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Ericrobertson1978 t1_jeg7elp wrote

Reply to comment by RLDSXD in ELI5: If benzodiazepines are CNS depressants, why is it so hard to die from a overdose of them alone? by psychrolute

I had to stop taking benzodiazapines altogether after getting C-LAM. That shit is bad decision making incarnate.

I would always start with the very best intentions, but then it would kick in and I'd inevitably black out and wake up in jail or the hospital a few days later.

I wish I could take benzodiazapines to sleep, but instead of going down, I wanna go on some idiotic adventure. I become a mindless automaton and shell of my former self.

Now I don't use them at all, if only to avoid prison and death.

They are certainly terrifying. Lol

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epanek t1_jegciew wrote

I saw my PCP for anxiety during presentations. I was set to give a full day presentation to about 100 people I didn’t know. I was doing it only because our vp of marketing liked my look and presentation ability. Needless to say my two year hiatus from the subject did not help.

My dr gave me klonopin. Only take if anxious. Lol. Well those things worked too well. 6 months later I was eating them like candy. Serious problems and memory impairment. I remember visiting a customer in a complicated office park with my boss. I literally could not remember each morning how to get there. It was bad. I knew I had a problem.

The detox is deadly like alcohol.

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shockencock t1_jegefyy wrote

Funny they didn’t give you propranolol for stage fright. Not a benzo either

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epanek t1_jegi9jc wrote

I take propranolol now. No physical anxiety and mental sharpness

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metamongoose t1_jegv15t wrote

I read PCP as the dissociative drug not a doctor, really throws your comment for a loop!

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123rune20 t1_jeg957x wrote

CLAM is like the craziest of them all I swear. Forced myself to never look into it again.

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Simple_Bass_5564 t1_jegbgkz wrote

CLAM?

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nocolon t1_jegck4f wrote

Per Google it’s Clonazolam, some kind of super benzo.

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RLDSXD t1_jegticv wrote

Third most potent benzo I’m aware of. Flunitrazolam and flubromazolam seem to be a bit more potent, but clonazolam was much more popular because flunitrazolam only lasts like two hours and flubromazolam was way too hypnotic for normal use.

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TheGreenKillShirt t1_jeh23og wrote

Took Clonazolam. Ran out. Was terrified and told my wife. Went to the ER at 5am just in case I had a seizure. Had a seizure in the waiting room 20 minutes after arriving. Thank god I told her, or who knows if I would have stopped seizing.

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