Posted by Chairman_MAO on February 1, 2004, at 20:55:45
In reply to Help with A l c o h o l !!!, posted by JonW on February 1, 2004, at 16:33:23
Wow, I have never heard of this scenario before, but it's not like I have any clinical experience. :)
If you experience such a rebound depression from drinking, avoid alcohol, unless you consider this rebound depression worth the mediocre buzz that alcohol provides. IMHO, you are playing with fire every time you drink; what if one time that rebound depression sticks around?
Here is my guess: you have a predisposition toward some form of bipolar disorder and/or are hypersensitive to alcohol, which is neurotoxic. You know how it burns when you put it on a cut? Well, when you drink it you put it on all your internal organs! Using anything as an "antidote" to a temporary alcohol-induced depression I imagine could only make things worse.
I suggest that you find another recreational drug that does not produce this effect, preferably a safer one that is not cytotoxic (pharmaceutical opioids--especially a tincutre of opium--_taken orally_ in _moderate_ doses come to mind). Oh, wait, that's "drug abuse", but drinking isn't ... uhh, yeah, that makes sense. Marijuana might be OK on occasion, but it is pro-manic and a gamble for people with mood disorders.
Stay away from other GABA-A agonists, such as barbiturates and benzodiazepines (unless prescribed by a physician) as well as glutaminergic drugs such as ketamine, DXM, and PCP (everyone should stay away from the last two).
Your problem could also be hormonal, metabolic, etc, but I know squat about that. Best to ask your question to a competent psychiatrist or psychopharmacologist; the answer they give you will most likely be to avoid alcohol. It's probably the correct one.
I know you most likely have no interest in most of the drugs I mentioned nor wanted an explanation so verbose, but people often underestimate the deleterious effects of alcohol because it's a legal social institution and the nation's #1 franchise while demonizing other drugs that are, at worst, no more dangerous than alcohol.
P.S. Your antidote could quite possibly be a lot of water (including the famed 8oz per drink) and a nutritious diet rich in tryptophan and low in tyramine.
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