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Re: Do Most People Like the Feeling of Benzos?

Posted by nightlight on April 8, 2002, at 20:52:09

In reply to Do Most People Like the Feeling of Benzos?, posted by fachad on April 5, 2002, at 11:20:43

> Do most people "Like" the feeling of benzos? I was really excited about starting them, and was expecting a kind of pleasant euphoria. So far I'm not very impressed. BTW, I am only taking them for sleep, I don't have anxiety at all.
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Fachad~
In my teens, early 20's, I tried every drug (or drug category) in the book.My dad took Valium for yrs. I tried it once or twice-yeccch! it actually made me bitchy and tired.
Anxious, even. Flash 20 years forward, I am prescribed klonopin for persist muscle spasm (after trying a multitude of so-called muscle relaxants which did NOTHING, and miracle of miracles, within an hour of taking .5 t0 1 mg (I forget), my muscles are relaxed and my anxiety/tension (the core culprit) was much assuaged. But, no euphoria, no feeling of lightheadness. The garbage was simply put out and replaced a modest bunch of daisies.

I still use it for anxiety (1-2 mgs daily), but it's not strong enough now to have the same effect (at this dose) to handle intensified muscle tension due to lg. amounts of additional exogenous anxiety I have encountered in the recent past.

It took 3 yrs. for an orthopedic surgeon to prescribe Soma, which is the only effective 'muscle relaxant'I have ever used. It, however, can be habit-forming and must be used w/caution.

Like Elizabeth said, if you want to 'subtract anxiety' from your gen'l immediate psych status, benzos are quite effective, but for me, no buzz-and I've also used librium and ativan at times.

Just my personal long-winded opinion~

nightlight


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