LOL^^^ i drink on xanax but like u said--danger danger will robinson

I had a friend a few years ago that would drink and take Xanax and she would black out and not remember anything that she had done it was horrible. So for some I guess it causes blackouts but for everyone it does cause Respiratory depression and CNS depression. So if your going to drink wile on it please be very careful

Yes you are right about DEGREES but you can't ignore the individual personal medical reactions, known or unknown heart problems or other health factors.

Some can do handful of meds & then take a small amount and die. Many meds can build up in your system over time.

Your reactions system can change overnite. There's also can be interactions to other things consumed.

DE NILE ISN"T JUST A RIVER IN AFRICA. WATCH OUT OR YOU COULD DE DIE.

I can't drink while on them. It's very dangerous for one and the benzos cause you to get drunk quicker. Drinking isn't any fun when you're on benzos. Why drink? The benzos calm me down and I hate having a hangover. I'd rather read a good book personally.

considering you know some people that have died from this combo, why on earth would you continue to mix them? quite reckless if you ask me.

I guess you think the readers of this message board are impressed with your drug and alcohol experiences. It is always a special treat to hear about how much someone can drink, ingest Ambien, imbibe lorazepam along with "other stuff." Congrats to you (but not to the families of the couple people who died.)
Your contributions are a continuing testament to how a young drug abuser can live his life, brag about it in public and be in denial that anything tragic can ever happen to him.
Hopefully, you are not married with children.

This type of member are the reason alot of the medical community think DB is a place for only drug abusers !

If you did not post like you were abusing drugs and alcohol and were proud of it... nobody would make commets about your "improper" posts...

Legitimate patients, and the people we like posting at our site do not love their benzos + booze and other stuff...
If you can not guess it: posts like that are stupid and do not help anyone...

The avitar might also have something to do with people not taking you very seriously. Oh well, Rock on Dude!

I am addicted to both xanax and alcohol; I am not proud of it but it is reality. I take over 8 mg of Xanax a day and unless I have a cocktail or two or five, I feel shaky and have body aches. Been to rehab four times and no luck. I have already had pancreatitis twice from drinking so unless I stop I will eventually die.

To answer a previous post; why would you continue to drink and take xanax? If I could answer that I wouldn't have this problem, I think some people refer to it as a disease called addiction.

I am not giving up; I am determined to stop but it what I face every day. Cold turkey detox would kill me.

Very immature to the person who brags about it; I can handle it as well; I barely feel anything and I consume a lot in one day but it scares me to death knowing that it will catch up with me one day.

Well at least you recognize you need to work on it somemore. some people do go through that process many times, and then one time it does work.

I'm glad that I have no desire for drinking.
As you know, drinking can really effect your meds and the way you live.
I hope( another rehab program) works for you,

Askap, what did they try you with at rehab? There are a few options, such as chlordiazepoxide, clomethiazole, clorazepate, disulfiram, acamprosate maintenance, etc. If you don't mind me asking, of course.

used to work at a rehab and it gave Tranzene--a super long lasting benzo

It was absolutely a stupid post. Maybe you should spend some time chatting with "askap" with an eye toward what your future might very well look like.
lol

why not cut out the alcohol and up the benzo a bit then start a slow taper with a long acting benzo? i would never recommend anyone up their benzo intake, but in your case it could be a saving grace. i understand that some people fall into addiction, but taking 8 milligrams of a ALP and adding alcohol is not safe as i am sure you know. you sound like you want to quit.

take it one step at a time. slowly reduce the alcohol, and when you feel comfortable with just a benzo, start a taper with the ashton method. will take a while, but you will be doing yourself and body a favor and feel much better when all is said and done. i am not posting this to be negative, but just trying to help with a little support. you can do it with some support from family and friends and taking it slow and one day at a time.

i think getting rid of the alcohol first would be safer, then reducing the benzos. (i am no doc, but would think alcohol would be harder on the liver than a benzo and definitely both at the same time)

good luck man, i do not wish pain or addiction on anyone. i hope you are able to knock out one or the other and eventually both.

OUCH! WOW, that is sad and I pitty you. You have to be the one to want to change and actually do the 12 step program. You are gonna die. That is a fact. Look what has happened to you in the past. Well, it's only gonnna get worse and you will die. There is help out there but you need to be willing to help yourself and not do it for others, is what I am assuming. Yes, cold turkey detox could kill you but you can get properly detoxed at a facility and take it from there. NO MORE EXCUSES!!! You know you have a problem. Now it's time to rectify it and be done with this and live a better life. Alcohol and Xanax is different then Opiates. Not that Opiates are any better, because I know they can ruin your life,if abused, but they are not life threatening while detoxing. I wish you well. Do some research and I hope you get better!
http://uk.truveo.com/The-Illicit-Trade-Pt1/id/468374402154302605

YES, the alcohol first is the best and safest way and then the benzos! Absolutely!!

right, I get it. Although, I don't recommend ANY BENZO because sure your anxiety is almost gone while on it, but when you stop taking it, your anxiety is 100x worse then when you started!!! And tolerance builds up quickly on those. This guy drinks a lot and takes those. He has had pancreatitis twice already. So yeah, he is gonna die. Someone will find him on the couch dead or he will crash his car, et...catch my drift?

recently quit drinking got my pills (yellow bars) and nothing happened----i just figured the yellow bars were [censored]] and transfered pharmacies to get Watsons----round pills--i had to think on it and i realized i had been drinking and taking pills ever scince i started pills---then i came on here and saw that everyone loves the yellow bars---LOL i couldnt even feel my pills without my beer---oh well still not drinking----dont jump on me just posting my experiences

Ay. I had to register just to say, askap that is truly inspiring to say the least. I'm at 100mg of diazepam a day (ordered from IOPS) and I must drink a 12 pack a day, even concealed at AA meetings as green tea. Maybe they know, maybe they don't. But being on all this [censored]] makes me think 'why do i do this', and not being on it makes me wanna not interact with another human. Im too scared to get cognitive therapy. The [censored] do I do?

Have you ever talked to your Dr. about this privately?
I would and I would also ask him not to add any of this conversation to my chart. It will haunt you forever.
He can advise you honestly. It will be a hard conversation but one you need to do. There are other meds they can keep you on long term for anxiety. It might take some time to find the right one for you but it would stop this big mess you said you're in now. If your primary Dr. is not someone you feel you can approach look for a therapist. They might help you find the right person to help you over time.
As you know doing nothing but taking the meds isn't helping really, is it?
I wish you the best of luck.
K

It sounds like the question is how badly do you hate drugs (and alcohol) and how strongly do you wish you were not an addict?
When those feelings overcome your impulse to self-medicate, the possibility of recovery becomes real.
You can wait until an overdose or auto accident slams you into reality. Or you can be proactive with a brutal assessment of the negatives in your life that are currently making you miserable. That approach is much less painful than an overdose or killing someone with your car.
Many people with anxiety problems are successful in substance abuse recovery programs. It is what it is only as long as you allow it to be.

Both of these posts are excellent! They are very well said! The question is Bam, what are you gonna do about it? Yeah you may feel akward and weird around people at first, but that will pass and I have heard MANY success stories about abstinence from these substances! It takes time, and maybe a lot of it, but isn't it worth it? About six months (max) to feel like a new person, feeling great and ambitious compared to a lifetime of using? The choice seems pretty clear to me. And not only pharmacotherapy but counseling through a licensed Psychologist will do you good. There is an underlying meaning as to why you were using at such a young age!! You can do it. The fact that you are saying you have a problem is a start!!

Have you ever considered that the drugs are CAUSING your anxiety?

You seem happy enough though, and laugh out loud any anything and everything. You seem more elated than anxious.

I know you won't believe it, but if you stopped all drugs (in a safe way), stopped binging, ate healthily and exercised, your anxiety (or what you perceive to be anxiety) may diminish significantly.

Another thing to do would be to cut off all sources of drugs, even if it means friends. If they are true friends, they will understand. And this board isn't the best place for rehab, though you will be supported if you're serious.

You see, you're determined to solve this with drugs, and won't accept that no drugs might be the answer. This has been seen before on here time and time again.

Anxiety is normal, and the 10x increase in anxiety when you briefly stopped taking drugs is probably rebound anxiety.

While ever you have this quest to find a drug to cure you, you will never be cured.

So nephro, in saying that, what drugs do you take then? If none then why are you on the forum? Although you do have very good advise to share and give us all your knowledge. If thats the only reason then its fine by me too, was just interested.

You sure have that right. Social anxiety is common. Its how people choose to deal with it is whats important. People can self medicate and basically hide from what scares them, or they can learn to face their fears and become stronger, better human beings. The weakest is always the first to run. The most outgoing people you know were all once strangers and alone, until they got past the shyness or anxiety and got involved. Besides, Someone that runs from their fears is not someone that anyone else can ever depend on.

BY facing the fear, in social anxiety, and its usually fear of rejection, people learn to handle the possible consequences and they soon learn that its not going to kill them. Everybody goes thru the very same things in life. Those that appear to not be bothered by social anxiety, are the ones that already dealt with it and are now comfortable in social situations and do not need a crutch like a drug or a drink. Who does the drug effect anyway? it does not change what others see in you, it changes how YOU see yourself. You may think that a couple drinks or a xanax makes you appear to be in control to others around you, but the opposite is true for those that know that you have to drink or take a pill just to be around them. In fact, its pretty insulting to the company that you keep, having to be medicated to be around them.

The thread topic....
I will just say this,
in my years as a young man, I attended more than one funeral from mixing things as simple as a couple valium and a few drinks. its often respiritory arrest while asleep.
is anyone really stupid enough to assume that you WILL wake up after some benzos and a few beers? have any of you that think you have a handle on it, ever heard of aspiration? drowning on your own vomit while asleep?
think about it. The cemetarys are loaded with people that also thought they had a handle on it...
I think learning how to handle a little social awkwardness is easier to live with than a lung full of puke.

Well Kryton, firstly I accept that it's much easier for someone like me to sit here and advise someone not to take loads of drugs, than it is for the patient to change their lifestyle. But it can be done, and if I can convince just one person that they can turn things around without downing bottle-loads of pills, then it's something. And it can be done, as many people who thought it could not, will tell you. It takes one hell of a lot of effort, of course.

I seem to remember joining the forum to find a source of metoclopramide injection, due to indomethacin poisoning (courtesy of a wonderful consultant rheumatologist). Unfortunately, there was nothing that would prevent me hurling up my guts around 20 times a day, every day, though I did try things like lying in a dark room and fiddling with various diets.

The waiting time for a gastroscopy was 6 months I think, and the total duration of the illness was 2 years. Those 2 years were spent beside a bucket, and were basically written off. If I wasn't actually vomiting, I was on the edge of it, and looking back, it was worse than being in constant pain.

I see nothing wrong in taking a hypnotic once in a while, if the sleep routine has been disturbed. We all have jobs to hold down, and it's no good showing up half asleep. Likewise, it's pointless refusing analgesia if one is screaming in pain, and unlike anxiety states, certain physical illnesses that cause severe pain cannot be aided by CBT and the like.

Thank you for your kind words.

I didn't see Eluded's post when I wrote that, but yes, he is right. Sometimes medication may assist in the treatment of anxiety states, but it often gets in the way.

I had never heard of metoclopramide before so did a quick google and had a read off the wikipedia site (yes, I know, not the best source for imformation at all but gives you the basics). Also hadnt heard of Indometacin either but get the need for the combo now.

My mother was prescribed a NSAID for her slipped disc and had another pill to stop the nausea along with it. Not sure of the names of the medicines she had but could possible be the ones you mentioned ... or probably not.

Why didnt the NHS give you both?