Valium/Diazepam half life and dosing questions

[PsychedelicHaze]

Now I've abused benzos heavily for a few years and off them now.

I started off with the occasional xanax bar binges for a year or two but nothing crazy.

I then found a very cheap supply of 10mg valiums. I would take 1-2 and feel great for all day. But eventually I was taking 10-20 a day for the next several months.

why with such a long half life does valium seem like it's effects have totally disappeared the next day?

Is it the hypnotic properties that most benzos have that trick you in to thinking you're totally normal while in reality your bordrline slurring or is it because it is having a paradoxical effect and being stimulating?


Can a compound become ineffective after a certain time in the body even before the half life has ended?


After valiums I started abusing xanax way more and klonopin the most. To me klonopin seems to be valium on steroids but a little less euphoric and more foggy minded at higher doses.

 

[PsychedelicHaze]

Nobody knows any good info that may shed light?

 

[Kittycat5]

Valium is quite lipophilic and distributes into fat stores where it is not readily available to be used at the receptors. So even though the half-life is long, the duration of action may be shorter.

 

[PsychedelicHaze]

Hmm..So does that mean when the fat is burned that the valium was stored in you'll still feel the effects?