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lorazepam & alprazolam questions

BabyGurl3171

BabyGurl3171

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Hi everyone! long time. Anyway I have a few questions...
I recently got rx'd lorazepam & alprazolam. (ativan & xanax). However I have been off benzos since August last year, 2012.
Now back then I could eat 20 xanax bars and just have the best feelings. Yes, 20. I was using them for almost 5 years.
Anyway, I now have about 30 alprazolam .25 mgs & 13 lorazepam 1 mgs.
So far I have taken 2 mgs of alprazolam & 1 mg of lorazepam. Kinda feel calm but not where I wanna b. So, has my tolerance dropped? Is it possible & by how much roughly? I kno u can only guess. I'll take it with a grain of salt.
Should I add more and if so at what intervals? And of which?
Again I have .25 mgs of alprazolam and 1 mgs lorazepam.
I'd like a mellow, slight nod. That's about it.
Thank u. And I missed u crazy bitches ;)
 
BabyGurl3171 said:
Is it possible & by how much roughly?
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Absolutely impossible to determine how much your tolerance has dropped. Whether it's dropped or not, my guess would be yes. Substantially, most likely not, especially if you were using benzodiazepines for an extended period of time, and at the high doses you mentioned.
 
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BabyGurl3171 said:
Hi everyone! long time. Anyway I have a few questions...
I recently got rx'd lorazepam & alprazolam. (ativan & xanax). However I have been off benzos since August last year, 2012.
Now back then I could eat 20 xanax bars and just have the best feelings. Yes, 20. I was using them for almost 5 years.
Anyway, I now have about 30 alprazolam .25 mgs & 13 lorazepam 1 mgs.
So far I have taken 2 mgs of alprazolam & 1 mg of lorazepam. Kinda feel calm but not where I wanna b. So, has my tolerance dropped? Is it possible & by how much roughly? I kno u can only guess. I'll take it with a grain of salt.
Should I add more and if so at what intervals? And of which?
Again I have .25 mgs of alprazolam and 1 mgs lorazepam.
I'd like a mellow, slight nod. That's about it.
Thank u. And I missed u crazy bitches ;)
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This is a question I would like answered myself yet I know it's impossible, I used to abuse Benzos like they were going out of fashion (My abuse made your use sound sensible I'm ashamed to say) I used to try and take tolerance breaks of around 3 - 7 weeks and then use again, my tolerance did drop but never really that much, and when I did use again, the Benzo effects I was looking for was never to be found, I used to get some Anxiety relief but never that feeling of contentment with the world although I would get serious Amnesia for sure!

I've now had just over a 10 week break and I'm very tempted to use again in the hope that I may find some medicinal benefit, since when I quit my Social Anxiety has took complete control once again :( to the point that my only real contact with reality is when I go to work.

I'm really trying to weigh up the pros and cons...
 
That's my problem. My panic attacks are destroying my life and relationships. It's been 7 months without anything and many trips to the er have been made. Where they dose me with a benzo and send me on my way. I'm almost at agoraphobia stage again. Finally got a script. I'd like to have one enjoyable experience. So far I've taken 2 mgs Xanax and 1 mg ativan and really feel nothing. Should I eat? Space out doses? And how far apart? Also, chew, swallow or sublingual? And is there a stay the hell away dose? Thanks!
 
I would recommend in the case of panic disorder to take as needed, or as prescribed to avoid your prescription running out early and having to suffer panic attacks.

Sublingually is my preferred method-of-administration. Orally can be only slightly less effective but effective nonetheless. Crushing or chewing would serve no purpose as benzodiazepines are quick to degrade.
 
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That's my problem. My panic attacks are destroying my life and relationships. It's been 7 months without anything and many trips to the er have been made. Where they dose me with a benzo and send me on my way. I'm almost at agoraphobia stage again. Finally got a script. I'd like to have one enjoyable experience. So far I've taken 2 mgs Xanax and 1 mg ativan and really feel nothing. Should I eat? Space out doses? And how far apart? Also, chew, swallow or sublingual? And is there a stay the hell away dose? Thanks!
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I totally empathise with you. My Social Anxiety/Social Phobia or whatever you want to call it has pretty much controlled every aspect of my life for 15 years. I really dont know of a way out, although as odd as it sounds, when I've been travelling (As in away in a foreign country on my own) My Anxiety definately decreases to an almost manageable level, knowing this is the one thing that really keeps me going, I'm currently saving up and hope to go travelling for long-term at the end of this year or beginning of next depending on how much I save. Throughout all this hell I keep telling myself to keep my eye on the prize, which means staying clean, saving the money and seeing the world.

Sorry this has gone a bit off topic and has probably not helped you with any of your questions, but when you mentioned how your condition was destroying your life and relationships I know exactly how your feeling.

As for how to dose.. Well I hate to put a downer on things, but my guess is due to your previous use, you may never find what your looking for when taking Benzos.
 
Thank you all for your insights. They seem to be doing pretty well keeping the terror at bay. The attacks themselves are becoming manageable. I kno i shouldn't abuse but I'd like to have one last enjoyable moment before being sober another year lol. I guess it's gonna b like oxy to me never will my tolerance drop again. Thank u all. 4 mgs now and just relaxed which is a nice feelin compared to the terror I've been living with.
Is it safe to mix with gabapentin & vistaril? Thinking of taking 3 - 600 mgs gabas & 50 mgs vistaril.
 
Yes. The gabapentin and the benzodiazepines however is something you should be careful of particularly, as it can really mess you up to significant proportions, since gabapentin potentiates benzodiazepines.

If you were really looking to make use of the small stash of benzodiazepines you have, all you have to do is a mix a small dose of benzodiazepine with gabapentin, and the synergy is potent and great.
 
No problem, but please bear in mind the phrase 'small dose benzodiazepine'. The potentiation is very strong, so mixing 0.5 milligrams with the amount of gabapentin you're ingesting would probably give you a better effect than the high dose benzodiazepines you usually ingest alone.

Be forewarned, if the doses are in excess, it could lead to a black out much like alcohol and benzodiazepines.
 
BabyGurl3171 said:
Thank you all for your insights. They seem to be doing pretty well keeping the terror at bay. The attacks themselves are becoming manageable. I kno i shouldn't abuse but I'd like to have one last enjoyable moment before being sober another year lol. I guess it's gonna b like oxy to me never will my tolerance drop again. Thank u all. 4 mgs now and just relaxed which is a nice feelin compared to the terror I've been living with.
Is it safe to mix with gabapentin & vistaril? Thinking of taking 3 - 600 mgs gabas & 50 mgs vistaril.
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"One last enjoyable moment" turns into another and another and another. I'm sorry to be that guy, but you if you legitimately need them for a medicinal reason, take them as prescribed and don't abuse them. You'll regret it if you do abuse them.

You've already been addicted to them, so chances are you will again if you decide to abuse benzos.
 
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"One last enjoyable moment" turns into another and another and another. I'm sorry to be that guy, but you if you legitimately need them for a medicinal reason, take them as prescribed and don't abuse them. You'll regret it if you do abuse them.

You've already been addicted to them, so chances are you will again if you decide to abuse benzos.
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As much as I myself keep thinking in my mind that I could use again and have another 'one last enjoyable moment' what you say is the exact truth.
 
Yeah. I ended up takin 12 mgs and sleep all day and night. Now I want more and more. I'm going thru a bad break up and using that as an excuse. I have to stop bc I realize it's gonna get worse all over again. Thank you all for ur sound opinions. I woke up about 13 hrs later and grabbed the bottle. I'm resolved to quit. don't wanna go down this road again.
sorry for typos. writing on my galaxy s3.
 
BabyGurl3171 said:
Yeah. I ended up takin 12 mgs and sleep all day and night. Now I want more and more. I'm going thru a bad break up and using that as an excuse. I have to stop bc I realize it's gonna get worse all over again. Thank you all for ur sound opinions. I woke up about 13 hrs later and grabbed the bottle. I'm resolved to quit. don't wanna go down this road again.
sorry for typos. writing on my galaxy s3.
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As you already know, this is a recipe for disaster, Benzos just have that pull about them that wants to make you keep redosing until there all gone. As you say your going through a bad break up, they seem such an easy escape.

I really hope you get through it without falling into addiction. My thoughts are with you.
 
If you want the benzos to continue working for panic attacks, don't abuse them.

30 .25mg pills is around 7mgs, which is a large dose but nothing like 20mgs that I have heard people take
 
I feel addiction coming and want to stop. but what did I do today? called my supplier and got 10 mgs alprazolam and 3 mgs lorazepam. now drinking Irish rose. drinking sparingly. kinda hard considering the now ex said I was just a whore he didn't care about. 6 guys in 35 yrs. yeah big whore. eye roll. I'm so depressed. I'm more depressed he never loved me. I think I need inpatient but I have no one to watch kids. fml. drug, cuttin & drinkin. sry this turned to a wanna die post... :(
 
I'm sorry for what you're going through. It's disgraceful that a man would say such a thing to a woman. Please bear in mind though, alcohol and benzodiazepines can worsen depression.
 
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I'm glad you've come to that conclusion since it's without a doubt the correct one. A man that says such things to a woman is not a man.

I hope you find peace within yourself without the use of benzodiazepines. You've left them successfully in the past, which is a tall order in itself, one too many times though and it begins to become an improbable task. Please exercise caution.
 
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