EscapeFromFreedom
Greenlighter
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- Apr 28, 2017
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Over the years, I've taken very small amounts of the following BZD's
Bromazepam - 1 week's worth over 2 weeks (smallest dose)
Prazepam - 4 weeks (smallest dose)
Oxazepam - 30 or so pills in 4 years (5mg dose)
Xanax - 1 week of .25mg
No problems getting any off of these, except for Lorazepam which was longer term, on/off use
But Lorazepam was a beast of it's own. Maybe it was stress & circumstances, but even taking 0.5mg dosages occasionally, made it so difficult to just completely stop. Yes, it was more sedating than the others, but I don't consider it all that euphoric.
It wasn't even the best panic-attack stopper. It sure helped in that sense, and it made me feel calmer, but it wasn't a miracle of any sort.
I keep wondering about its pharmacology. Whatever its pharmacology and compounds, it seems like an unusually strong anti-convulsant. I almost feel like when those effects were wearing of, the body would tense up, as well as random bouts of dizziness and feelings of dread would make me take it again. Seems like the anxiolytic action, combined with the convulsive action and vestibular suppression is what made it so hard to just be done with it. Any thoughts........
I guess there are all these theories how its high binding affinity to GABAa1 is what triggers the reinforcement behavior, but I feel there's so much more to that.....
Bromazepam - 1 week's worth over 2 weeks (smallest dose)
Prazepam - 4 weeks (smallest dose)
Oxazepam - 30 or so pills in 4 years (5mg dose)
Xanax - 1 week of .25mg
No problems getting any off of these, except for Lorazepam which was longer term, on/off use
But Lorazepam was a beast of it's own. Maybe it was stress & circumstances, but even taking 0.5mg dosages occasionally, made it so difficult to just completely stop. Yes, it was more sedating than the others, but I don't consider it all that euphoric.
It wasn't even the best panic-attack stopper. It sure helped in that sense, and it made me feel calmer, but it wasn't a miracle of any sort.
I keep wondering about its pharmacology. Whatever its pharmacology and compounds, it seems like an unusually strong anti-convulsant. I almost feel like when those effects were wearing of, the body would tense up, as well as random bouts of dizziness and feelings of dread would make me take it again. Seems like the anxiolytic action, combined with the convulsive action and vestibular suppression is what made it so hard to just be done with it. Any thoughts........
I guess there are all these theories how its high binding affinity to GABAa1 is what triggers the reinforcement behavior, but I feel there's so much more to that.....