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ok valium or xanax for presentation

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IM sorry i have not posed in a very long time but here goes,

Ok hers the story i have two gigantic presentations to give up to fifteen peple on environemtal health realted issues, i was wondering if i sould pop a xanax peach before the two hour class to recuse my anxiety and nervouses when giveing the presentaion or right at class popl a five miligram valium and if this would really hell out all, Any imput would be great, these are very very very important presentaions and i completely flip out when i haveto talk infornt of people.

Thanks

VoAgEr


" you can talk classes over but you will never be ever to talk life over::o
 
i guess this really comes down to you and your prior experiences with these drugs - the last thing you'd really want is to be getting slurred speech and lightheaded while you're doin the presentation, but if your anxiety affects you so much in that sort of situation then maybe it would help

its abit of a trade off i guess - reduced anxiety but impaired neural function :\
 
I find it useful to take a small amount of a beta-blocker, for example Inderal (propranolol) 10-20 mg a couple of hours before a presentation or other stressful event.

It makes me less nervous but without the sedating effects of benzos etc.

Good luck !
 
it really depends on how you, as an individual reacts to these drugs. i know of people who use valium to deal with stage fright and public anxiety, and it CAN help ... just make sure you know what you're doing, and dose up correctly, experiment with a group of friends first perhaps?

you need to find just the right amount that'll make you relaxed enough to present your facts in a clear, coherent manner ... just make sure you don't get tooooo relaxed, that's always a risk when it comes to dealing with benzos. as an alternative, maybe you could pop 200 mg of 5-HTP? personally, i find that works wonders for me ...

good luck ... and let us know how things go~!
 
What everyone else has been saying. Try a small dose before the presentation to make sure that it doesn't make your MORE anxious (amazingly enough xanax increases my anxiety!)...and to make sure that it doesn't sedate you heavily.

But, yeah, taking 5 mg mg valium OR .25 mg xanax (provided you have some caffeine in your system and are well rested)....might very well help.

Good luck!
 
I'd go with the Xanax, as its a shorter acting drug. If you have *no* benzo tolerance, .25mg or maybe .5mg should do the trick, but you will have to play around with the dose yourself. Good luck :)
 
I think xanax is much better than valium.

Valium lingers in ur system longer and can make u feel lousy after the primary 3-4 hour effects wear off. (5-10mg)

Xanax is good at a dose of .5mg. I dont find xanax very sedative, it can give u a sort of 'drunk energy'. So 1mg would be ok too. It lasts about 5 hours. Xanax is the best benzo i have tried. Better than valium, ativan, klonopin, a few others ive tried too doesnt beat xanax.
 
I need to say this: solve your anxiety issues, don't cover them up with drugs...
You are only making the problem worse.
There's a lot of ppl going through the same shit you are going now.
I did and solved mine, so if I could do it, you can also :) .
 
Aiken Drum said:
I need to say this: solve your anxiety issues, don't cover them up with drugs...
You are only making the problem worse.
There's a lot of ppl going through the same shit you are going now.
I did and solved mine, so if I could do it, you can also :) .
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A public speaking issue isn't rare at all, and I don't think using benzos to ease the tension is making the problem worse, alot of doctors will write you a small script of benzos if you have presentations to make...
 
my english teacher said that the number one fear is public speaking, 2nd is death.. :)

Takining benzos to cover soemthign up is kinda like being mad and taking a drink.. i'm practice with my friends, possibley do some aerobic excersise before to take out all the energy that would be used for nervousness.. and who cares, if its with a real big group take an amount where you would barely feel anything
 
.5 xanax or 5mg valium... dont go over.. Id take .5 xanax. It takes away enough anxiety but still leaves me fully functional. However, there was a time when .5 xanax wouldve fucked with my head enough that i couldnt have made a presentation..

I just started doing coke before presentations.. It works wonders :)

15 people???? C'mon, it cant be that bad ;)
 
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