Hey Spotts! A very happy unbirthday to you. Welcome to the insane asylum. I hope you brought your bathing suit; karaoke every other Fridays and watch out for Donna. She murdered another patient by holding him down and "ripping out another patient's endocrine system"[sic].
Now onto the topic currently at hand. First, we aren't gonna be discussing the alleged comparative potency between different Pharma Supplier's lots. We just don't have the space for it and unless there is a Deep State government conspiracy, it's been proven that the generic medicine market functions well and that they suffer the same tendency to err as any other human, but incidences appear to be quite rare.
Next, I'm gonna try and lay down some knowledge for you. Just please keep in mind that I'm not being judgmental. I want everybody here to be at their best. The fact that the, as you've called them, Triazolo- type Benzodiazepines are not so common any more is intentional. Once upon a time, there were drugs known as Barbiturates. These drugs were sedatives, much like Benzodiazepines, but with a subjective euphoria and physical effects similar to Ethanol. When Barbiturates were discovered/patended folks with the need for self-sedation had choices like Whiskey, Opium/Morphine/Heroin and Chloral Hydrate to name a few. These were, for the most part included in the Harrison Narcotics Tax Act 1914. To my knowledge, Cannabis (1937), Barbiturates (Being New) and Amphetamines (Not even around yet) were not included.
Barbiturates were an improvement over taking Laudanum for every physical ailment until one died or went insane. They were an improvement and like a lot of things in pharmacy "were safe". Still highly addictive, capable of inducing Delirium Tremens -> death, but, an improvement. For years they were prescribed. If you read Junkie, Mr. Burroughs talks about buying hundreds of Pentobarbital (Nembutal) at a time from pharmacists on the sly. It wasn't legal, but have you ever bought Morphine from a Rph on the sly? Lots and lots of people died as a result of Barbiturate addiction, dependence and overdose until....
1960: Chlordiazepoxide (Librium) begins to revolutionize things. It was capable of sedating patients but as a single agent, was not easily capable of causing death, whether intentional or no. Benzodiazepines flooded the market over the 60's and 70's. Barbiturates were dying or dead by 1990 or so. They "worked" but as we know now, just because folks didn't die didn't make them safe. Countless people have lost their lives in less literal terms to Benzo's as well. Most people now respect these drugs as being a sort of Pandora's Box, but we still misprescribe them all the time. The 2-4 week accepted policy of duration of treatment with these drugs is institutionally ignored.
Which brings me to the fact that I find it personally troubling that the less potent Benzodiazepines aren't really working so well for you. I feel it could be a sign that you are heading for territory that you don't want to be in. The territory I'm speaking of is one in which these high-potency/short-duration Benzodiazepines no longer truly effect you and you still have all of the same problems as before. I do not want that for you or anybody. People often don't take this shit seriously until day 3 of hellacious withdrawal in which they try unsuccessfully to claw their own skin off and you realize that monsters do indeed exist.
Please talk to us if you need anything. I am always happy to have an open, honest and non-judgmental conversation with you about this stuff. I don't want you to end up like some of the other Benzo casualties I know.