Funny enough last Feb i was going through some really stressful times and had a load of anxiety. And I had used a benzo three nights in a row to calm myself down. But being the cautious guy I am I did not take it for a fourth night and went a few weeks without any. But I could see how easy it is to get hooked and just keep doing it. The reason I don't is because I did read every benzo thread on BL and read the horror stories. Some people can pop these things for a month or two and come off no issues. Then another guy does it a week and feels bad for a week coming off. Then there are the other people that we in deep not knowing what to do and honestly a few ended up in the shrine. Then there are the others that came off and never looked back.
Without anxiety all benzos do is give me amnesia. I feel normal., a little relaxed but nothing special, then the next day I realize I can not remember the TV episode in detail and usuall have to watch it again the next day. Then I remember. This is on a light dose too. Which makes me wonder if benzos create a recall problem and not a memory. Once I see it again I realize ok I remember it now so it is not a total black out. Having virgin benzo receptors I think I am sensitive to the amnesia qualities of this drug.
Reading the benzo posts I am surpised at how many people bought an RC benzo and start doing it all day every day even with all the warnings. To me someone that only experiences anxiety once ia while I do not need the drug. But someone that does starts usuing them only to find the rebound and other symptoms completely horrible.
These are not drugs to get high on, they are meds for people that really really need it. Yet I did read how someone would buy a gram of clonazolam or flubromazolam and by the end of the month they were taking very large doses only to find the prescripted benzos did not work anymore. So they take more and at least half the people that did come off had mentioned that the tolerance is permanent. What a deal is.
@Asante had mentioned in the night nursse post that if you never increase the dose the tolerance factor stays the same. Just never raise it. Very wise words that need repeating. Benzo tolerance is a topic that should scare people. Needing a handful of xanax to work when it use to be only one was needed should really cause someone to be more cautious. The Gaba system is so woven into our being that it is important to take care of it.
Te other gaba drugs (gaba B) are a little different but abuse there can cause an addiction too. There only about 1/2 of the people on daily gabapentin or pregabalin experieneced a bad withdrawal coming off. The others that claim they can not feel anything from these drugs seem to have it a little easier. But the phenibut posts are enlightening to read too. None of these things are easy to deal with having a large addiction to them.
Lastly kudos to the people that take their 3 klonopins a day for years, never raise it and are balanced and fine. So it can be a good med if need. Just don't raise the dose in any crazy way.
