Posted by pablo1 on July 12, 2004, at 10:32:33
In reply to Re: Xyrem (GHB) - I am curious, posted by 1980Monroe on July 11, 2004, at 17:09:14
Xyrem activates positive feelings rather than being effective only by supressing your mind, it allows you to feel good and sleep well with no hangover or liver damage. It is supposed to be able to immediately erase suicidal depression and let those folks feel that life is worth living. Just to be able to see that is supposed to help you long term somewhat, especially for people who have not felt that way in years. Xyrem allows you to feel emotions and compassion for others and yourself rather than simply numbing the pain. It does numb anxiety though by suppressing dopamine and there is a bounce-back effect when the stored up dopamine returns but you are supposed to be relaxed and happy then so that just feels energizing. If you abuse it the rebound becomes an anxious withdrawl & that's why you wouldn't want to do it without a doc's supervision if you might be prone to addiction.
Xyrem forces 'normal' sleep with both dream and slow wave cycles so folks with sleeping problems are able to get satisfying sleep at night and then don't fall asleep randomly during the day. One thing that's weird though is the sleep only lasts about 5 hours at most, then you wake up on the hyper dopamine rebound so my thought is it's not wise for long term sleep therapy except in extreme cases like narcolepsy where people are unable to drive a car for fear of suddenly passing out at any moment. That's certainly medically urgent enough to warrant use of this drug.
> Ok, what is the big diffrence between GHB and other sedatives like Xanax, and barbiturates, if they all have a "tranquilizing" effect.
>
> I dont know much about GHB so dont please dont bite my head off.
>
> Why is GHB prescribed for Narcolepsy?
>
> Thank you
poster:pablo1
thread:230314
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20040712/msgs/365294.html