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Originally posted by Bobby Fissure
Such as?
Xanax acts rapidly, but it only makes you calm/euphoric for a short period of time. It's great when you have an appointment in the morning and you don't want to spend hours tossing and turning in bed. It can knock you right out and the next day you'll be fine. Valium is a little slower to act, but it'll keep you calm for a very long time. Sometimes I take 40 mg at 10:00 PM, and the next morning I'll be stumbling around, mumbling nonsense to myself while trying to take a shower and prepare breakfast. The valium "high" lasts as long as 12-16 hours for me.
The key with all benzos is to take them only when you need them. Building up tolerance is no fun, and it's easy to get addicted.
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pretty much everything you stated above. i had a friend who was on xanax for years, and it really 'slowed' her down. i'm not sure of the doses, but it really changed her. she's off it now, but had a bitch of time *getting* off it.
anyway, things have gotten better by changing my lifestyle. of course if things get worse again, i'll have to re-evaluate...
on a related topic, does anyone have anxiety-induced heart palpitations? i'm not talking about pa's, just the odd pvc? this was something i started experiencing around the same time, but they have also subsided (still get the odd one).