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Misc Methqualone (Marndrax/Quaalude) Addiction...Think I might have a problem here

IVXLCDM

IVXLCDM

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Backstory short. I frequently visit Asia on vacation, where I go it is the land of unregulated pharmaceuticals.

Ok, now the the problem. I got addicted to methaqualone whilst there, and smuggled back a bottle of maybe 50-60 in one of my used up (legit) benzo bottles. I'm down to 20, which ain't bad I suppose. From what I've read withdrawal is hell, so tapering is the best option. However, me being a fiend and having access to what others only dream about, I want to get fucked up off them. Is there alternative route? Maybe a cross-tol between BZDs and barbs (which I have near unlimited access to?). I'm thinking no, but just asking the most knowledgeable board there is as to my predicament. I know most are gonna say taper...but any other input?
 
I know methqualone is a unique chemical, which is why I'm asking. And thanks for the original and witty statement about mailing them to you. Check your mailbox in a week.

...now any serious answers?
 
You could start switching out doses with a benzo or barbiturate, at an every-other dosage interval.

This way, you will start to withdraw from methaqualone but at an interval where you can still get full effects (i.e. you won't have to lower the dosage - just dosing interval).

Or maybe use barbs for 1-2 days, benzos for 3-4 days, then 1 day of methaqualone.

Or you can decrease the methaqualone drastically and use benzos to synergize - although this I would say just don't do if you can avoid it, because you'll just want to take the full methaqualone dosage with more benzos = worse dependency.
 
Get a lot of booze and beer and drink that as a first aid if you get serious withdrawal symptoms(alcohol is cross-tolerant with barbiturates and methaqualone)... If you have a serious withdrawal, you have to go to hospital, they legally have to take you in because methaqualone withdrawal is life-threatening... They'll probably give you a lot of benzos to get over it.
 
Thnaks for the input I'm going to do a variation of the suggestion C.H suggested. Never been to the hospital due to anything drug related, and don't plan to.

Just one last question: are you SURE BZDs and barbs are cross tolerant (with methaqualone), because my whole plan is based on this contingency. I'm not finding a great deal of accessible information regarding this during my lazy google searches.
 
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Benzos and barbs and qualones are all GABAergics. There is strong partial cross-tolerance between all of them.

Note that while multiple doses of benzos stack additively with eachother, you might get stronger-than-expected effects from taking both a benzo and methaqualone (or benzo + barb, of course). So tread carefully on that.
 
If benzos don't have a cross tolerance, which I think they do, being GABAergic, they will at least minimize, or kill the withdrawl. I suggest tapering, just in case.
 
im sure when he said he had access to barbs and benzos, the barb he was talking about was pheno. so yeah pheno and or some klonopin at higher doses(since ludes were schedule II and benzos are IV) would make sense.
 
No I am prescribed Seconal, far more effective. Tapering slowly, reducing methaqualone intake and supplementing barbs or benzos if I feel negative effects due to withdrawal. So far, so good, as far as this goes. Luckily I don't really have bad withdrawals from many drugs that produce horrible WDs for many others (I was a long term heroin and cocaine user, among other drugs). I'm not worried about addiction to aforementioned supplementing substances because I'm prescribed a hell of a lot them. I have not experienced any discomfort so far, so I think what I'm doing now is working great.I generally have extensive knowledge and experience of great array of downers, as they are my drug of choice.

Thanks for replies, I kind of knew what to do, but I just wanted confirmation from knowledgeable people, because this was a rare situation. Thanks for the help guys. And I'm sorry, it's hard for me to articulate or spell properly because I'm totally fucked from the barbs and benzos currently. It took me like 20 minutes to type this message.
 
IVXLCDM said:
Backstory short. I frequently visit Asia on vacation, where I go it is the land of unregulated pharmaceuticals.

Ok, now the the problem. I got addicted to methaqualone whilst there, and smuggled back a bottle of maybe 50-60 in one of my used up (legit) benzo bottles. I'm down to 20, which ain't bad I suppose. From what I've read withdrawal is hell, so tapering is the best option. However, me being a fiend and having access to what others only dream about, I want to get fucked up off them. Is there alternative route? Maybe a cross-tol between BZDs and barbs (which I have near unlimited access to?). I'm thinking no, but just asking the most knowledgeable board there is as to my predicament. I know most are gonna say taper...but any other input?
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why are you asking for help while bragging about how you took a trip for a few weeks and got addicted to barbs in the process. Maybe you don't mean to its ok, or maybe I'm jealous you're bragging......hmmm
 
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