Posted by BIGDaddyachmed69 on March 6, 2004, at 19:04:23
In reply to Re: the effects of beer/alcohol, equivalent medic » BIGDaddyachmed69, posted by Franz on March 6, 2004, at 18:50:10
> > > > > 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?
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> > 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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> may I ask which dose and for how long have you used xanax?
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> have you tried slow tapering or replacing with a longer acting benzo like klonopin?
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> I use klonopin at a low dose, I chose it over xanax because it is said to cause less dependance, but I think xanax is more mood lifting, so I am considering it
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> thanks and good luckI've used Xanax on and off for going on 2 years...it's only become habitual recently. I've been under an extreme amount of stress, I'm graduating high school in June and still don't know what I'd to like major in or which college I want to go to. Unfortunately, I'm up to 3 mg...I have some Ativan lying around so I might try to substitue that for the Xanax. It doesn't have as long a half-life as Klonopin, but it's not mood-lifting like Xanax.
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