Posted by BIGDaddyachmed69 on March 6, 2004, at 18:36:52
In reply to Re: the effects of beer/alcohol, equivalent medic » BIGDaddyachmed69, posted by Franz on March 6, 2004, at 17:55:05
> > > Hi,
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> > > I had a beer the other night and felt good, calm and somewhat uninhibited, I could even type faster.
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> > > What does this mean in terms of possible drugs that could be good for the same effect?.
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> > > I understand alcohol works on GABA but also on dopamine (which are compromised in social phobia I think). Can this be the reason for the effect I felt?
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> > > Maybe the hops also contributed?.
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> > > I remember a poster here with the nick: 3 beer effect
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> > > I agree the effect is good, but is there any way to obtain the same from a medicine and not alcohol?.
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> > > thanks
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> > Xanax...which is an agonist at one of the GABA receptors. Alcohol enhances GABA, but in a different way. I read on biopsychiatry.com that they've done studies that prove alprazolam increases dopamine concentrations in the brain, in addition to serotonin. But again, it's a benzodiazepine...so personally I wouldn't recommend it.
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> well, I like xanax, so there must be something...
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> I wonder at what doses it increases dopamine. I will check that website
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> why wouldn´t you recommend it? dependence?
>I'm severly dependant on it...I never miss my nightly dose of Xanax. As I hard as I try to wean myself off of it, I just can't. I'm going to an NA meeting next week.
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