All about Benzodiazepines...

LadyEmeraude

LadyEmeraude

on vacation, back in September.
Benzodiazepines are recommended for short-term relief of symptoms such as anxiety or difficulty sleeping.

Pros and Cons:
 

Some years back and after a neck injury, I was prescribed Xanax for temporary use of anxiety
and sleeping challenges through the healing process of my neck. I will say it was a wonderful
help for both anxiety and sleep, but after the two months (for me) it was terribly hard to come
off of, meaning being able to sleep without it. I did though become successful in doing so, but
best I recall it took a good while for the side effects to stop...
 
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I didn't know my father was taking this. He called it his sleeping pill. I dated a lady that was taking these, and I didn't know anything about them, until she explained, which explained her behavior. It is not good to date someone that take this medication.
 

I took the lowest dose Valium for a while to see if I could get to sleep without two hours of my brain going round and round and round.

It worked with varying success....if it worked well and I slept deeply, then I was muzzy the next morning.

My insurance company insisted that I be evaluated for "drug dependence" after using less than 60 in a 14-month period. That's not much more than once a week. Hmmmmpph...
 
LadyEmeraude said:
Some years back and after a neck injury, I was prescribed Xanax for temporary use of anxiety
and sleeping challenges through the healing process of my neck. I will say it was a wonderful
help for both anxiety and sleep, but after the two months (for me) it was terribly hard to come
off of, meaning being able to sleep without it. I did though become successful in doing so, but
best I recall it took a good while for the side effects to stop...
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Xanax is harder to kick than heroin so heroin addicts say. You're not alone in having trouble withdrawing from it.
 
chic said:
Xanax is harder to kick than heroin so heroin addicts say. You're not alone in having trouble withdrawing from it.
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It for me those years ago was very hard to come off of, and for a total of use was two months, to totally
be free of it was four months. I've taken none since nor use any type of Benzo's, it's just not for me, but
I have not forgotten the struggle either....even though 17 years ago..

Also and just to share, taking it for two months almost nightly, and a low dose, then hit the brick wall for
sleep, I knew there was a dependency issue, so saw the correct doctor back then and it took another full
two months to carefully taper down and then finally off the med...

Crisp in my memory~
 
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SierraBlanca said:
I didn't know my father was taking this. He called it his sleeping pill. I dated a lady that was taking these, and I didn't know anything about them, until she explained, which explained her behavior. It is not good to date someone that take this medication.
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thanks for sharing this video...
 
I have several friends/who are fully dependent on the use of various Benzo's, so for each person
their own reasons, and or prescribed from their doctors, it goes ok for some, and terribly for
others...
 
I had to look this up to know what you're asking about. Turns out benzodiazepines includes Xanax, Librium and Valium. Have only had Valium once - my first MRI. The technician feared I'd be freak out and be claustrophobic. The doctor had prescribed one (if necessary) so the technician insisted I take it. Unfortunately for him, I kept falling asleep so he had send someone in the room to wake me up when he wanted me to hold my breath.

I took high dosage, time released antidepressants for at least five years when combating severe menopausal symptoms, but it was an absolute bear to s-l-o-w-l-y taper off them. Took me roughly two years to do so. Physical withdrawal symptoms were terrible. Overall, they were worthwhile, but I strongly caution anyone who embarks on them to be aware of what they may be signing up for.

Sounds like it's roughly the same with benzodiazepines.

After my antidepressant experience, I avoid pain and anxiety meds like the plague they can become.
 
LadyEmeraude said:
I have several friends/who are fully dependent on the use of various Benzo's, so for each person
their own reasons, and or prescribed from their doctors, it goes ok for some, and terribly for
others...
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Some are worse than others, meaning harder to withdraw from with xanax being the hardest because it is time released and so stays in your blood stream constantly. Others get in and act fast then pass out of the body through excretion. You can use one of these to withdraw from xanax if anyone is ever in that kind of a pinch.
 
chic said:
Some are worse than others, meaning harder to withdraw from with xanax being the hardest because it is time released and so stays in your blood stream constantly. Others get in and act fast then pass out of the body through excretion. You can use one of these to withdraw from xanax if anyone is ever in that kind of a pinch.
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Thanks for that info. One never knows when a loved one might benefit from it.
 
These drugs are very powerful chemicals, with many long term effects of damage to organs and systems. In particular the liver ust process ever chemicals and the kidneys filter the blood of poisons to be excreted.

Same for may food additives but the pain killers, antidepressants, NASIDs and other drugs mentioned are 10x ..100X more dangerous.

The entire USA pharma industry has been largely offshored,

Nowadays 99% of all drugs OTC and prescription are either manufactured in China or India or the feedstock chemicals are.

Many instances of recalls, faulty sanitation, careless formulation or intentional adulteration, especial off patent, generic and OTC.

Just one example: Blood pressure medication (ARB) contamination with Nitrosamines, (MDMA) a cancer causing chemical byproduct.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consu...o-about-possible-nitrosamines-your-medication

Thus we must be very skeptical of these easy solutions, prescribed by 99% of MDs as a fast solution.

You should research the side effects, and long term use risks and determine if the risks are worth the benefits.

Have an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC Day!

Jon
 
StarSong said:
I had to look this up to know what you're asking about. Turns out benzodiazepines includes Xanax, Librium and Valium. Have only had Valium once - my first MRI. The technician feared I'd be freak out and be claustrophobic. The doctor had prescribed one (if necessary) so the technician insisted I take it. Unfortunately for him, I kept falling asleep so he had send someone in the room to wake me up when he wanted me to hold my breath.

I took high dosage, time released antidepressants for at least five years when combating severe menopausal symptoms, but it was an absolute bear to s-l-o-w-l-y taper off them. Took me roughly two years to do so. Physical withdrawal symptoms were terrible. Overall, they were worthwhile, but I strongly caution anyone who embarks on them to be aware of what they may be signing up for.

Sounds like it's roughly the same with benzodiazepines.

After my antidepressant experience, I avoid pain and anxiety meds like the plague they can become.
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There’s another benzo that’s on the streets that’s also addictive. It’s a pill named Tranxene or the generic Clorazepate. These are used mainly for anxiety and panic attacks. It seems to me that when Valium first came out, they were handed out like opiates. Later, once it was found out how addictive these bentos are, they came onto a database where users are carefully watched for usage.
 
911 said:
There’s another benzo that’s on the streets that’s also addictive. It’s a pill named Tranxene or the generic Clorazepate. These are used mainly for anxiety and panic attacks. It seems to me that when Valium first came out, they were handed out like opiates. Later, once it was found out how addictive these bentos are, they came onto a database where users are carefully watched for usage.
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Just recently I have read about the Tranxene, very fact acting benzo...
 
Jean-Paul said:
These drugs are very powerful chemicals, with many long term effects of damage to organs and systems. In particular the liver ust process ever chemicals and the kidneys filter the blood of poisons to be excreted.

Same for may food additives but the pain killers, antidepressants, NASIDs and other drugs mentioned are 10x ..100X more dangerous.

The entire USA pharma industry has been largely offshored,

Nowadays 99% of all drugs OTC and prescription are either manufactured in China or India or the feedstock chemicals are.

Many instances of recalls, faulty sanitation, careless formulation or intentional adulteration, especial off patent, generic and OTC.

Just one example: Blood pressure medication (ARB) contamination with Nitrosamines, (MDMA) a cancer causing chemical byproduct.

https://www.fda.gov/consumers/consu...o-about-possible-nitrosamines-your-medication

Thus we must be very skeptical of these easy solutions, prescribed by 99% of MDs as a fast solution.

You should research the side effects, and long term use risks and determine if the risks are worth the benefits.

Have an ABSOLUTELY FANTASTIC Day!

Jon
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agreed..

One should research the side effects, and long term use risks and determine if the risks are worth the benefits.
 
LadyEmeraude said:
agreed..

One should research the side effects, and long term use risks and determine if the risks are worth the benefits.
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Those years back, I did not have a clue what I was in for, not educated whatsoever on any of it sorry to say~
 
I had a prescription for Xanax (a Benzo) to treat my anxiety, but they gave me brain-fog during the day and a bad hangover the next day. The sides effects were worse than the symptoms they were supposed to alleviate. Needless to say, I didn't use them again.

I also tried Ambien (similar to Benzos) for insomnia, which helped me sleep but also left me feeling like crap the next day. Again, the side-effects were worse than the symptoms.

I seem to have a sensitivity to many medications, including alcohol. Other people have good luck with benzos.
 
Interesting that you mentioned this. I took Ambien for a while. It always took an hour or so for it to kick in, so I took it at a company party about an hour before bedtime and ended up blacking out during a discussion with someone having to take me to my hotel room. I will never take it again.

I learned about Trazadone, which is both an anti-depressant and a sleeping pill, when my mother was in hospice. I've been taking it for several years now.

I was given Xanax almost 20 years ago when I was suffering from depression and panic attacks. I only remember that it made me foggy and sleepy. Now, I have a prescription for it when I need to get to sleep early and wake up early. I take it with Trazadone, and the combination works great. I just make sure not to take Xanax very often.

I always feel great and rested the next day.
 
Was given Ambien once decades ago, caused many very bad sleep and other disturbances.
Recent surgery (hernia) was robotic and laparoscopic, I refused any pain drugs or NASID,

Sure the small wounds were sore but no pin meds needed.

Jon
 
My mother had become addicted to Vicodin due to very lax doctors liberal prescriptions for her (admittedly excruciating) spinal stenosis. She was taking 8-10 a day and was more than a little daffy by mid-morning most days. :eek:

When she was in a convalescent home after breaking her second hip, I asked her medical liaison (who I'd gotten to know pretty well from her first broken hip a couple of years earlier) to do whatever it took, but to please get her off that damned Vicodin. Bless his heart, he took care of it and that was the end of the pain pills.

Mom became almost completely deaf during that time. Had no idea it was due to the Vicodin until a few years after her death. I heard it on "House" reruns and looked it up on the magic internet. Yup, there it was. :mad:
 

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