Pyrazolam is a lot less sedating, in fact I don't remember ever getting any sedation of note on it. Etizolam is not massively sedating itself of course but as the dose gets higher, in my experience, that clean, nice, cerebral feeling starts getting clouded by the more classic benzo sloppiness and potentially-slightly-out-of-control disinhibition. Pyrazolam doesn't seem to have any of that, even pushing into that "heavy" dose range of 4mg+, although I think 4 was my max. Additionally the cognitive disinbition has a distinctly clean feel, whereas etizolam I consider to be a very "clean" feeling benzo, compared to, for example, valium, where that layer of GABA drunkenness is much close to the surface. With etizolam it's there, but takes a lot more to dig it out. In my experience in pyrazolam that layer of slightly too disinhibited drunkenness seems to be even more hidden, maybe even entirely absent, although I'm sure with a high enough dose some strange behaviours could be induced. When I took the largest dose it reminded me moreso of alprazolam, which I also consider to be a very "clean" benzo in some ways, definitely in terms of it's psychological effects versus the physical effects - for me - but, for me, again, alprazolam is too clean and makes it far too easy to engage in reckless, manic behaviour without realising how altered you are. Pyrazolam on the other hand while higher doses were leaning towards a fairly strongly disinhibited, manic edge, similar to alprazolam, there was some part of my self awareness which remained switched on, such that I had an insight into the fact that I was cognitively altered and thus felt more secure that I wouldn't end up doing anything too crazy.
In lower doses, it maybe is a little less "fun" than etizolam in many ways - it's just too selective somehow - but I imagine it's a very functional benzo, maybe one of the most functional out there, and least prone to inducing weird behaviours. And, by virtue of the somewhat low recreational potential, IMO, I'd imagine it to be less compulsive than etizolam - although, again, I did not have very much of it and at the time hadn't done etizolam to compare.
I'm not sure why it isn't more widely available, tbh... I guess there must be some reason but my own experience was that it was very very selective in terms of the parts of yourself that it quietened down, so was minimally impairing and didn't seem to have a huge danger of overuse... and this echoes anecdotal reports I've read elsewhere. But, it's not a new substance even though I don't think it's ever been approved for medical usage... again I guess there must be some reason for this but I'm not sure why it is.
Obviously it is a little more ish, but it's the most functional benzo I've used, except perhaps pyrazolam, and the short duration and (for me) minimal day after after effects- with fairly infrequent usage - is pretty convenient. Definitely some caution warranted though. I think maybe I'll try going back to a softer GABergic for a while, I was using phenibut semi regularly but it seems this time since I decided to take a break from it I'm just drinking more and doing more benzos.
