Posted by GreyCow on February 10, 2004, at 0:14:04
In reply to Re: Xanax and Lowering Tolerance, posted by AtlantaRunner on February 6, 2004, at 18:00:12
Yeah, unfortunately, one can tolerate the high doseages. I'm not sure how it happened, but it came on gradually. There was a time when I took 3mg and I almost fell asleep in the meeting (that I might have had to speek in).
Eventually 3mg became the normal amount and then over time, I didn't feel anything on 3mg. The same scenerio with 4mg, then 5mg, then I seemed to jump up to 7mg, then I quit just recently when I hit 8mg.
Sometimes I would take like 6mg at once in the afternoon and it would make the rest of the day at work seem to float by. I was able to do routine, redundant type work and it gave me a kind of relaxed high to just sit and stare at my monitor as I did the tasks. I think back now and it was kind of euphoric in the feeling.
I think that euphoria is what made me continue to keep taking it and try more each time. I still haven't taken any since I posted this thread and really haven't had a craving for them.
Reason I stopped is that I'd rather not taken them and have the security blanket of knowing I can take them for an emergency meeting or oral presentation, rather than continue to take them and build a tolerance that will not allow me to use them in those emergency situations.
-Grey Cow
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