Posted by ButterflyHigh on September 24, 2005, at 20:44:26
In reply to Valium and Xanax comparison and other questions..., posted by Aldus Huxley on September 24, 2005, at 14:14:59
>>I think by the time the valium and its active metabolites were excreted, your brain's down-regulation of its GABA receptors (please forgive me, I am guessing here) would be already be starting to revert to a normal state.
I agree. Even after one comes down off of Xanax, the half life is so strong that the withdrawals are worse, and last longer than your example of Valium, aka 'pre Ativan'. Imho, though, I do believe that Valium is more sedating, when I was taking 8 - 10mg of Xanax a day, I was on legal speed, it did that to me.
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