You forgot the other side-effect of eyelid 'twitches', 'tremors' or whatever they are called.
You also forgot to mention that the eyelid sid-effect and the weight gain one (never heard of anyone getting this until now tbh, maybe he was just hungry) do not affect everyone, no idea of exact numbers but from what I've heard from friends and forums, the majority of etizolam users do not suffer from these negative side effects.
I've been taking etizolam since around November last year, I started cautiously by using for 4 days of the week then having 3 days without any at all. This only lasted a couple of months probably less.
Since January I've been taking etiz every single day so thats like 7-8 months. My dosage ranges between 2-5mg a day and I was dosing between 2-4mg a day back in January, I find it extremely weird that my dosage has hardly changed, obviously the effects aren't as intense as they were in the first couple of months but I don't feel like I need to up my dosage atall atm.
I remember the first time i took diazpemam i had 2 10mg pills and they hit me like a truck, but my tolerance built up so damn quickly with them, after around 4 months of daily usage I was taking like 20+ of the same pills just to feel normal. Withdrawal from diazepam addiction felt like I was going to literally die. On the other hand withdrawal from etizolam after a period of 5-6 months daily usage was a piece of cake, the withdrawal symptoms were the same as that of diazepam (chest restriction, trouble
breathing etc etc.) but they were just hugely mild versions of them, could handle them no problem and tnis was going completely cold turkey for 7-9 days, no taper.
Fuck knows about serotonin, I've definitely read from several different sources that it does release it but I haven't noticed any negative effects. I've never really noticed the etizolam high to be more euphoric anyway even when i first took them, to be honest I felt huge euphoria when I first took diazepam even though it doesn't release serotonin (or does it?) maybe I got mass euphoria due to the feeling this drug had given me... the belief that I was capable of doing anything I needed to do, talk to anyone in the world without even the slightest bit of anxiety, and that I had finally found a miracle cure for my anxiety issues.
So young and so naive... haha.