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  • BDD Moderators: Keif’ Richards | negrogesic

Mixing Benzos Better Than Just Taking One?

So are mixing benzos even safe? I hear a lot about how if you mix them with other downers like alcohol and opiates, you can OD. Isn't mixing another benzo just adding another downer? Or is it more like drinking beer on top of liquor?
 
^It's not like either of those options, really. Those drugs you mentioned greatly intensify each other, but one benzo does not potentiate another to nearly that degree.

I love mixing benzos! They give a really unique feel when combined, which is great given that I'm pretty used to most of them on their own...
 
BcL07 said:
So are mixing benzos even safe? I hear a lot about how if you mix them with other downers like alcohol and opiates, you can OD. Isn't mixing another benzo just adding another downer? Or is it more like drinking beer on top of liquor?
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All benzos bind to the same site on the GABA receptor, so its safe to combine different types of benzos.

Its only unsafe to mix benzos with other non-benzo downers (like alcohol, GHB, opiates, gabapeptin, etc).

:)
 
I've tried mixing Oxazepam and Lorazepam (Nice combo, nothing too special) and Temazepam with Lorazepam (Very nice combo, extremely euphoric, I recommend it).
 
Different benzos have different properties (anxiolytic, hypnotic, anticonvulsant, muscle relaxant, and amnesic) at different ratios so usually I find that combining benzos is better than them on their own, since the properties other than amnesic are (usually) all desirable. So synergy is definitely present. However, some benzos are just crappier than others, and I will rather take 2mg of alprazolam than, say, 1mg of alprazolam and the equivalent of that in oxazepam (which would be 40-60mg depending on the source).

But generally, I feel that taking different benzos together is definitely more pronounced than the benzos by themselves. Hypnotic benzos complement each other nicely - just had nitrazepam and temazepam together yesterday. As for Valium and Xanax, I'd take the Valium first, and as soon as you're feeling it good, pop the Xanax for a further "peak" if you will (not that benzos are all that intense in the way of "peaking").

Alcohol, I find, is a nice potentiator in SMALL amounts, so I'll drink 2-3 beers and then take a little less benzos. Saves pills.
 
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