Posted by JohnX2 on November 29, 2001, at 21:26:38
In reply to What causes seizures from benzo withdrawls. , posted by geno on November 24, 2001, at 18:57:40
Hi Geno,
If the brain grows tolerant to a benzodiazepine,
then the functioning of the Gaba receptors will
be substantially dampened if the benzo is
abruptly terminated. The Gaba neurons inhibit
neurotransmission, so if this falls off a cliff
this can most definatly cause serious toxic
transmission leading to convulsions
as you speculate. In fact many anti-epileptic meds
try to increase Gaba conductance via non addictive
means. Klonopin of the benzodiazapines is a fairly
potent anti-epileptic, but its anti-epileptic action
tends to fade over time so it is usually not
used for epilepsy. Anyone stopping a benzo should
taper it off very carefully.regards,
-john> I friend of mine was addicted to both ghb and xanax and ambien. He was taking alot like 3mg of xnax , 25ml of g and 20-40mg of ambien. I believe this seizuree and hospitilaization is due to loss of gaba functioning? Does this causes seizures and coma if abusin gaba meds too long and high dose and stopping?
>
> i take only .5mg of xanax and some ghb to relax. i find when i stop both i feel very wierd like my skin is crawling, parinoia, doom,. More so would i benefit if i started on neurontin and klonopin?
> geno
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