Need medical expertise regarding benzos and drowning

[whatstheporpoise15]

I'm not sure if I'll get the opportunity to drown myself in the pool before the summer ends, but if I do, I want to be passed out for it. I have a good stash of benzos but I'm concerned about an "interaction" with drowning. If a benzo overdose represses your breathing, would that mean it would take longer for the water to get into my lungs and kill me, or would the already slow breathing be a benefit. I really don't want to be awake for it. I don't really have a ton of options and life is intolerable. Even if I ever get past this awful patch I'm in, I don't think life is worth living. I'm so sick of people saying "it will get better." It's such bullshit! It might get better for a month or two but my life has been one shitty struggle after the next and I'm tired.

 

[Jrmull1993]

While it is true that benzodiazepines can reduce your respiratory rate, drowning is a physical process that no medicine can intervene with.

It takes a fairly large dose of a benzodiazepine to actually loose consciousness. Most people who are found unconscious while on benzodiazepines, tend to have mixed this with other substances, usually alcohol, which intensifies the depressive effect of benzodiazepines.

 

[whatstheporpoise15]

While it is true that benzodiazepines can reduce your respiratory rate, drowning is a physical process that no medicine can intervene with.

It takes a fairly large dose of a benzodiazepine to actually loose consciousness. Most people who are found unconscious while on benzodiazepines, tend to have mixed this with other substances, usually alcohol, which intensifies the depressive effect of benzodiazepines.

Thanks for the response. I actually have a pretty large stash of benzos. I hope that the very least it will keep me feeling relatively sedated even if I don't pass out.

 

[LittleJem]

This is kind of my method and I wish I knew the answer - like does the Benzo make drowning more certain and /or more pleasant.

 

[Secrets1]

Thanks for the response. I actually have a pretty large stash of benzos. I hope that the very least it will keep me feeling relatively sedated even if I don't pass out.

I'd say tolerance and type of benzos are big factors. Lots of Xanax is an obv logical choice. I've heard combining different benzos potentiates them however no clue if that's any different than taking a huge dose of 1 type.