if people cant bother to read carefully, i dont need my question up. it was answered. thanks.





if people cant bother to read carefully, i dont need my question up. it was answered. thanks.
Last edited by britt244; 07-12-2008 at 01:24 PM.




How much xanax are you on? valium is a benzo too so chances are you've just built up a tolerance which is why it's not working.
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you would have to probably take 2 xanax to feel anything because your body expects 10mgs. Just wean off of benzos (BE CAREFUL) and take it ONLY when you need it. You'll notice effects again at lower dose.
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That sucks. Xanax never worked for me. Nothing did...valium,klonopin..can take them by the bottleful and they might as well be tic tacs. Nada.Sucks because I cant find anything that helps with my depression/anxiety so it just gets worse and worse.
Maybe ask your DR..but yeah,I'm guessing your body has built up a tolerance and has gotten used to the stronger ones.
nevermind
Last edited by LadyLuck; 07-15-2008 at 11:31 AM. Reason: b/c only pro meds info is welcome on this site
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try something with a long half life. klonopin is great, ativan is too but its got a short half life and i got badly addicted to it.
valium has the longest half life, i would suggest that then if it makes you not function lower the dosage.





Xanax is tricky for me. I can take 20 .25 pills and it won't do jack shit if still walking around and doing things. Right know I just took 8, my normal to go to bed and I'm trying to relax enough to feel it. Try taking it and just laying in the dark and breathing and trying to relax and focus on feeling it relax you.
I know this sounds really new age-y which totally isn't me, ahah but it works. I'm pretty sure I've fucked up this dose and will have to take some more, but I swear it does work if you let it.





Valuium is a bezo. the reason the zanax isnt working anymore is because your ps prescibed this for you. Muscle relaxers are somas, flexorals. I wonder why he would prescribe you pain pills and bezos anyways this is a good recipe to od on (heath ledger). All benzos will relax you because they work on the central nervous system but they are not classified as muscle relaxers. Hell pain pills have relaxing qualities as well but arent muscle relaxers. If you want your zanax to wok again you need to not take any benzos for around 3 weeks. What happened was when you took the valum which is stronger than zanax and has a higher half life you built up a higher tollerance to the benzos so the zanax you are not going to feel the effects of anymore because the valum buit up in your blood because it can remain in the body for I believe over 72 hours when zanax has like a 6-12 hour half life. So when you took the zanax again you had built up the valium in your blood stream so the zanax didnt do anything for you. You can build up tollerence even though you onlt took them 3-4 days a week because of the longer half life. Your body never got rid of the valium. Tollerence is typical with benzos. Just dont take any for 3 weeks and start taking them again and they should work. Theres a few good benzo websites that give you good info I think one is bezosuk.org. You can build tollerence quickly everone is different, it explains about this. How some people can go through withdrawl after taking them for a few weeks to a month, which means tollerence builds up differently in everyone.





Yes if its an anti convulsant benzo such as valum and kolonopin and you have been taking them for a long time. I dont know how long she has been on benzos but I have been on kolonopin for over a year I take them 3 days a week at home and when I travel I take them everyday for 10-12 days. I havent taken them in two weeks because I want a break and because they work better when I take thm again. She can taper offf usage but she says she only takes them 3 times a week since her surgery so I dont think she need to. Though she should ask her doctor. I did more research and found valium is listed as a benzo with muscle relaxent properies as well as all bezos but valium more so. Britt you might want to go on wikipeda it has some good info on benzos.
most benzos have both properties. ive been on klonopin 6 months, its so much better for me then ativan was. every one is different you are right about that!


sounds like you need to make yourself on a higher dose. my xanax is making me tired but if i don'y have them i can't eat, sleep, talk, dance or even sew. i raised my doed up to much i need more or i'm goiing to be feeling like you and i know how that feels. you can have a seizure si it's not at all healthy for you to just stop taking benzos. you will go through withdrawl and it sounds to me like that is what is going on. and bezo withdrawl is worse than coming off of hardcore illegal drugs like herion or even coke. take it serously and go to the dr.





She isnt going through withdrawl. She is still taking them. Whithdrawl symtoms are awful but she hasnt listed any symtoms of withdrawl at all. Really benzoa arent something to fool around with but I think some research about what they actually are and what withdrawl symtoms actually are like would be of help to everyone here.




Okay so let me chime in with "withdrawals" from benzo.
I took 1 bar of xanax a day for 60-90 days. Then as I was set to run out I went to the DR and she wrote .25! which would take 8 of those to equal 1 bar! I freaked out because I knew I was headed for withdrawal. My DR btw speaks NO english at all and nor do her front desk girls. Long story.
Going from a bar to .25 is really setting yourself up for a bad time. I could tell while I had bars about an hour before I required them because I would start to panic..feel flushed and my hands would sweat.
I went to the Pharmacy because I knew withdrawals were bound to happen. I just asked out right what to do..they said "keep an eye on your behavior" IE if anything starts getting weird get to the ER. Even going down to .5 would trigger a withdrawal.
I had a hard time sleeping (maybe it was worry) I def. had the start of a panic attack..I took nyquil and passed out..but it was restless sleep. Lots of sweats. Def. Had stomach issues. The next day I went to stand up from sleeping and I was soooo dizzy I felt like I had ran in circles then tried to walk straight.
I felt out of sorts for probably 2 or 3 days. Nothing major. If I felt like I was going to panic then I went and cleaned or walked around outside.
I did sleep a LOT. Like way more than usual. I made sure not to drink any caffiene. No starbucks (triggers panic attacks) and i took nyquil to sleep.
Sure you can have benzo siezures but that comes from serious heavy dosage and from prolonged use. Like a year or more and then going off of them. I was taking xanax at a really high dose (btw I never took the .25's while this was going on I knew they wouldn't do any fucking good)
Still obviously talk to your DR. But I agree with michelle. And valium isn't a muscle relaxor at all. Not even close. It just makes you "feel" more relaxed because you are mentally.
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Well good, glad you got the answer you were looking for and even happier to hear that you told the Dr. about your regular xanax use. No need to get huffy with me because I missed a post or two in this topic. I was only trying to help because honestly messing with your does levels is playing with fire. And even though you've been NOTHING but rude to me since my very first day on this website I wouldn't wish you harm and was concerned about your current issue.
If the answer you here got doesn't pan out PLEASE go talk to your Dr. You don't want to hurt yourself with an improperly mixed drug cocktail.
Best wishes and good luck with your meds.
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drs dont know that much about benzos especially family doctors. i know more about dosages and everything just by doing my own research. brit i reccomend for your own knowlage to check out benzo.org.uk they are the most informative benzosite/messegeboard out there.





Yeah thats what I said like six post before. If you are going to take benzos do some research about them! You are right ibreathin about regular mds not knowing much about benzos. My aunt who has been on benzos off and on for 20 something years knows more about benzos than most the doctors Ive been to. Alot of doctors will just write scrips because they know you will get hooked and they want you to come back once a month so they can keep writing scrpts for you. More money for them. I learned alot from my aunt who has been an addict for years she told me things about benzos that doctors were surprised I knew. They didnt even know but yeah do research these arent a drug to screw around with.
I was more thinking the BA doc than a family doc but researching on ones own is always a good idea too.
You all posted great links and I am sure they will be useful to others with benzo questions. And helping eachother is what it is all about so thanks for adding it![]()
Last edited by LadyLuck; 07-12-2008 at 05:43 PM. Reason: credited wrong person for the good link
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I was talking about benzo.org. I posted way back in the thread for her to go on there!
jesus christ who cares who posted it....![]()





my dr doesnt see me for a refill. he calls it in. so no he isnt trying to get me to come see him. its a fucking half mg of xanax. i went in and ASKED for it. he didnt want to give it to me. THE VALIUM WAS FROM MY PLASTIC SURGEON AFTER MY BA. which i will not be GETTING a refill for and even if i did he doesnt get anything when i go back to see him!
why am i even responding to this thread?
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