Offshooting the trip...benzo vs. depressants.

So as we know benzos will help knock someone out of the trip loop if things get too rough.

Why does a benzo short circuit a trip and are there any other things that do the same?

There are other instant fix medications for anxiety, such as depressants like Vistaril.

Does anyone think that this would pull you out of a trip as well?

Experiences with depressants and trips?
What's the difference with what's happening?

Thanks in advance.

 

In't not so much that they counteract the effects, they just help smooth out the anxiety.
They used to give people Thorazine to counteract a bad trip.All that really did was zombifie them so they would shut the fuck up and be controllable. They generally figured out it often did more harm then good.

 

well... opium is a depressant, right?

that just changed the mood of the trip, increased the visuals, and pretty much just made things fucked up. it pretty much just became stupid tripping with mad visuals, which tbh just shouldn't be what tripping is about at all. my memory of that is pretty blurry.

 

alcohol, but that might make someone crazier.

it's worked for me however.

 

It doesn't knock you out the trip. Benzos are just GABA-minergic depressants like alcohol or ketamine. They will just calm your ass down and space you out. Youre still tripping, youre just too fucked up to notice.

 

I was able to abort a trip - i.e., knock myself out - by taking four Xanax bars, 8 mg.

Now I won't trip without them! I assume Ambien would also do the trick, but as for other depressants like pain killers and alcohol, I don't think you'll be able to sleep with these.

YAYYYYY XANAX

 

crutch.

 

Sweet.

Thanks guys. I didn't know about the anti-psychotics being able to completely kill a trip.

So, does taking an anti-anxiety med have any side effects that actually take "away" from the trip?

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SWIM was on a few day binge of hallucinations when on the third day of acid a few bong rips put SWIM over the edge. SWIM's heart was racing as fast as beats can beat and blood pressure was way up. Visuals were not there any more but actual reality was morphing in and out of nothingness. Needless to say, SWIM was not enjoying this high body load at all.

It was probably the result of draining and straining the brain without giving time for recovery. After taking Lorazepam, SWIM was able to come down and relax. SWIM's vitals returned to a normal range and SWIM was still tripping (just not like he was prior to taking the benzo). SWIM passed out within an hour of taking the benzo.
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SWIM told me that it was getting to be too much too handle and SWIM was glad that there were downers around to help get his mind out the place it was in.

Other experiences?

Basically, SWIM is trying to figure out if it's the "anxiety" element that causes SWIM to feel this way.

SWIM was under the impression that benzos were the saving grace of a trip from hell, but is now learning that anything that removes the anxiousness is the saving grace, whether it is benzo, depressant, or whatever else have you.

 

I would say that the bong rips were probably more of a factor in raised pulse and BP than the acid.
That has happened to me more than a few times with really potent weed.

 

It happened to me last night for the first time ever. I smoked 2 joints in like 2 minutes and felt like my chest was going to explode, my rib cage felt like it was rattling and coming apart.

 

whiskey--benzos--thorizine was old school from the sixties---hell i dont trip without whiskey on hand in case it gets too evil---fuck them evil spirits---heard haldol works as well

 

Yeah I know what you mean. Feels like your going to explode

LSD actually has very negligible physiological side effects. Minor rise in temp and BP, slight sweating, and pupilary dilation.

I am dumbstruck by folks who post stuff like "I took 2 hits of blotter, some molly, drank a forty ouncer, then smoked some crack. Boy that acid really fucks you up with a big body load."

Often weed can be a lot more trouble mixed with psychedelics than people realize.