Genuinely debating if a very low dose of Clonazepam every other day or so might be the lesser of two evils given it helps reduce my symptoms massively and it's the only thing that seems to stop me feeling like utter crap every day.
Trying benzos can be good bc you can get a sense sense what it is like to turn off some of the glutamate excitotoxicity that contributes contributes ME/CFS.
But that's only worth it at trying it once in awhile, in fact doing bigger doses once a month or something is better than doing smaller doses regularly. Regular usage even at every other day will eventually put you in a bad situation.
Even though I don't agree with everything Yipeeki YOW says on benzos, like we disagree with many of the details, I do agree that regular usage at that level is bad.
Opioids would genuinely be far less harmful, not that they would be harmless.
Daily ketamine usage, which can be prescribed and usedsafely, would be FAR less harmful. Doesn't almost ever cause physical dependence. Has similar pharmacological targets.
J wanted to respond to this earlier but just woke up and there's already so many comments you probably got your answer
There are other gabaergics or drugs targeting gaba and glutamate somehow you can try. I listed some of them in a previous post. Everything from memanrine and ketamine to imidazenil to progesterone. Do u have the saved post of me listing all those drugs?
Occasional use (not regular) of phenibut cause less cognitive issues and better effects than benzos anyway
