Xanax?!

[LONESOME]

Hi everyone, well I found out that my son is doing xanax but I started investigating how you can get high on xanax and I didn't know so I found out that he is snorting it I just don't know how you can abuse xanax can some one help me with this one please?
I just devastated I don't know what to do any more first marijuana, then found out he was stilling my pills "to sell them" now the xanax and yesterday I found paxil on his room wtf is going on he left the house haven't seen him for 3 days.
Please if you know share.
gs

[gnarly_1]

This is a tuff one I had a daughter following the sam pattern when she was only 13 we went threw hell till she was 16 and thay had to cut her out of a car once healed she spent till she was 18 in jail on the bright side she found recovery in jail and is 23 with 2 kids and a normal mom there is not much you can do until thay want to quit we did rehab 3 times court ordered drug testing witch she failed it was a mess my advise to you is try an intervention and get to a alanon meeting google one near you it will teach you how to set up boundys and not enable them in the end it will be up to them N/A has a good program and if you look most city's have youth drug programs do what you can and do what my wife did fatefully pray every night....good luck and God bless......Gnarly

[GMA1949]

Well kiddo I have been dealing with my kids from xanax to methodone! (Those two together create a synthetic heroin)  you need to find out if he is doing heroin? They usually go hand in hand! It is the in drug for kids these days,plus meth! They will still alot of the meds to get what they need! See Paxil well sell for very high on the streets for what they are wanting. Do not be an enabler! That was where I was for so long! I know there is hope as long as you keep giving him encouragement! My heart breaks for you cause I know I have seen it all with kids and grandkids! If you need to talk email me at az.***@****

[Mikeinthesouth]

I'll be praying for him.....

[Mikeinthesouth]

if you give up then he will have no home to go to when he is ready.... I remember when we were kids and we used to flip for "purple footballs" which is no doubt xanazx which it is very possible to get high off of just as is valium, lorazepan and klonopin.....

[LONESOME]

Thank you so much for your support and prayers really it means a lot, sometimes I feel like there is no hope and I just want to give up.

thank you all

[misterkangfish]

I was once addicted to xanax. You can snort anything you can crush. I know someone who even snorts  lortab (hydrocodone) and it's mostly tylenol. It makes a pile of stuff to snort.I know the "electric shock thing that Mobass spoke of but it took me a while to figure out what it was. I went to a community detox center and they subed phenabarbital (sp) to wean me off over a one week period and for 2 or 3 weeks after I thought I would loose my mind! I don't know any way to get high on Paxil. I've had a script for it before and if you could get high on it I would have found a way. I guess everyone is different but I don't know of anyone who gets high on it. How old is he? I don't know what you could do about it.Maybe if he read some on this forum he might get a clue. I'm not a young man and I've fought with addictions most of my life. Nobody could stop me but me and I was raised in a church going household where there was no smoking, drinking nor drugs. It's not your fault. Some of us can't be stopped. We have to stop ourselves. I truelly hope he'll get a handle on things so he doesn't have a lifetime of drug problems. I pray that y'all find a solution.

[mobass]

I have been taking Xanax 3-.5mg a day for at least 6 years. Never try to cold turkey on this stuff. I had siezures so bad last week it was like was getting a high voltage shock every few seconds. Couldn't function at all---Benzos need to be tapered

[kim715]

I have got to give my granddaughters lunch but a little while later I'm going to send you a pm.I'de like to share my stepdaughters' story with you maybe it can help you in trying to figure out what to do.Peace.

[wannabefree330]

Oh yes I believe it.  My daughter just turned 18 last month and in feb went to court on a theft charge.  she was on probation and had a curfew of 11pm.  As soon as she violated it (which was the same day of the order) I called her prob officer and she spent 4 days in juvinille detention.  It has changed her in so many ways.  She is still defiant and that will never change but she doesn't hang around the same people and is more responsible. (I also requested the judge make a 'no contact order' with a particular friend who was a bad influence and that helped alot!)  You may have to show some tough love and turn him in to wake him up.  If he has a warrant out already, use that!, it may be what saves him from the drug world and the road he is choosing.  He will hate you now, but later will realize you what you were doing.  Besides, how many times have we heard "I hate you"?  lol-brush it off and move forward.  You love your son, and are trying to save his life-you deserve credit for that.  Remember You are not alone! and this is only advice so take what you need and leave the rest ok?  I'm praying for you.

[LONESOME]

Thank you so much for all your info really, is really nice you remember about my post.

Galdy

[LONESOME]

Thank you so much for the info and yes I want to help this is been going on for the past year and first marijuana he was on probation with routine drug test and not even that make him stop the use.
He didn't finish the probation protoccal so he has a warrant for his arrest I have try everything no rehab that is the one thing I know about a rehab in San Jose is for free my niece went to it a year and a half and she is doing so good she was addicted to meth, I tell me son that I need to take him and he said he dosen't have a problem that he is not in hard core drugs like meth or heroin.
I need to do something he left the house cause he dosen't like the fact that he has set hours to come home, he is 17 1/2 and no job so I made him apply at mcdonalds and they give him the job we had to pay money for his health card and trips to get all of that gas (you know about the price of that) and when it was time for orientation he told us that macdonalds was not for him that he wanted something better and that his friends were making fun of him already, can you belive that?

[kim715]

My sister takes paxil for anxiety attacks.I talked with her this morning and I remembered your post so I asked her about it.She explained paxil as being something like zoloft.She has taken xanax before,never abused it,but her doctor gave it to her for the first month she was put on the paxil.The xanax was to help with the anxiety attacks until the paxil sort of kicked in .It takes a few weeks for the paxil to begin working,like the zoloft and other drugs of that nature.She said she never got a buzz or anything like that from it.It helped to control her anxiety attacks,and lessen the severity of them when one did occur.I hope this helps a little.Praying for you.Peace.

[wannabefree330]

one more thing, the extreme mood swings are from the drugs.  both the xanax and paxil can cause severe agitation, palpitations, anxiety and anger issues when stopping.  It may be he goes on a binge, then doesn't have any for a few days and thats when he 'acts out'.
Two things:  1.  paxil (and other antidepressants) have been shown to increase risk of suicidal thoughts in kids and teens- so watch for this and call 911 if he ever threatens (it will require the hospital to provide a social worker visit and may help you and him find rehab). 2.  Like previously said from other posts-some people can actually have seizures or life threatening problems from stopping xanax cold turkey.  I believe this is when someone has taken routinely for some time-and may not apply to people who just use it recreationally.  

[wannabefree330]

I volunteer at a drug treatment outpatient program and have never come across paxil abuse.  Although, I hear alot about 'pill parties' where kids find whatever pills they can, everyone brings them, they put them into a bowl and take them like candy to see what happens.  Crazy I know, but true.   The only thing I can think of is it has similar affects as the xanax.  It is used for anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder, panic attacks-so this would be like taking a "downer" for some.  Now you should know that in addicts, pills can have the opposite effects.  For me, pain killers make me high-for 'normal' people they put them to sleep?  So, it may be that the paxil gives him a buzz.
An important thing for you to recognize is that this is NOT your fault.  You didn't cause it, you can't make him stop, and you can't cure it.  You CAN give him support and lead him in the right direction however.  Check him into a rehab-BUT  if he isn't interested in quitting, it probably will be a waste of money, energy, and time.  Let him know you are aware of what is going on.  Set boundaries with him (if you want to live here, you need to get help) support him in getting clean, but don't support his abuse.  Sounds easy but it is one of the hardest things to do (my daughter used to use inhalants and i had to move her into her dad's but it turned her around).  Best of luck and we're here for you.

[LONESOME]

No I don't know what mg, don't know anything about xanax and now paxil do you know if you can get high of paxil? I'm so despreta right now cause everything Kim said is happening to my son he goes into this horrible mood swings and scream and do stupid thing and the next day he is like nothing ever happend I so fed up.

[sadinmichigan]

wow..I have never heard of snorting benzos..but in this day and age it seems anything goes..I presently take xanax..1mg/dy..I did abuse them as well at one time in my life..I was up to @5-7mg/dy..personally..xanax/benzos affect people different..of course i do not get a "buzz" off them and they were definately not my doc..as I prefer more energy..etc.But at the time I was abusing them..I was abusing everything..I had to wean down very very slowly and successfully did that to 0mg..your son needs to know how very deadly xanax withdrawal can be if stopped cold..(how long has he been doing it)..and the w/ds are very very uncomfortable and in my opinion worse than comming hydros..do you know what mg/s??

[Missy31]

Hey, I'm sorry that you are going threw with your son. Truthfully now a days it seems like you can get high of of anything! I never took Xanax but from what I have read it is widely abused. My thoughts are with you, Best of luck!

[kim715]

When I was abusing vicodin I knew sooooooooooo many people who were abusing xanax,they would take what they referred to as xany bars[spelling?].They didn't snort them,but they abused them.They would get so out of it,say and do things that were so out of character for them when they didn't take them and not remember a thing about it.I don't know what it made them feel like.Fortunately I never liked benzos.I favored all that false energy from the pain pills.Where I live xanax is a drug that is abused alot.I'm so sorry for what your having to go through,as a mom I can only imagine how worried you must be.I will keep you and your son in my prayers.Peace.

[LONESOME]

but then again I didn't even know that you can snort pain pills either

[LONESOME]

Thanks I know he is ok he has txt me today after I txt him, but I'm really worried about him I know about xanax and paxil but I don't know what exactly what he is doing his ex just told me about snorting them.

[lady67]

I am so sorry Lonesome.  I really don't know that much about the Xanax, but I do know that snorting anything can't be good.  I hope things work out and you hear from your son soon.

Susan