun, ammunition, those thermal blanket things, Im going to stop listing now because I just realized it doesn't belong in this thread, so /rant

May be largely my paranoid schizophrenia but I've always been hyper-paranoid about "what happens if the world ends/the pharmacy closes", so I have am always as prepared as I can be. Always Be Prepared is something I take VERY seriously.

 

[burn out]

I'm confused. Sounds like you have a legit reason to take benzos. Did you have another question?

How is a storm a legit reason to take benzos? He is sitting at home listening to a police scanner. Well, I guess everything is a good excuse to take drugs when youre a druggie.

 

[shreddedlettuce]

birthcontrol for women

lmao

 

[phatass]

never "hand out benzos like candy", i see your point, but what if the person you hand to has ust started taking methadone or goes on a drnking binge after taking the benzos, or another strong CNS depressant.... they could OD with the extra odd benzo or two.... and then you'd be charged with manslaughter....

just food for thought

 

[oar9fi]

Yeah maybe "like candy" was a not quite the phrase I was looking for, lol. But really after hearing all of the craziness I just had the "How can I help?" response. People who do stupid stuff like have "Hurrricane Parties" & such are just stupid- that's definitely not my style.
I hope the power stays on, Really though I'm stuck in the house & have a scanner so I'm really just kinda watching/listening to the show.. pass the popcorn... (and the time...)

 

[JJ-180]

Like Tricomb, I have shitloads of drugs saved up, but not to help me survive the end of civilization.I just want to die relatively painlessly and when I choose. What sane human wants to live on when everything goes tits-up?

 

[Tryptamino]

For this very reason I have saved up countless grams and grams of alprazolam, diazepam, temazepam, triazolam, and other drugs too like prescription pain killers, antibiotics, antiemetics, naloxone, antihistamines, anti-psychotics, first aid, clean syringes, etc, all the prescriptions I've been legally given that I didn't take, enough RX stims to keep a small army tweaked out enough for months. But I have no intention of "handing them out like candy", I just want to be prepared should we experience the apocalypse.

I also store gasoline, diesel, kerosene, propane, coal (LOTS of coal), backup generators, many many gallons of water, food to last weeks, some tents, sleeping bags, a satellite phone (which probably wont do much good if the world ends lol), high range personal radios, a metric fuckton of AA, and D batteries, condoms, plan B, birthcontrol for women, instant heat packs, instant ice packs, a bunch of tools and things for construction/repairs, flare gun, shotgun, ammunition, those thermal blanket things, Im going to stop listing now because I just realized it doesn't belong in this thread, so /rant

May be largely my paranoid schizophrenia but I've always been hyper-paranoid about "what happens if the world ends/the pharmacy closes", so I have am always as prepared as I can be. Always Be Prepared is something I take VERY seriously.

If I had all those drugs in my house, I'd be dead in 3 days, guaranteed. I excersise restraint, but thats because their not around, so I don't use them, I only allow myself to be exposed to the drugs a limited amount per month or for some drugs , per year.

Anyway @OP, I have a similar situation, except my doc refuses to script me for any benzo, and seems to prescribe seroquel to almost all of his patients (a friend who I was in rehab with also sees him, and is prescribed it and knows many others) which I had to take daily, until I just refused to take anymore. I do get anxiety attacks occasionally, usually of an extreme nature, and triggering disturbing acid flashbacks and panic and insomnia. These episodes cannot be treated with seroquel, as seroquel doesn't have an immediate anxiolytics effect for me, it basically knocks me out and makes me feel drunk without any euphoria or icreased sociability. Just inebriated in no way that is considered pleasant.

I'm a very paranoid person while in a period of drug use (I have occasional periods of complete abstinence to reset tolerance and just generally reaquaint myself with sobriety). I'll always be checking to see if there's a cop nearby, even though I'm not doing anything wrong. Occasionally I'll get like batshit crazy paranoia, listening to the radio and hearing about some disaster, and then thinking that it's a conspiracy or whatever my tweaked out brain concludes after hearing different things. At these times, Xanax would be a lifesaver

Although I see nothing wrong in taking benzos when you feel overwhelmed. I think that that's what benzos use should be for: occasional mental disturbance and negative excitation. Daily benzo use is only appropriate in certain cases (one of which is a friend of mine, who has daily episodes that I can imagine would make her feel like shit if she didn't have benzos to keep her same and relatively calm).

And @TC the pharmacy closing might be equivalent to the world ending for a lot of people, particularly the perpetually anxious and the pain management patients, and the junkies who are on methadone, suboxone, Xanax, bupe and god knows what the clinics are giving these poor dope heads. You're not schizophrenic paranoid (as far as I know), you just need your meds/drugs. As do the rest of us.

Sorry if I didn't respond directly to what you asked, but I didn't understand the topic so much, so I sort of just improvised based on a few words I jumbled together in my head from skimming the responses.

 

[Coraline]

Hurricane Ike came through I helped a neighbor friend out. I think I needed the it but was too scare of adverse reactions at the time. I woke up at 10pm with my bed/ house shaking. Later at 4am we went threw the eye of the storm. That was trippy. It was so calm. Then a gust of wind blew really hard and I ran back inside.

 

[oar9fi]

Well, we seem to be over the crest off it here (but not at the end by any means) & just wanted to remind everyone that the #1 rule in any emergency is to remain calm. And if you're lucky enough to see the beauty through/in the chaos, well, that always helps. I went out on a bike ride earlier & found dozens of Panaeolus cyanescens mushies (blue meanies) in a neighbors yard/pasture that will be put away for possibly the right time (or they will just rot away in storage- I'm not a huge fan of shrooms but maybe me or someone someday will use them) Peace everyone... -oar

 

[Titus]

I do think it's a good idea (for people who can do so safely) to have a few benzo's and a few opiates on hand in case of emergencies. My wife has panic attacks and now is prescribed a benzo. To anyone who has had a quick onset dental emergency (as in abscess with extreme pain) having access to a pain killer would be extremely helpful. Many years ago I had such an incident. Extreme pain, fetal positon moaning, preying, etc. Worst pain I have ever felt in my life. I was young and nieve and had social phobia so too scared to call someone for help. I also didn't know that you could harm yourself from taking too much APAP. I was taking like 6 at a time every 5 minutes or so. Eventually vomitted a few times (in retrospect I learned that I was probably very lucky I did so). I eventually saw a dentist and told him and he was like "how's your liver?"

Then I learned APAP is toxic to the liver and I could have done some real damage to my liver. Fortunately my liver enzymes are OK as they were checked at some later date but I remember hearing stories of ppl doing real damage to themselves taking too much APAP. I probably took like 100 or something that night.

So it's good to have some stuff in the medicine cabinet. Due to the non free usa they don't like to let us have comprehensive emergency and first aid kits. But if a panic attack strikes or you get one of those massively bad migranes or severe pain wiht quick onset a percocet or a valium or whatever can save someone (and their loved ones watching helplessly) a heck of a lot of pain and suffering.