Originally Posted by
soManyProblems
Kabukicho, how much Xanax do you take? How many mg and how many times per day?
In general, longer-acting benzos like Klonopin are better for continuous and every day use.
Regarding tolerance: Drug tolerance is a natural physiologic response to repeated drug use, it is not inherently "bad", and it is not infinite. Gaining tolerance does not mean you are using too much of the drug, it is just a thing that happens. People may need one or two benzo dose increases because of tolerance, but they will not need infinite dose increases. People often get the wrong idea about tolerance because of what opioid addicts go through. Opioids are rather unusual drugs because the level of tolerance that is possible is extremely high. Heroin addicts, when given free and unlimited heroin, will usually max out at 50-fold tolerance. That means they take 50 times more heroin than novice users. People in severe pain (e.g. from terminal cancer) often have even higher opioid tolerance, sometimes more than 100-fold.
Opioids are an exceptional case, and benzodiazepines are not opioids. Benzodiazepine tolerance grows much more slowly and hits a ceiling much sooner.
Benzodiazepine tolerance can actually be a good thing, especially for anxiety sufferers. Benzos make many people drowsy for the first few days, but tolerance to the drowsiness sets in much faster than tolerance to the anxiety relief. This is a boon for anxiety sufferers who want to be functional during the day and drive safely, but this is a bad thing for insomniacs.
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