Posted by velaguff on August 29, 2002, at 13:58:18
In reply to Re: im an alcoholic, posted by FredPotter on August 28, 2002, at 23:58:05
I'd be interested to hear if your sucessful sobriety is related to any medication you're taking. It might help 1FN1 and me. My experience of alcohol definitely mirrors yours. Its antidepressant effects wane as time goes by. I've been playing this over-and-over waiting game, like this: A doc will script me for a med & say, "Don't drink, it'll inferere with your new placebo" =). Then I wait 6 loooooonnnnnggggg weeks without my precious distilled "medication". Trouble is, I've tried at least 20 meds/med combos, and it's getting harder to talk myself into waiting. I don't know of any meds I'm even interested in trying anymore. You think like me when you talk about a mechanism of action in alcohol that could be exploited. I'm a biochemistry lighweight, but rather than concocting bizarre other worldly compounds, mechanism of action unknown, the cause of developing an effective AD might be better served by trying to remove the bad things about alcohol, cocaine, speed, and opiates. They're proven in the short term, maybe some bright person can work out the bugs. I'm very cynical about AD's. On "The Beverly Hillbillies", Granny had some malodorous "Cold Cure": take this here slimy ooze, drink plenty of water, get lots of rest, and yer cold'll be gone in a week or ten days! Guaranteed! I think minor depression often resolves itself (mine is definitely major), so the shrink equivalent of Granny's Cold Cure might be the SSRI. "Take these here purty, candy-colored pills, and in 4 to 6 weeks, your depression'll be gone!"
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