Posted by JGalt on November 6, 2001, at 23:31:50
In reply to GHB: Could anyone help me to know? Tks, posted by vincent on November 6, 2001, at 18:47:40
lol, I've used this med more than anything for my symptoms. Be aware it is completely illegal, unless you have a script for Xyrem or live outside the US.
In my biased opinion, it works quite well for dysthymia provided it is used in the correct manner. That is: 1. Do not take with a lot of food (seems to slow down it getting into your brain). 2. No more than 2.5 grams or milliliters per 6 hours (would cause dopamine buildup) 3. None before going to sleep (reduces formations of memories due to too much stage 4 sleep and not enough dreaming sleep, you start forgetting things easily...I once forgot to zip up my pants 4 times in one week before I figured out what it was).
Doses you'll have to learn yourself. No way to predict how much will effect you the way you want to. The only good generality is if you have indian blood in you, you'll probably need a significant amount more. Start with 1.5 grams, if you don't feel anything, take 2g after 4 hrs, still don't feel anything increase it to 2.5 after another 4 hrs, if it just feels mild increase it .25g. If you overshoot you'll feel sedated, and may have to go to sleep. 1.5-5 grams is the norm. 2-2.5 grams is probably average.
What does it feel like? Well the right dose will feel energizing, somewhat disinhibiting, LOT less anxiety, an in love feeling with life (not beyond reasonable boundaries), tend to be overall considerably more optimistic (don't let this allow you to trust people too much), much less irritable, more sharing and open, less likely to take things negatively, etc. Sometimes this loss of anxiety can be more than you'll like, it'll mean you'll have to focus harder if you're doing a mentally challenging task. Still, the fact that it has all the positives more than outweight this additional effort. Also, you'll never have to increase your dosage of the drug to get the same effects.
Side effects: Falling into an unrousable sleep for a few hrs(from too high of a dosage, if they do wake you, you won't remember and you'll act very out of it), confusion (too high of dosage), some people get nauseas off of too high a dose too (some puke, much higher chance if combined w/ alky, see below).
Those are the only ones I can think of...don't EVER combine with alcohol, the combination becomes incredibly toxic if you do, in fact, that's how people die off of ghb (also how many throw up). The lethal dosage is somewhere around 300grams, but if you're drinking some alcohol, even a normal dose could kill you (they use the same enzyme in the liver, this is part of the reason I believe). Other sedatives will also make it more lethal.
JGalt
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