Abuse Of Zanaflex (Page 3)

I was just wondering if anyone out there has over-used zanaflex? I am ashamed to admit I did. I was just so desperate to sleep at night. One or two wasn't cutting it so I started going up to 6, 7, or 8 at I time. I would never ever recommend this for anyone. It was just my own desperation and stupidity. I have always had giant tolerances to everything. Anyway, this stuff would put me down hard, it was hard to get up and walk myself to the bathroom and the other thing was the vivid hallucinations, i have never experienced anything like it before. Everything I was seeing was so real it was scary and I would even see people and hold conversations with them. In the morning i would be completely fine. Thankfully i am in treatment for addiction now to various other substances. I just never heard a story about this from anyone else, it was just so crazy.

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Hi Diane, PLEASE TRY TO HELP ME. I too never felt like this before. I have been taking Zanaflex for about 6-9 months. I was alright in the beginning but then I was taking 3, "4mg." Zanaflex for bed and as time went on, I am in a very dark place. I wake up with tremors that are only on the inside and it feels like my heart is hurting, "chest pains", and I also sweat. I am so scared that I am going to have a heart attack because everyday, my chest hurts even if I take it. I don't know what to do and I am afraid if I tell my pain management doctor, they will think I am abusing the one opiate I am taking and I never did, in fact, I don't even take all of what I am prescribed to take. I don't know how to ween off of this HORRIFIC medication. I pray that you can somehow give me any sort of advice. I know you are not a doctor, but you must know how to ween off of Zanaflex. I cannot go into a rehab because there are not any around where I live and if I am put in the hospital, they only keep you there for 5 days and they throw you out and think you are all fixed. I know this from people who have been in those situations.
Thank you,
Laura

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Man... I have been on opiate scripts for almost a decade. No problem, it works, NEVER abuse, every once awhile I take an extra as my pain day happens, but I have to account for that by end of month (you know).

So 4 month ago my doc cuts meds in half and replaced them with the tizanadine. Worst past 7 weeks EVER! I go to sleep and wake in 3-4 hours in a fit of intense sweats, the inability to go back to sleep. I am a freaking zombie since. I pass out standing up!

All the ones who have made the story of pain meds a disaster have ruined it for those who really need and not abuse. But stay away from the tizanadine, of rather go without and I am working on getting off them but it's harder than the perks of life.

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I took 3 4mg zanaflex and wound up in the hospital for 3 days. My bp was 70/30 and my pulse was 30. How I called 911 is a mystery. Then my bp skyrocketed. I have a high tolerance to most meds and think if 2 is good 4 is better. That stuff kicked my ass. And I was sooo thirsty. 1 at night only. Scared me to death.

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Please take this very serious get away from the Xanax it's terrible if you do have panic or anxiety it will only make it worse. If you don't it will make you have them way worse. This is how quick Xanax effected me with the first one I needed the second dose immediately and on and on. The withdraws from Xanax are currently the worst I have ever experienced. I don't wish any addiction on any one. I wouldn't give Xanax to my very worst enemy. May God bless you always

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I take zanaflex and I can't stop and I want too. It gives me terrible side effects, dizziness, light headness and heart palpitations. I usually don't take more than prescribed but still have the side effects. How do you stop?

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Switch him to Trazadone. It's non narcotic and non addictive.

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Glad you are in treatment. Many people need a combination of meds for different types of pain relief, but it is vital to discuss when to take these meds, not only with your doctors, but ESPECIALLY your pharmacist. Stick to one pharmacy. It will save your life.

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Ambien is the devil. I blacked out and ended up in the hospital for ten days. Even when I would tell doctors what happened, they still wanted me to take it. I refuse. It's so dangerous.

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Yes. After faking just 2 and I also have a high tolerance and high bp. So I took my reg meds along with the bloop pressure medicine znf shortly after iIgelt terrible. I took my bp and it was 68\25 pulse 20.I knew I didn't have much time so I called 911. I WA's in the Hosp for 3 days while they tried to balance it. Once the xanaflex wore off my rebound bp skyrockef and I almost strokefd out. It drops you bp like z rock. Take either or not both

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Hi I take these too for muscle spasm but now cannot sleep without them. I really never noticed at first but I did start to notice changes in my temperament and didn't think anything of it until my husband mention that if become more mean even when sleeping he says I curse and push for no particular reason and I never believed it until I was sleep talking and he touched me and I cursed so loud that I woke myself up, now I've been noticing more and more angry tendencies. After doing research I found it to be a side affect, have found no alternative yet so on my third year of it heading into number four in a few weeks

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Zanaflex is a somewhat common sleep aid and due to its drowsiness side effect, exceeding the amount while being up can definitely cause a high. It's common with Ambien for example. Many people stay up on the Ambien when they aren't supposed to causing them to feel high.

So I would say that's the biggest indicator as to why one feels high, unable to walk straight, hallucinating, etc.

Abuse for Zanaflex isn't too common but it definitely exists. If you have trouble sleeping even when taking Zanaflex I think a talk to your doctor would be a good idea as they can put you on a better sleep aid.

Hope this helps somewhat

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My best friend and brother died from a overdose of this s*** and opana. The zanaflex was the reason they couldn't bring him back. I know this because I'm an air ambulance pilot on a chopper. I'll keep the name of it anonymous but anyways there nothing more hurtful than watching someone go down hill so fast. We begged him to get help and he wouldn't. So if your out there messed up on any s*** please don't feel silly or desperate because it's a certain substance. God loves you and i love you no matter who or where you are. If you think you need help then you most likely do, but you'll quit when you wanna quit. God bless.

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That is NOT a lot of medicine to take for chronic pain which to me sounds like what pnut princess has!! 2 xr Meds and 4 very low milligramage (I know that's not a real word) for break thru pain and something to help sleep w the Ambien and 4 mg Zanaflex to real muscles and help facilitate sleep. I'm on a Very Similar! Regimen of Meds for my chronic back pain and it has helped me get my life back! She's probably worse off than me and I take Zanaflex up to 4x a day! Excellent muscle relaxer!! Sooo who R you to say that she's taking Sooo or toouch medicine?! Sounds reasonable to me being a (fellow) chronic pain patient

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my wife got addicted to them. Started taking them during the day neglecting our small children. She finally has admitted that she has a problem, but we dont know where to start getting her treatment as my area all they offer is help for those who are addicted to narcotics and zanaflex is not considered an opiate. What kind of help are you getting or can you advise me?

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Hey Mat, you live in NY? It's terrible here get'n narcotics!!

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I've had a bad bad hallucination last night after taking Zanaflex and Ambien together. I've taken it for years but all the sudden I'm starting to have hallucinations. I'm seeing people that really aren't there and I feel like they're out to get me. It's like I'm in a horror movie and can't get out. I don't want to stop taking it because I have insomnia and fibromyalgia real bad and it helps me a lot with my sleep and nerve pain. I'm not sure what to do. I'm so scared of night!!!!!

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Have u tried pregabalin?, they're for nerve damage. Don't know if u'd get them in the States but I know peeps that get them here in Aberdeen Scotland

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I've been taking zanaflex for awhile 2mg at,a time no problems for muscle pain fibromyalgia.

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Hello brother. I am a currently separated veteran from the U.S. army. And I hate to see thee doctor keep prescribing you so many pills. When cannabis can help with the majority of those without needing the ambient or opiates.

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Ive been waiting 6 months and on increasing amounts of oxy when i got severe musclevspasms so started tizanidine at low dose. After only 2 weeks i started falling then had serious hallucinations which after a terrifying period of believing that i was being chased by underground dwellers a took a hard fall. Difficult on my 67 uear old body. Landed on my face. Huge bruises all over body. Police came and took me to the hospital where they stapled my forehead. Then a 3 hor trip to a mental institution for a 72 hour hold. Nightmare! What pissess me off is that that was my thied visit to the emergency room in 2 days. Came in with complaints of hallucinating and falling. They saod it was the tizanidine and to stop taking it but it was already too late. Even drove to my doctors that same day with my complaints. Just sent me home whete i live alone and btw right across the street from the hospital whete i was trying to run to to be safe! I get there and they ship me off for 3 days in one of those hell holes. It was and continues to be a nightmare. My brain is as bruised as my eye. Have spent the past two years off all psych drugs after 30 wasted years on and this happens. I was just seeing daylight in my healing and now i am back into despair and feeling hopeless and so traumatized. Does biting it for faster telease during bad spasms increase the risk of hallucinating or is it just my propensity to be super sensitive to all chemicals after 30 years of them. Daughter is pissed and say s i brought it on myself for biting it. Would love to be able to tell her not true. I know that biting a pill is inappropriate intake but i didnt over use them. Thanks. Any response would be appreciated. Dont know if its ok to put .my email here but im going to because id really appreciate an answer. Maybe she wont be so pissed.

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