UPDATE: GETTING A SCRIPT TODAY. THANK GODS. This was so fucking bad.
A Grindr date lifted my script but I'm not gonna go to the pigs over it which is the only way I can get it filled. Luckily I only have to wait 3 days (it's already been 4) to get more but I am. Losing. My. Mind. How do I deal with this? Stay asleep on benadryl (the poor man's Peterson method)? My dogs a seizure trained ESA and won't leave my side so I'm fucking spooked
Honestly I would try to get to a hospital or schedule an appointment with your doctor, letting them know the situation. Benzo withdrawal and alcohol withdrawal are the only two that actually have the potential to kill you if you do it unsupervised, depends on how physically dependent your body is on them. Supplements will help, but it's going to be really rough regardless.
I'm not trying to panic you, but just inform you that the situation you are in is serious and you likely need the help of a trained professional, not people on the internet.
Yeah, I would second this advice.
You might be able to get a pharmacist to help you too, I dunno I guess it depends on where you live. Where I live in Canada, pharmacists are allowed to prescribe anything (including narcotics) which is unusual, I know. But they might be able to get a line to a doctor to get you a scrip to hold you over.
Short acting or long acting? Dont operate heavy machinery. I felt normal but had seizures from Xanax withdrawal while behind the wheel.
You can legally buy etizolam online, but you don’t have enough time right now. I’d call the prescribing doctor and tell them, they can call in a new one if it’s just a few days right? IME, they can call it in even if they sometimes claim they can’t
As long as this hasn’t happened before, they should call in a refill for you. It’s just a schedule 4. Your doctor doesn’t want you to have a seizure either.
go to the ER if you're concerned.
these things are very dose/time dependent and people blanket exaggerate based on the worst outcomes (someone who takes 1 mg of xanax a day isn't the same as someone taking 10 mg). but if you use benzos for anxiety and have no coping mechanisms the rebound anxiety can floor you no matter what.
@JordanPeterson any advice there buddy
(seriously though withdrawals sound like hell, best of luck to you)
I believe GABA supplements/nootropics should help a bit
Not sure if you can find any at your local supplement store though
This is a hyper edited post after an argument and discussion with a comrade below. I am now linking a source and an excerpt from it which backs my claim that alcohol and benzos are cross tolerant and ease each other's symptoms.
I would not recommend drinking very much, as hangovers are likely to make the situation worse and may do more harm as well if you're out of the danger zone with your benzo withdrawal period, as it is likely to put you directly back into the midst of it once worn off.
However:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606320/#:~:text=Benzodiazepines%20are%20cross%2Dtolerant%20with,)%20%5B40%E2%80%9342%5D
Benzodiazepines are cross-tolerant with alcohol and modulate anxiolysis by stimulating GABA-A receptors [24]. During withdrawal from one agent, the other may serve as a substitute. They are proven to reduce withdrawal severity and incidence of both seizures and delirium tremens (DT) [40–42].
This is in reference to benzos effect on alcohol withdrawals, and not the other way around, but it does suggest that substituting them is effective.
I assumed the reverse was true as well.
why would you ever assume anything about potentially lethal pharmaceuticals?
you were saying you assumed alcohol would be good for benzo withdrawl because the reverse is is true. Why did you assume that? That's a dangerous assumption to make. That's all I was saying.
I gave the full context in the rest of the post.
you admitted it was fucked up advice. which, good!
So fuck off unless you’re willing to pony up the cash to send people to the doctor / rehab yourself
?????????
we should fix these problems at a systemic level. Telling people to fuck off unless they have the money to do capitalist philanthropy doesn't even make sense.
Just whatever, it's all gone now.
I can't stand this argumentative reddit shit
Imagining you at the hospital telling the doctors to go back to reddit because they told you drinking alcohol is bad.
Do you have an issue with the other fucking poster suggesting nootropics??
No? Weird that you're not jumping on them too
Alcohol and benzos have a cross tolerance and effect the exact same receptors. Leave me alone now please.
Do you have an issue with the other fucking poster suggesting nootropics??
didn't notice it + they didn't tell me to fuck off and say some weird shit about how i need to cough up da money
shut the fuck up dude what the hell. You obviously have an issue with what I said. I get it. Leave me the hell alone
k, enjoy your sunday and in the future try not to suggest addictive substances with bad withdrawl symptoms to cure the bad withdrawl symptoms of other drugs
lol I'm going to put your fucking head in a toilet holy shit
Booze and benzos work on the same receptors and ease each other's withdrawals. It's common fucking knowledge for anyone that's dealt with addiction to either.
That's all I was suggesting.
It's not a cure, it's not going to stop the addiction, it's just an actionable bandaid if you're in a predicament like the OP is.
But, yeah, I get it you hate alcohol and blah blah blah blah blah blah.
well i'm sorry i misunderstood the receptor thing. I've lived with alcoholics but i have never been an alcoholic. having lived with alcoholics I find it sus when people tell each other to use alcohol. Apologies.
It's fine, I didn't explain it well and I get pissed off when people get judgy about the booze and lack of medical care stuff.
I'm more sorry
please don't put my head in a toilet. I like it dry. I surrender lol
Lmao I hope you have a good day too, I'm sorry this all is just hitting a very personal note on a lot of levels. I deserve the toilet
Here's a source fwiw, I should have included this originally. It was not the kind of post to be lazy on and I appreciate being called out on it.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4606320
Benzodiazepines are cross-tolerant with alcohol and modulate anxiolysis by stimulating GABA-A receptors [24]. During withdrawal from one agent, the other may serve as a substitute. They are proven to reduce withdrawal severity and incidence of both seizures and delirium tremens (DT) [40–42].
Thanks for sharing! I genuinely was not educated about any of that, so I appreciate it. I'll try to be less stigmatic towards alcohol use in the future.
From what I know about benzo withdraw, it's gonna suck a wholeeeeee lot. I wish I could give more advice but I'll just say that you can get through this.
