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Benzos Job Interview....Xanax or Diazepam?

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WayneRooney

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Got a job interview tomorrow. Its not an intense sort of interview. Its actually an 'assessment centre', that will involve a group descussion, followed by individual interviews with the big bosses.

I've been to such assessment centres before, and I've always found the group activity pretty straightforwards. You just wait for the first few over enthusiastic loud mouths to blurt out their ill-thought out flawed ideas, and then compassionately pick them apart offering the more pragmatic/realistic option.

But then comes the individual interview with one or two of the senior management, along with normally somebody from HR. This is where I usually struggle. Mainly on account of nerves (which are completely unwarranted as I'm perfectly suitable/qualified/experienced for the role). But they never fail to present themselves. I'll stutter, fluff my answers, blabber on about nothing and come across as shy. None of these personal traits are part of my everyday persona. Its just one on one interviews. I always get such anxiety verging on panic attacks.

So my question is, should I plump for xanax or diazepam? I'm more experienced with diaz. But I've taken 20mg tonight before I'm about to get some sleep (as I always feel much more relaxed the morning after doing this). So just concerned 10mg diazepam will be enough tomorrow? I'm not going to bother with anything for first group activity part. But I'm going to drop something in the 30 min break we get before the individual interviews. So what would you recommend for such an interview? With the desired outcome of just being able to be myself and talk about myself/tell the truth without coming out like a blubbering nervous imbecile? Thanks for any replies.

(also, no need for any harm-reduction replies. I rarely use benzo's these days. I save them for purely functional useage. As in this case.)
 
Diazepam, as you'll be far less likely to black out.
I would personally go with half the dose of diazepam that you're used to and combine it with a light to medium dose of phenibut, but if you've never tried phenibut, definitely take a month or 2 to get used to it first, and don't ever use it as much as benzos. Like once a week max, or even less. Phenibut increases cognition for me, while also chilling me out.

I've talked my way out of situations to a judge with phenibut.
 
Yeah totally go with the diazepam, last thing you want to do is show up stoned out of your mind, and sluring your words on Xanax. I had to laugh when I read the title of this thread, but in all seriousness, I do empathize.
 
I think I'll give Xanax a bash. I've taken enough diaz tonight for its effects to be still pronounced for the first part of the group assessment part of the day. And If I feel I need to, I'll drop half a bar of Xanax during the break before the one on one interview. I've used Valium in similar situations in the past, and to positive results. So its just my curiosity to see how xanax will fare.

I've got much more important interviews coming up in the next few weeks. So if anything tomorrow will provide me with some sort of learning curve.
 
NeighborhoodThreat said:
Diazepam. Alprazolam (Xanax) has a higher chance of making you act just plain goofy. AND making you black out.
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It will be a low dose Xanax. Maybe 1mg. I've taken 1mg-2mg on a number of occasions and never blacked out (apart from the one time alcohol was involved). And again, this is the first interview of many in the next few weeks, so if I'm going to experiment between the two, this interview would be the perfect one to give xanax a bash. And is the whole 'blacking out risk' not just scaremongering? Isn't it a fairly prescribed drug? Surely its users don't black out on mass?
 
Personally I have noticed much more pronounced effects on my memory from alprazolam than diazepam and hence I would probably go for the diazepam if I was super nervous (In fact, I have never had any memory troubles with diazepam).

If you you are really nervous I would go for the diazepam as others have mentioned :). I think the whole blacking out thing is more common amongst people who are abusing relatively high doses but nevertheless I think diazepam is probably the better option :).
 
Keeping in mind that only 0.5mg of Xanax (alprazolam) is roughly equal to 10mg of Valium (diazepam) dosed under the same conditions, we could look at this from a time perspective. You said your evening dose of diazepam would cover the first part of your interview (which is great). If you want something that will be acting at it's peak after a 30 minute break you may want to go with Xanax, it will kick in a little faster than the diazepam. Also, if you're concerned about the whole blackout thing--which I think you won't have to worry about considering the doses you're taking--then maybe take a smaller dose of 0.5mg of Xanax.
Take whatever you know works for you, just know diazepam takes a little longer to reach it's peak effect, so keep that in mind.
I take clonazepam and I know that takes a while to kick in like diazepam, so I always make sure I take the dose I need a couple hours ahead of time so I am fully adjusted by the time I need to be.

Good luck, stay relaxed and be confident, you'll be fine.

Cheers,

-Scott
 
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The diaz was still fairly pronounced when I woke up. So ended up taking 2mg xanax with to the interview. Talk half en route, and and then half after the group activity.

The whole thing went well I think. I spoke freely, and appeared to be telling them what they wanted to hear. (whether I had eyes like gold fish bowls I don't know). But I felt fairly coherent.

For my more important interview next week I might just stick to the same regiment. But less diaz the night before, and less xanax on the day of interview. I can always take 2mg again if I'm feeling more nervous than I was today.
 
5 of diazepam will be enough to suppress any over the top anxiety without causing any significant sedation or impairment of cognitive function.
 
I question whether you should really be looking for a benzo as an answer to this problem. If anxiety is such an issue for you in such events you might want to check out 2-FA. It has a short duration, gets you sociable and focused and there is no comedown to speak of nor real pupil-dilation. I'm quite surprised it hasn't taken off more then it has, but that's for the best because it's quite a gem as far as functional stims go.
Otherwise you might look into etizolam, which isn't as overwhelming as the above-mentioned but handles anxiety very well while maintaining functionality as a person.
 
I went through the same thing with interviews. Coming across as a nervous bumbling wreck, until finally realising i wasnt doing myself justice.

I have since found that loads of preperation and rehearsal of questions and answers, done out-loud is more effective, though preferably when no one else is around. Then ive been able to go intto interviews confident that im prepared and not feel half as nervous. Finally managed to secure a better position at work this way...
 
To the above two posters.....

Like I said in my review of how it went, it worked perfectly. The interview went really well. (well, perhaps I'm jumping ahead of myself, I'll post another update once I hear back).

I'm a relatively INfrequent benzo user, but my tolerance is certainly too pronounced for 5mg diaz to do much. And its less 'anxiety' so to speak in these situations. But more of general nervousness, and the inability to feel comfortable speaking my mind (perhaps that IS a form of anxiety? if so I apologise).

Having said that, I'll look into 2-FA (I've never heard of it though, and I'm not sure of how to source it or its legal situation here in the UK).

I'll be sticking to todays tried and tested formula for next weeks interview anyway.

Cheers for the input.
 
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