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Seeking Disaster
Phenazepam
Citation:   CaptnSensible. "Seeking Disaster: An Experience with Phenazepam (exp96040)". Erowid.org. Sep 22, 2019. erowid.org/exp/96040

 
DOSE:
  oral Pharms - Phenazepam (powder / crystals)
BODY WEIGHT: 158 lb
Phenazepam...Seeking Disaster

Let this story serve as a warning to anyone tempted by this cheap and legal benzo. It put me in the hospital and cost me my job.

I am what you may call a benzo afficionado. I have tried them all, with a particular love for Etizolam (also currently legal) and Xanax. When I saw a cheap version of Phenazepam, I just had to try it.

First of all, for the euphoric kick of benzos, I would look elsewhere. There isn't one. It it simply sedates me. I feel fine, but I look absolutely fucked to an observer.
It it simply sedates me. I feel fine, but I look absolutely fucked to an observer.
This is not a good thing for a drug to do. It should always be the opposite.

It makes me dizzy and a bit sleepy and like Xanax, can make me dangerously mouthty.

Unlike other benzos which come and go though me in a matter of hours, this shit takes weeks..maybe longer. This instantly ups the addiction potential of phenazepam. Being an idiot, mine arrived as a white powder and I do not own a scale so I licked a bunch and went off to the office. 4 days later I hopped the train to the office and aside from feeling drowsy, I could barely type, getting my fingers to work properly. Coworkers instantly noticed something was wrong and and I was sent home...a bad sign. The next step would be a 12 panel urine test which DOES test for benzos. I have a scrip anyhow, so that would have pulled me out of the deep shit but I was still showing positive for benzos 5 days after ingesting.
I was still showing positive for benzos 5 days after ingesting.


I was still dizzy. People kept commenting on my slurred speech and I looked like I was developing a stroke. I already have a high blood pressure (Phen was lowering it) but I was walking around, bumping into things, falling down...this is not the peaceful sunshine of Xanax, this is a more of a stroke and not at all fun.

And because of my odd behavior, I was called to office. I always hated my job, so before I was fired (and in retrospect, I don't think I was going to be) I quit. Blood pressure dropped immediately but now I am unemployed. I suspect that had I been sober, I would have simply taken the ass kicking and smiled. Instead, the Phenazepam gave me the courage to throw down my keys and walk out.

The whole thing came screaming to a halt when I went out for a beer with the wife. I had 1.5 beers. Barely enough to get a buzz. Keep in mind, 7 days after dosing when I walked out of the bar, it was like I had had 30. I could not walk, I saw triplicate, I developed the shits, and began projectile vomitting. Long story short, the wife called the EMT. The docs had no idea and gave me MORE benzos. My blood work showed high benzos, but I disavowed knowledge due to being given benzos by the EMT, although my doc suspects I had a few too many Xanax gin. I am slowly getting better, and was released from the hospital with ECKG, EEG, and MRI tests all okay, but still act a bit like I have a tumor and slur my speech. Great for job interviews.

Three days in hospital because of my stupidity with a benzo that isn't very good anyhow. If Xanax is a Mercedes, Phenazepam is a Lada. No way should any benzo be so long acting as to impact you for more than 10 hours. I would stay away from this if you have no mg scale, and even if you do, it's junk.

Exp Year: 2010ExpID: 96040
Gender: Male 
Age at time of experience: 38
Published: Sep 22, 2019Views: 2,255
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