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Benzos Is my bf's mom addicted to benzos?

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HoldingIt4AFriend

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Hey guys

My boyfriend is a little worried about his mom.. She has become more and more agitated, and very very negative. She just does'nt seem like herself anymore.

You need to know some background info about her:
Her work involves a lot of traveling. She drives to diffrent locations and teach people about radiography equipment. or something like that :P
Anyways.. She has some sleeping difficulties when she sleeps in all these diffrent places, and was prescibed triazolam (Halcion). They are 0.125 mg. I think she only takes one, but i don't know for sure.

AAANYWAYS.. I was thinking that, because she travels so much, and therefore take these pills frequently, that maybe she was having some mild withdrawals when she does not take them. She has been taking these pills for over two years, but only for sleep. She does it 2-4 times a week.

Is it possible that this change of personality could be mild withdrawals from the benzos?

Is it possible that she is mildy addicted without knowing so?

This is really troubling my boyfriend and me, because it has become difficult to be around her lately.

I don't think she even knows how powerful her medication really is.
(She actually thinks that melatonin is worse than her sleeping pills :P I just sat there thinking.. whaat.....)
 
Actually my boyfriend says he thinks she might have been taking triazolam (Halcion) for more than two years..
He says she probably have been taking them for 3-4 years.
I am thinking that one dose 2-4 times a week for such a long time can lead to mild addiction.

I don't even know if she is taking them every night, but i am fairly sure that she only takes them at night for sleep. She does not abuse them.

If my theory is correct, me and my bf just don't know what to do or say.. This woman is very hostile, and difficult to talk to about these things.
 
From what you've told us, I'm going to say it's likely she is addicted to benzos/triazolam, and after that comment about melatonin she might not even know it. Even if you aren't abusing medication like opiates/benzos, you can still become physically dependent on them, especially if she's been using them several times a week for 2-3+ years now (and, you don't know if she's taking them every night or not, nor how much she is taking either.) I'm not quite sure how you can talk to her about this, and this might be better suited for discussion in The Dark Side forum if you want advice/support on how to talk to her about her addiction. I think anyone in here is going to say yeah, it's likely she's addicted to benzos.
 
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Having taken triazolam myself for sleep, and knowing how strong it is. I can say I'm pretty sure she's physically dependent on them if she has taken them somewhat regularly for that length of time. Even if she's not having physically WDs, it could really mess with her mentally. Anger, agitation, not interacting well with others, wanting to be left alone, are all behaviors which would lead me to believe someone is addicted to benzos. Even if she is not abusing them, addiction can really creep up on someone, she might not even realize it.
 
damn... you guys sound really positive (sure) about this.
That really sucks.. I have no idea if she will even believe us, if we told her about it.. I am actually pretty sure she won't.
 
Yeah, I've actually heard that is possible, when I read it they coined the term "rebound anxiety" which is basically a mild withdrawal felt between doses of the short acting benzos including hypnotics like such as triazolam (Halcion) and quick acting benzos like alprazolam (Xanax), and soforth.

I've noticed in cases of daily use doctors seem to prescribe a longer acting benzo to prevent this from happening. They both are longer acting than the forementioned but they also have even longer halflives as well (in turn preventing this anxiety (or withdrawal) from happening since there is still medication in the system.
 
HoldingIt4AFriend said:
Actually my boyfriend says he thinks she might have been taking triazolam (Halcion) for more than two years.. He says she probably have been taking them for 3-4 years.
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Triazolam has a bad reputation when it comes to side-effects. Benzo addiction is not benign. I remember a co-student at university crying on his bed with some sort of withdrawal syndrome because of benzos.

4 times a week is more than enough to create an addiction IMHO
 
Triazolam does have a bad rap because a few famous people have died on it.
As with any drug if you don't use it responsibly its dangerous of course.

I believe Heath Ledger died on Triazolam, of course he mixed it with booze and probably ten other things.

For me it was a godsend for my sleeping problem. Only thing that worked that left me feeling normal in the morning. Strong, quick onset and short acting was the perfect combo for me.
 
I'm sorry but this isn't appropriate for Other Drugs. We can't diagnose your friend's mom (or anyone) not just because we aren't clinicians but because this is the internet! It would be irresponsible for us to try and the likelihood of people being wrong is VERY high because of how limited of a picture we have of the situation.

Please feel free to PM me if you'd like to discuss this further.
 
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