Journal - ongoing novel experiment for cessation of fast acting benzodiazapines

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SWIM is prescribed xanax for hyperkinetic insomnia. SWIM had a girlfriend who was extremely high strung, and SWIM used the xanax to escape these problems on a daily basis. One can see where the story goes from there. now SWIM is dependent. SWIM has tried tapering to no avail...the symptoms get worse and worse no longer how long the new dose is used. now....SWIM had sort of a "eureka" moment. and for the past two weeks swim has been successfully withdrawing from benzos with the help of amphetamines.

Heres the rub, beginning of the first week SWIM eats a bunch of valium which has an enormous halflife, gets a twelve pack and drinks a beer an hour. day two SWIM begins the day with one dexedrine spansule, one dexedrine IR, one adderall XR and a hearty workout. around midday SWIM takes one more spansule and one more IR. this is repeated three days, followed by another day of valium with a 10 mg reduction. this has been working extremely well for swim, and almost no withdrawl symptoms have been experienced.

Im thinking the reason this has been working is that the bodys response to amphetamine is to upregulate GABA, whereas benzodiazapine addiction downregulates GABA and upregulates adrenaline and seratonin. this method would most likely not work for those dependent on long acting benzodiazapines, as it hinges on the extraordinary half life of diazapam.

By swims calculations he will be benzodiazapine free in less than a week, mind you swim didnt start today.