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Took xanax for a little too long. Info needed.

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MuzzyWazzy

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Guys

I was taking xanax for approx 10 days, around .5 to 1mg a day at bedtime (bought on the black market in 2mg bars, not a prescription). It has been helping me sleep as I've been stressed due to some family money issues. It done its job, but then I thought I better stop it because I knew it could be addictive. Anyway, no so good, I'm having withdrawals already after only such a short time.

I tried stopping cold turkey about 4 days ago (my last amount was .5mg last Friday) and I haven't been able to sleep properly since. I've maybe had about 6 hours of very average sleep in that time. I'm stressing hard as I've never been addicted to anything (smoked ciggies on and off for 10 years no worries) but this shit is just evil. The insomnia is the worst, I also have a rattling ear drum about 4 times a day and some dizzy spells. I couldn't believe how easy it was to get hooked on this stuff.

I need to know if I quit cold turkey (I have the strength to do it mentally) am I going to have any issues with passing out while driving or having a mild seizure? I done a bit of reading online and it's scary stuff. My guess is that it's only a short time I have used it and I should be fine, but I want to be careful. I had to tell my wife today and although she wasn't happy, she was understanding.

So the total amount I had would have had was approx 9mg over the space of approx 10 days. Like I said, I stopped after Friday night and wondering if I need to take maybe even just .25 mg every couple days to avoid any major problems.

Anyone thinking of using this without a prescription, think again. You'd be safer smoking meth every day for 10 days. Worst evil shit on the planet!
 
10 days is nowhere near long enough to develop a strong physical dependence on Alprazolam. You may have a very slight dependence on it. Practice good sleep hygiene, ie up and to bed at same time each day. Be in bed only to sleep. Chamomile tea helps. Warm milk and honey, bread etc. Your sleep pattern should return to normal soon enough.
 
I think this might be a rather large over reaction on your part.

1mg doesn't get me snoozing and I don't even have a tolerance. You've been very sensible actually, so much that you deserve a pat on the back.

Those doses are incredibly low and for a rather short period of time. If you were taking it because you were having troubles sleeping, would you expect that to magically change when you stop taking it? Nope, just back at square one is all.

Take some OTC anti-histamines to help you sleep if needs be (restavit is fairly effective) and tbh with those tiny doses you've been taking you may actually find they work as well as the xanax.

Anyone thinking of using this without a prescription, think again. You'd be safer smoking meth every day for 10 days. Worst evil shit on the planet!
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Easy tiger, your having troubles sleeping - which you had before the xanax. Net result? No change - big deal.

You will not have a seizure, or pass out. These 'withdrawals' are probably not related to your xanax use, any dependence you have will be little to none. When the anxiety comes to town, then your experiencing withdrawals ;)

Unless your experiencing serious re-bound anxiety your in the same boat I've been in all my life, just cant sleep without chemical assistance. Does not make xanax 'evil'.
Deal with your family issues, as they seem to be the cause of your insomnia rather than any drug problems.

Best of luck :)
 
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xanax is fucking evil as hell ... i had a friend who was taking it for 6 months when initially was just binging on weekends and he was all sorts of fucked up . and i have found 1mg more than enough to get me to sleep , sometimes its wiped out my entire day and ive been munted but idk what would make it so much stronger for me .
 
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xanax is fucking evil as hell ... i had a friend who was taking it for 6 months when initially was just binging on weekends and he was all sorts of fucked up . and i have found 1mg more than enough to get me to sleep , sometimes its wiped out my entire day and ive been munted but idk what would make it so much stronger for me .
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Your right, it can be evil - if abused. The OP hasn't really been abusing though.

Every time I encounter a bottle of this stuff that's 3 days I'm never getting back ;) You know that going in though. A bad workman always blames their tools. Treat your tools with respect, and experience no evil. Kinda simple really?
 
Thank guys, I feel way better now. I'm glad you say I am over reacting, thats what I was hoping for. I'll stick it out and just push on without taking anymore. The last thing I need now is an addiction.

I've done many illegal drugs over the past 15 years but nothing has fucked with my head as much as this stuff. Maybe I am just sensitive to it, but I just can't believe how powerful it is for a prescription drug. I can usually have a binge for a few days on almost anything and get away with it, but I really thought I pushed it too far this time. It's the only drug that has ever scared the shit out of me.

Anyway, thanks so much. Hopefully I get some sleep tonight, I need it bad.
 
Like others have mentioned 10 days isnt a very long time and you wont have any WD issues. I used to think the same way as you, abusing opiates, benzos and whatever helped to knock me out for insomnia. You tend to realize that after a while your body will return to normal and your sleeping patters will be fine. I actually sleep so much better lately sober whereas before id be tossing and turning for an hour or two waking up few times and end up feeling more tired than before during the WD period. Let nature do its course and you will be fine. Its one underestimated substance thats for sure. One needs to be careful with it.
 
MuzzyWazzy said:
I've done many illegal drugs over the past 15 years but nothing has fucked with my head as much as this stuff. Maybe I am just sensitive to it, but I just can't believe how powerful it is for a prescription drug. I can usually have a binge for a few days on almost anything and get away with it, but I really thought I pushed it too far this time. It's the only drug that has ever scared the shit out of me.
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Its quite possible you are rather sensitive to it, but even then 10 days on those kind of doses isnt going to land you in a bad place.

If this insomnia is a recurring issue definitely consider talking to a GP about it. Although then there's the potential issue of getting it scripted legitimately which is still going to result in dependence and makes things worse in the long run. Personally I've chosen to treat my insomnia off-label as I'm 100% convinced I can not be trusted to use a xanax prescription responsibly.

Weed does it for me most nights, failing that I've enough mates with bi-polar to have a never ending supply of seroquel. Hopefully this isnt long term for you however. But seriously look into some OTC anti-histamines if you cant sleep properly tonight, at some point you really do just have to force it to happen.

Happy snoozin' =D
 
Chill out man, without help from any chemicals though. Maybe learn some breathing or relaxation techniques, but you're not going through any kind of withdrawal serious enough to give you seizures. At most you'd be feeling the mildest of the mild symptoms, but if you were taking that little amount once a day for 10 days, you're fine. That's not to say that it's safe to take Xanax for 10 days straight whenever you feel like it, but if you stop now you've got nothing at all to worry about.

It's possible that you're causing yourself anxiety by overthinking things which could be affecting your sleep. Like I said above, try and learn some relaxation techniques, meditate, or do whataver else you can to calm yourself down without the use of drugs. This alone will probably help you better than any benzo.
 
hey MuzzyWazzy,

I just wanted to say that I disagree with people telling you 10 days at the dose you were taking is not long enough to experience withdrawals and the person who said 1mg is a low dose for low tolerance is wrong.

I wouldn't be surprised if you were suffering withdrawals. They may be mild withdrawals but that is still significant and can signify the beginning of a more committed relationship with benzos.

So what ever you do don't take more benzos to help ease it. Use something else! Don't use alcohol or any other strong GABA agonist/modulators.

What you can be sure of is that you won't suffer the usual long term, months to years worth of withdrawals. It is much more likely that you'll feel much better in a week or two. But again, don't use alcohol to help get through it. Get your self heaps of your favourite other stuff (s), what ever that is and leave your GABA system alone. Maybe some nice hydro for sleeping, I used catapress for this but you'll have to convince your Dr. Opiates are kind of out of the question but I am thinking you'd appreciate something nice to get you through the days. Again catapress can be great in the short term if you tolerate it well.

You'll do best if you keep busy to some extent but you'll also thank your self for shorter days and longer bong/food/internet/sleep time.

All the best and I'm sure you'll be fine, you've done the right thing in stopping at 10 days, it could be worse, like a Drs prescription for a months worth.
 
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Duudue...dont worry u will be fine....10 days...is small amount of time....u will be fine....maybe some restlessness a little lack of sleep but it will pass....trust me..u will wake up and feel normal again in no time.....try some nautral remedies for lack of sleep.....but a bit of advice..never purchase pills on the black market.....never ever...gooduck and God bless....
 
Anyone thinking of using this without a prescription, think again. You'd be safer smoking meth every day for 10 days. Worst evil shit on the planet!
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2 close friends who started taking xanax (prescribed by docs) found it hard as hell to ever get off as well. Both told me they felt as tho they couldn't sleep without it.

Good luck bro, it sounds like you know you wont to give that shit up, it is so very addictive going from what my 2 friends have told me. I've never tried it, i never wont to either.



Hope you nail it man.
 
solano1 said:
Duudue...dont worry u will be fine....10 days...is small amount of time....u will be fine....maybe some restlessness a little lack of sleep but it will pass....trust me..u will wake up and feel normal again in no time.....try some nautral remedies for lack of sleep.....but a bit of advice..never purchase pills on the black market.....never ever...gooduck and God bless....
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WTF ? The OP is just asking for some info as to WD's ? from 10 day binge not a freaking lecture & keep the God stuff out of it what has that got to do with it?
 
benzo withdrawal

Many years ago I did a student placement for a couple of weeks in a non-medicated detox unit. As we offered no meds, we couldn't take in people withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines (like Xanax/alprazolam - although flunitrazepam (Rohypnol) was the big one in those days). This is because withdrawal from these substances is potentially life threatening.

Our cut-off for deciding if we would take someone in was daily use for 2 weeks. So for example, if someone wanted to come in to withdraw from heroin and they had also been taking valium, we would not take them if they had been using valium every day for the past 14 days or longer. Yep - physical dependence can develop in as little as 2 weeks of daily use

So to the OP - your 10 days of use puts you in the safe zone. It would be incredibly unlikely that you will experience dangerous withdrawal symptoms from stopping cold turkey.
 
Oh, OK - citations on time to develop benzo dependence

Some links:
this thread

The Ashton Manual, quoted in thread above: "psychological and physical dependence can develop within a few weeks or months of regular or repeated use"

The ubiquitous wikipaedia weighs in "Benzodiazepine dependence is a frequent complication for those prescribed for or using for longer than four weeks"

So 2 weeks daily use is the extreme end of the scale in terms of developing dependence - but not outside the bounds of possibility and a fair cut-off point from a risk managment perspective in the detox I was referring to.
 
Thanks for that ayjay, I forget most people dont have the better part of a pharmacology degree to base their views on.

Anyone reading this thread on a current benzo binge could stand to read up on those links. I've never developed a dependence, but it sure sounds like hell. You'd be very aware of it. That said, a two week high dose binge would likely have a few nasty effects coming off, a 1mg a day usage isn't going to result in anything more than slight discomfort
 
go get some promethazine (phenergan) it's an otc sleeping aid/antipsyshotic/antihistamine.
it will be way more sedating than 2mg of xanax imo. i dunno why this stuff is legal. take the max dose 75mg & u'll be struggling to stay awake

u could also try the other 2 otc sleeping aids doxylamine & dph (the deleriant if u take to much) but promethazine i found to be the best with least side effects.
 
Thanks for the replies everyone, I really appreciate it

Just thought I'd let you know I'm finally all back to normal. I had to take .25mg to get me to sleep Monday night, but last night I feel asleep within 30 mins without taking anything at all. So it took a good 1 x full week from realising it was becoming an issue to finally getting over it. For anyone thinking of having this I wouldn't have it any more than once every so often (maybe after a bad come down or something would be ok) because I think that's where my problem started. Any more than 2 or 3 nights of taking it and you mentally create a habit which turns into mild withdrawals very quickly, and even those are enough to drive you crazy. I can't imagine how these people get off heavy doses, it must be hell.

Thank for the help guys
 
I'm late to the party but ten days is not that big a deal as it seems almost everyone already told you. I hope that you take away something from this though, which is that if you did develop a serious dependency on benzodiazepines it is not pleasant trying to get off them. It is hell.
 
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