Anyone ever take xanax before?

[slackerinabox]

Oh, I'm not arguing with you either, I just won't go the illegal route. As a matter of fact, a few months ago I read a statistic on the FDA website which was kind of shocking. Within 5 years half of the prescription drugs on the market today will be pulled from the market because of dangerous side effects. Doesn't it make you feel like a guinea pig?

It's pretty awful - I just got off the phone with my mom and she was complaining about massive headaches and insomnia. Her doctor prescribed her, a frail older woman, Ambian and something else that WebMD states has a dozen scary side effects. A part of me wants to visit her with a pan of homemade "special" brownies, because I would hate to see her get addicted to something as tempting as sleeping pills.

 

[Red Dawn]

oh oh, xanax. Reminds me of the time an insanely hot ex-friend of mine.. looks like britney spears meets uma thurman.. she threatened to down a bottle of the stuff, so I met her for coffee and took her home.. Only, I felt completely guilty about thinking of taking advantage of her, and had absolutely no chance anyways, so instead of it turning into an skinemax movie, it was probably the most pathetic 72 hours of my life.. .. She was a complete mess we went to the zoo to cheer her up and she walked around barefoot and.. she blogged about me having the physique of a nyc cab driver, after I spent the weekend nursing her and.. what was my point again?

Cool story Bro

 

[joutlaw]

It's pretty awful - I just got off the phone with my mom and she was complaining about massive headaches and insomnia. Her doctor prescribed her, a frail older woman, Ambian and something else that WebMD states has a dozen scary side effects. A part of me wants to visit her with a pan of homemade "special" brownies, because I would hate to see her get addicted to something as tempting as sleeping pills.

While I agree you can get addicted to prescription meds, you can also get a certain level of addiction from cannabis...albeit much different.

It's more a pyschological addiction where you can't do x unless your stoned or don't want to hang out with people unless they smoke. Certain strains also make people pretty paranoid and anti-social (with people who aren't high).

I'm not knocking weed, but it has it's side effects as well This is from someone who smoked pretty regularly from 16-25... at least a couple hundred dollars a month in KB for several years.

 

[slackerinabox]

While I agree you can get addicted to prescription meds, you can also get a certain level of addiction from cannabis...albeit much different.

It's more a pyschological addiction where you can't do x unless your stoned or don't want to hang out with people unless they smoke. Certain strains also make people pretty paranoid and anti-social (with people who aren't high).

I'm not knocking weed, but it has it's side effects as well This is from someone who smoked pretty regularly from 16-25... at least a couple hundred dollars a month in KB for several years.

I agree with you, but you never hear of people dying from smoking too much pot, while every week there's another dead celeb addicted to pain killers.

 

[slackerinabox]

Cool story Bro

sorry, that was worth an eyeroll - just remembering out loud my pathetic xanax story, and admitting that I was the most pathetic part of it.

 

[Red Dawn]

While I agree you can get addicted to prescription meds, you can also get a certain level of addiction from cannabis...albeit much different.

It's more a pyschological addiction where you can't do x unless your stoned or don't want to hang out with people unless they smoke. Certain strains also make people pretty paranoid and anti-social (with people who aren't high).

I'm not knocking weed, but it has it's side effects as well This is from someone who smoked pretty regularly from 16-25... at least a couple hundred dollars a month in KB for several years.

I smoked it for two decades and had no problem quiting. It's not addicting what so ever. Now Nicotine, that's addicitng

 

[The-Noid]

Surprised Dr. would prescribe Xanax first. I took a concoction of Klonopin, Xanax, Paxil, ... for years from having panic attacks for a long time.

 

[joutlaw]

I smoked it for two decades and had no problem quiting. It's not addicting what so ever. Now Nicotine, that's addicitng

Yep I agree... you don't have a physical dependence, but you do a pyscological dependence.

It's ritualisitc. You smoke after work, before bed and when you wake up, before you eat etc...

I also don't hang out with the people that still smoke that much because I realized how boring it was to sit around and watch TV all night instead of going somewhere.

To me it was part of growing up and getting a real job. Most the people my age that still smoke haven't grown up yet.

With it being illegal there is too much to lose. My job, car, freedom, even possibly my house.

 

[spidey07]

Not even reading the thread.

I LOVE me some xanax. 2 mg please.

op - what's your weight and what is the dosage? Probably .25.

 

[bob4432]

What's the mg or color? If it's your first time prescribed it I would imagine they are .5mg and would be yellow or peach color. Those might not do that much depending on your size and tolerance. If they are 1mg and blue colored and you've never taken one before I imagine you would get pretty disoriented off it so you might want to wait until you are in the gate waiting for your flight. The 2mg white ones commonly referred to as bars would have you snoozing your entire flight and probably wouldn't even remember it.

Any benzo drugs are pretty addictive, so I'm not for you testing one today personally. It will also greatly diminish the effects of the dose you take tomorrow because it will take more to achieve the same effect.

u are not going to get a resistance/tolerance from 1 pill. if the op has anxiety issues, then he probably has an anxiety as to what the med will do. i see no problem in doing a test run so the op knows what to expect, which will then result in less anxiety. personally i wouldn't go out in public and take meds w/out knowing how i react from them.

op - xanax acts pretty quick, i would say take it ~1/2 hour before the flight - don't want you to be driving in an hour out and it kick in mess w/ you.

what mg did the doc give you?

 

[slackerinabox]

Yep I agree... you don't have a physical dependence, but you do a pyscological dependence.

It's ritualisitc. You smoke after work, before bed and when you wake up, before you eat etc...

I also don't hang out with the people that still smoke that much because I realized how boring it was to sit around and watch TV all night instead of going somewhere.

To me it was part of growing up and getting a real job. Most the people my age that still smoke haven't grown up yet.

With it being illegal there is too much to lose. My job, car, freedom, even possibly my house.

Kinda disagree with you- I'm the most grown up of my friends (28) and, this is very regional (people in other parts of the country get married at 18!), but I'm married, own a home, own a car, have 4 pets that all had behavrioral problems that needed to be worked out, do volunteer work, have a job that's not a glorified temp position... I do great, all things considered, while my friends booze and dance the night away.. I used to do that, now I find it much more relaxing to stay in, smoke a bowl, and watch some netflix instant streaming... I spend about $100 a week on pot.. You know how easy it is to blow $100 on one night of drinking? Drinking until you're drunk is a sign of immaturity to me, smoking too much pot? That's just riding this bad economy while saving the rest of your money

 

[bob4432]

Surprised Dr. would prescribe Xanax first. I took a concoction of Klonopin, Xanax, Paxil, ... for years from having panic attacks for a long time.

xanax = faster in, out (2-4hrs life)
klonopin = slower in, slower out (4-6hrs life)

 

[joutlaw]

u are not going to get a resistance/tolerance from 1 pill. if the op has anxiety issues, then he probably has an anxiety as to what the med will do. i see no problem in doing a test run so the op knows what to expect, which will then result in less anxiety. personally i wouldn't go out in public and take meds w/out knowing how i react from them.

op - xanax acts pretty quick, i would say take it ~1/2 hour before the flight - don't want you to be driving in an hour out and it kick in mess w/ you.

what mg did the doc give you?

All I was saying is that if he takes let's say .5mg today it won't have the same effect tomorrow if he takes the same amount. Now it's not like he will need to take 1mg or 2mg to achieve that, but the calming effect might not be as strong with the same dose two days in a row.

Benzo's don't take very long to get accustomed to, but they can be pretty bad to get off of. You don't get the drowsiness or general "high" feeling, but it will pretty stop all of the anxiety you have make the months go by pretty fast.

Frankly, I surprised that this particular flavor of benzo's are still prescribed as much as they are.

I always know when I am on the plane with people who have taken these. They typically pass out and snore pretty loudly the entire flight.

 

[joutlaw]

xanax = faster in, out (2-4hrs life)
klonopin = slower in, slower out (4-6hrs life)

For some reason klonopins seemed like something that you really had to build up to. You don't get the same "high" effect off of them from what I recall.

 

[joutlaw]

Kinda disagree with you- I'm the most grown up of my friends (28) and, this is very regional (people in other parts of the country get married at 18!), but I'm married, own a home, own a car, have 4 pets that all had behavrioral problems that needed to be worked out, do volunteer work, have a job that's not a glorified temp position... I do great, all things considered, while my friends booze and dance the night away.. I used to do that, now I find it much more relaxing to stay in, smoke a bowl, and watch some netflix instant streaming... I spend about $100 a week on pot.. You know how easy it is to blow $100 on one night of drinking? Drinking until you're drunk is a sign of immaturity to me, smoking too much pot? That's just riding this bad economy while saving the rest of your money

Yah I mean I'm not trying to knock you or anything, just what I have observed.

It took me 6 years to finish college and one of my buddies 8 years... this was our bachelors.

There are plenty of productive smokers out there. One day maybe the country will follow the other states, but I can guarantee you my state will be one of the last. Not a lot of tolerance here for it, but not as bad as Nevada or other zero - tolerance areas.

 

[Red Dawn]

Yep I agree... you don't have a physical dependence, but you do a pyscological dependence.

It's ritualisitc. You smoke after work, before bed and when you wake up, before you eat etc...

I also don't hang out with the people that still smoke that much because I realized how boring it was to sit around and watch TV all night instead of going somewhere.

To me it was part of growing up and getting a real job. Most the people my age that still smoke haven't grown up yet.

With it being illegal there is too much to lose. My job, car, freedom, even possibly my house.

I quit because I was tired of being tired. Even the killer stuff made me tired and lethargic. Now instead of getting stoned I exercise. Now that's pyscological addiction.

 

[Red Dawn]

I spend about $100 a week on pot..

The fuck, that's more than most people spend on Cigs and Booze combined. You must be stoned out of your gourd all the time. No wonder all your posts seem so incoherent, you're flying high all the time.

 

[slackerinabox]

The fuck, that's more than most people spend on Cigs and Booze combined. You must be stoned out of your gourd all the time. No wonder all your posts seem so incoherent, you're flying high all the time.

Nope, the weed I buy is very very expensive, but very good...And this is for 2 people who smoke only between the hours of 8pm- 10pm..

I live in NYC - a pack of cigs costs $9.50 here, a night of drinking with the Mrs. would be close to $100, more when you factor in that late night $20 cab ride..

Nevermind that we were both on anti-depressants, so weed is better...

 

[jupiter57]

Xanax.
Been on it one time.
I couldn't really feel any calming or anti-anxiety effects, though.
The one side effect it had on me was the inability or delay to ejaculate during sex, fun at first (I have suffered from Premature Ejaculation for years) but oh so frustrating at times!

 

[slackerinabox]

Xanax.
Been on it one time.
I couldn't really feel any calming or anti-anxiety effects, though.
The one side effect it had on me was the inability or delay to ejaculate during sex, fun at first (I have suffered from Premature Ejaculation for years) but oh so frustrating at times!

Stratara mixed with lexapro did that to me. Lead to one monsterously embarrassing moment... Sigh..

 

[Red Dawn]

Nope, the weed I buy is very very expensive, but very good...And this is for 2 people who smoke only between the hours of 8pm- 10pm..

I live in NYC - a pack of cigs costs $9.50 here, a night of drinking with the Mrs. would be close to $100, more when you factor in that late night $20 cab ride..

If it's good shit you only need a bong hit or two. An eighth should last most at least two weeks. Hell back when I indulged that much would last me a month or more. You guys must get gorked.

That's the difference between Good Booze and Dope, you can have a couple of drinks and you don't get high, one hit from good weed and you're definitely buzzed.

 

[The-Noid]

Klonopin was always great for me. Very sedating and lasted quite a long time.

Was always Xanax PRN and Klonopin for maintenance.

 

[slackerinabox]

If it's good shit you only need a bong hit or two. An eighth should last most at least two weeks. Hell back when I indulged that much would last me a month or more. You guys must get gorked.

We smoke about 2 bowls a night (total, a bowl a piece), it's just heinously expensive. This is a service celebrities use, which is not me bragging but complaining about the difficulty of getting good weed in NYC. Heck, an eight of mexican weed costs $50 here, and that shit gives me wicked headaches.. I don't even know how much weed we're getting - it's about a vial the size of a bank roll of coins.. Not a lot of weed, but expensive! 2 hits a day lasts about a week, week and change.

 

[bob4432]

All I was saying is that if he takes let's say .5mg today it won't have the same effect tomorrow if he takes the same amount. Now it's not like he will need to take 1mg or 2mg to achieve that, but the calming effect might not be as strong with the same dose two days in a row.

what is your background w/ this med because in my use (doctor prescribed for multiple reasons) i didn't need to change the dosage for more than a couple years - and yes, i was prescribed to take them for maintenance because all the ssris didn't work or would give extreme side effects.

and fwiw, i don't get any high from these meds, or any meds in fact - they help w/ anxiety/ocd secondary to conditions beyond my control

1 pill 1 day is not going to reduce the efficacy the next day because it will be long out of his system. also, again i will state somebody needs to know how a med will affect them. for instance, when i was put on neurontin i ended up in the ER not knowing what day it was, not knowing my date of birth, partial vision obstruction in 1 eye, etc - had to get a spinal tap and multiple ct scans/brain activity test, etc - was in the hospital a couple of days w/ all tests coming back good but no more neurontin and no more issues like that - all kinds of fucked up stuff - wouldn't want to go through that on a flight. granted i think that was the 3rd day i was on the med but nonetheless people need to know how they will react to a med.

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

I would never, ever take a mind-altering drug for the first time before going through airport security. You won't know how long it takes to kick in, so the best thing is probably to get to the airport early enough that you'll have a 1/2 hour - hour wait before boarding, and take it after you get through security.