blackbird Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 For some reason I like to have a big stash of benzos at my disposal, I order the prescriptions then keep the pills stashed away for emergency times, I currently have 45 oxazepam, 18 diazepam, 4 Librium from yonks ago and 92 Zimovanes stashed (yes, I'm a sad sick cow who counts her pills) not to mention over 80 Haldols. I keep them stashed away for a rainy day or whenever the thought might come into my head to harm myself as it did last year when I took 3 pretty pointless overdoses of Zimovane and Librium last Christmas. Does anyone else stash away meds for an emergency? It doesn't have to be solely benzos - any psych med will do. blackbird x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dee Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 I have a stash of emergency Valium. I also seem to keep my old meds I don't take anymore for some comforting reason. I'm not planning an OD or anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panz Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 All the time, I'm a hard core packrat with meds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loon-A-TiK Posted December 1, 2006 Share Posted December 1, 2006 i keep a nice stash of some of my meds, especially lamictal and zyprexa. i have enough lamictal for at least 4 months, and enough zyprexa for the same length of time. i do take lamictal now but not zyperxa. i also have a huge quantity of risperdal, which i take. i used to have a lot of lexapro, but i gave it to my mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mechante Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Yeah, right now I have xanax, clonazepam, ativan, and oxazepam in my house... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praxis Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I stash all my old meds. As Dee said, there is something comforting about knowing they are there, just in case. I also feel very anxious if I'm running low on the ones I'm currently taking, but I think non MI people feel that way too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HazelBLK Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I tend to stash anti-psychotics more than I take them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsloony Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I used to- whenever i'd change to a new med i keep the leftovers of the old. for a while there was something oddly comforting about having it. i finally decided that there was NOTHING comforting or helpful about having them. all it did was perpetuate me thinking about if when how many etc. i must say i felt a great sense of pride when i finally felt brave enough to flush them all (and i do mean all). there was a real sense of mastering a demon. my current tdoc explained this to me in a way that really made sense to me- thinking about suicide is your minds way of avoiding what its really thinking. by the way- i never od'd again. i hope this can inspire someone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunshine Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 Yes, but I don't know why. When I first went on them, my pdoc prescribed a higher dose than I ever ended up taking. I kept refilling the scripts even though I didn't use them. It's the only med I've done this with. I have no addiction problems and have never been suicidal, so I can't for the life of me figure out why I've stockpiled them like this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaloGirl66 Posted December 2, 2006 Share Posted December 2, 2006 I stash all my old meds. As Dee said, there is something comforting about knowing they are there, just in case. I also feel very anxious if I'm running low on the ones I'm currently taking, but I think non MI people feel that way too. Ditto. Keeping all my old meds even just helps me remember what I have taken before. I may not remember the name of a drug but I might remember what the pill looks like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parts Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 I stash everything away for that rainy day extra meds, money anything I think I might need some day just in case. At times I have had 2 bottles of klonipin three Xanax even $4000 in cash hid away it fluctuates up and down but always squirreling things away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Latin Girl Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I stash Xanax! I have a ton of bottles. Awful to admit but true. I do take as needed but tend to store up a lot In case of a big blow out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenzoBabe Posted December 5, 2006 Share Posted December 5, 2006 I keep a stash of 200 VALIUM and try to keep 15 Ambein around for an emergency...I dont ever have an emergency so I usually have to rotate my meds so that none go stale...cause once I had same go to almost dust they were so old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rainbow_tears Posted December 15, 2006 Share Posted December 15, 2006 yup I stash altho not much in my stash these days as all my 'spare' meds got taken as a major od last january that landed me in hospital and ICU. x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophia85 Posted July 19, 2007 Share Posted July 19, 2007 About once a year my parents go through and clean out my med supply and move them to an undisclosed location (although they swear cross their hearts hope to die that they haven't disposed of them). Each time they do they take about a packing box full of pills away from me. I kid you not when I say a packing box. We're taking percocet, vicodin, seroquel, lithium, zyprexa,antibiotics, cough medicine with codine, darvocet, tylenol 3,topamax.....etc...etc...etc... you name it I've usually got it stashed somewhere. And thats not to mention all the bottles of ativan that I usually have at my disposal. You see I was prescribed to take the ativan to take on a daily basis but in reality I would take it on a rather infrequent PRN basis but would fill it as though I was taking it on a daily basis so I have bottles of ativan that have never even been opened. The psychiatrist finally caught onto that though so now I'm on Xanax.... alas no more ativan for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaisinGirl Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 I do have a stash of benzos! I have saved up with suicide in mind before, but now I actually save them specifically so I can knock myself out on long plane trips... -RaisinGirl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r.mcmurphy Posted July 27, 2007 Share Posted July 27, 2007 you betcha..hoard like crazy. part and parcel of the mental wreckage that serves me as a mind. is there a wig among us that wouldn't trade this lunacy for a rewired noggin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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