Hydro and Ativan

[Opielover]

First post on this site, bluelight virgin here. So be nice haha.

A little background, I am a opiate rec user once a month. Used to smoke herb like a chimney, but out of nowhere acquired terrible anxiety and panic attacks while tokin up. So these days, I drink my one tall can of Steel Reserve a night after my 12 hour shift at the hospital and thats my relaxation time. Besides eating a few blotters, mushrooms, Mollys and abundance of bud back in highschool, I am rather tamed down these days. I gotta 2 year old daughter and a beautiful wife. I worked construction for 2 years, and retail for 2 years prior to this hospital job. The nerves in my back are a mess, I DO have a compressed disc that I go to PT for once every 2 months or so. But on the days it really bothers me, a friend of mine who has them prescribed to him, hands me a few Vicodin 7.5/325. I usually take them over the course of a day or two. And that is my monthly opiate pleasure.
I find 22.5mg of hydro is the perfect amount for me. Have been doing it for over a year now and have yet to find myself itching or scratching to mind myself more. Its well under control. Now as for my anxiety, the older I get, the worse it seems to show its face while in large crowds, friendly gatherings, BBQ's oe whatever. The beer does help a little, but the social panic still lingers. My buddy gave me a few 2MG Lorazepam yesterday which was right before i got my monthly handful of 7.5 Vic's.
I heard a small dose of a benzo can really put a opiate high into a even nicer realm of euphoria. I have never mixed pills, nor have I experimented with them. Ive stuck to vicodin due to the fact i have a history with using it only as needed, and I have a daughter that relies on me to wake up every morning. Which is why, I stick to my nightly tallcan of Steel Reserve after I have already tucked in the Mrs. and our 2 year old in for the night


My question being. What are the dangers or speculations of mixing benzos with opiates?
When i take my opiates, thats all i do for the day. Its either i eat my Vic's in the morning, or drink my beer when i get off work. Dont care how far apart the two were in my system, its just how I do my thing.

 

[pillman1224]

so ativan and vics wont hurt you just please be carefull. i would say do maybe 2mg ativan and 15-22.5 mgs of Vicodin. and please for the love of allah DO NOT throw alcohol into the mix. i have made that mistake before when i was 15 but im 18 now and just do my opiates, benzos, and alcohol on separate days except today i just got home from my high school graduation and had 12oz vodka and red bull this morning, slept it off, had 15mgs percocet, and just dropped 120mgs of temazepam. just be careful you got a child to look after. any other questions please feel free to pm me.

 

[Opielover]

Yeah. Since i even took my 2mg of Ativan this morning at 10:00. I didnt even drink my tallboy of beer tonight. I play it all veryyyy safe.

 

[T. Calderone]

I find benzos dull my opiate experience but everyone's different. Since you have back trouble, can your doctor prescribe you hydrocodone?

 

[Opielover]

I was diagnosed with a compressed lower lumber disc shortly after my senior year of football/boxing.
The nerves got so irritated and inflamed, my left leg started becoming a contributing factor of my pain. After a quick adjustment at the chiropractor and a few short sessions at physical therapy I went pain free for almost half a year. I then began my extensive physical labor occupations and now it bothers me damn near everyday. I used to smoke the herb for my pain. I met my lady, stopped all my BS, had my daughter and started my 50-60 hour work weeks at the hospital and now im right back at square one, as far as pain goes.
I grew up with both parents drinking, and to be utterly truthful I despise relying on a substance so poisonous as alcohol to ease my pain at the end of everyday. If it wasnt for the terrible anxiety the pot gives me nowadays, I would love nothing more than my hit or two a night after my 12 hour days at work.

Has anybody else encountered terrible anxiety with weed after stopping and starting back up after awhile?

 

[pillman1224]

man if i had your problems with pain I'd be bitching at the doc until i got a prescription for duragesic patches. work that pain angle to your advantage bro and secure a lifetime supply of opiates.

 

[Opielover]

If the old lady wasn't so against the use of pain pills, Id already be at my doctors with a script in hand.
However, doctors around these parts would much rather put you in extensive PT sessions for the rest of your life, rather than prescribe an opiate painkiller.
Fuck man, I love my occasional dose of hyrdos once a month, i just wish my body would still agree with the pot.

 

[pillman1224]

i hear you on that one i guess i just grew out of the pot and evolved to opiates and benzos. just stay safe and dont make the hydros a regular thing

 

[TheLostBoys]

Many people suffer severe anxiety & panic attacks after stopping weed for a while & then starting back up.

I couldn't tell you why that is.......I myself haven't smoked in over a decade because it gives me anxiety.

Alcohol isnt any better than opiates to mask your pain.

I've never gotten better euphoria from.mixing ativan with hydrocodone.

I've mixed temazepam with hydro & that was pretty good, but like mentioned above, benzos dull the euphoria from opiates.

 

[Opielover]

Yeah its quite bullshit. Few years back I could sit down and fire up a few grams within an hours time. I quit for a month or two to get my first job, took one hit after that, and went into the worst panic attack if my life. In fact, since that I started experiencing anxiety and panic attacks while sober even. Something I have never ran into until then.
Maybe it was my mentality changing? Me growing up, getting into a serious relationship, not hanging around my deadbeat friends and becoming a father. Maybe my brain isnt wired for that anymore.

 

[TheLostBoys]

I guess it might be something in out brains chemistry that's changed, I don't know......but I've heard & read about this quite a bit.

Then again, I know of people that quit for a year, started smoking again & never experienced any anxiety.

If you want to smoke once in a whole, I recommend like 2.5 to 5mgs of Valium to smooth out the high & not give you any anxiety.