Abuse Of Zanaflex (Page 4)

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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I would not take Tramadol. It makes my son have seizures along with many...I'm talking about a lot of other people also. It made me shake and vomiting violently for hours. It made my mom really sick also. Just a little warning.

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I would not take Tramadol. It makes my son have seizures along with many...I'm talking about a lot of other people also. It made me shake and vomiting violently for hours. It made my mom really sick also. It is also addictive. Just a little warning.

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Can it kill you? I know someone who downed about90 pills i just need to know can it kill you

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Taking an extra 4mg, of a strong generic, causes me to experience visual & auditory hallucinations, plus paranoid delusions. I can take 8mg with no problem, & with some generics I can take 12mg & still experience no effect at all. I see my doctor frequently & am a lifelong sufferer of chronic insomnia, therefore I take tizanidine at bedtime.

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It's not unusual for individuals experiencing extreme sleep deprivation to overdose in an effort to get sleep. Let your doctor know that you're at risk for overdosing & perhaps he/she can help with a safer medication, or a supply too small to stop your heart. Oh, it's important to realize that Zanaflex(tizanidine) is a muscle relaxer & the heart is a muscle. Too much of this drug will stop the patient's heart.

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I have had vitually the same exact experiences with the zanaflex I could not sleep without it. I was up for almost 72 hours straigh when i went to alcohol treatment and had to stop it for 6 weeks. I still cant sleep well withouti

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Thanks for your share! It helped me to know about how many you can take at 1 time. The doctor told me that I could take 8 a day. I take 2 in the morning & 2 at night. I usually forget to take the other 4 during the day. . But lately, I've been adding some of them to my nighttime medicine regimen. It seems to be helping me to fall asleep and stay asleep. Hope this helps someone

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Omg Diane!!! I had the same reactions to Tizanadine. I began taking it 5 months ago for back pain and had sudden seizurelike reactions and very vivid evil visions or hallucinations. Mind you i had excellent blood pressure prior to using tizanadine but found I developed hight blood pressure or rebound hypertension and just got back from a emergency room and hospital stay of 2 days. I was using Tizanadine for my pain but mainly took 4 4mg tabs at night for insomnia. I learned the hard way at 57 yrs old that this is a very dangerous drug. While asleep i was lowering my bp too low therefore playing russian roulette with my heart. I am so glad I saw your article because I was feeling very
stupid but now feel validated. People stay away from this med!!!! God bless you Diane.

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I've been having strange nighttime hallucinations (like home movies - of all kinds of people playing in yards - on the walls) over the past 5 months or so. At first I thought it was interesting but once I figured out I had no choice it is frightening. I take Morphine ER's and Tizanidine. I looked into side effects and found both cause them. I too fear the night. I was doing great on Opana (best thing I ever took) and Soma but they took Opana off the market and for some unknown reason my doctor hates Soma. Too bad I can't have what works for me. It's back to try this and that and deal with the pain in between. It's pretty tiresome. To the kind military person - thank you for your service - once I get this figured out I'll be okay. Not all If these meds are necessarily bad If you take low doses and they help. If I don't get it figured out with conventional medicine then maybe I'll try CBD (Cannabis) oill next.

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