Posted by utopizen on August 4, 2002, at 23:16:10
In reply to Phenobarbital question, posted by geno on July 31, 2002, at 18:05:43
Barbituates, when taken responsibily, shouldn't shut down the CNS to the point of losing its capacity to breathe and have gag reflexes.
When taken with alcohol, it is VERY likely that the combination WILL do this, ending in sudden death.
I know you are taking alcohol because it was the first thing you found to curb your anxiety. The moment I noticed I was self-medicating my anxiety with alcohol, I made an appt. with a p-doc. I even taken some alcohol while on Klonopin, because Klono will make me very chill but not want to talk. Alcohol makes me talkative, although I'm working on trying drugs that can do the same.
BARBITUATES are DIRTY drugs. By that I mean they aren't as selective in targeting a specific receptor, like the GABA, as with the benzos.
DO NOT THINK BECAUSE YOU GOT AWAY WITH ALCOHOL ON XANAX YOU'RE "TOUGH" ENOUGH TO DO IT ON BARBS!!! They are entirely different from one another, barbs and benzos do not in any way act the same.
It will kill you if you test fate.
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