Posted by Fred Potter on May 6, 2001, at 16:35:51
In reply to Thank you. (np), posted by SLS on May 4, 2001, at 8:46:56
I tried 25mg Naltrexone with 40mg Prozac daily some weeks ago. It worked better than anything else I tried. I had to stop because it was so expensive. Since when I've got very bad again. So I've decided to stuff the cost and try it again. Well the first time it took only about 6 days for the unmistakable feeling of poop-out lifting. This time, with only 20mg Prozac, it took 17 and I was ready to give up on it. I hope it will last.
Can someone please explain how blocking your natural opiate receptors brings peace to an unquiet mind? If this is the reason it stops reinforcement in the alcohol effect, how is it that "healthy" ways of stimulating the same endorphins seem unaffected or even increased? Perhaps they're not the same natural opiates.
Is there down-regulation of natural opiate receptors (such as might happen with chronic alcohol administration) that is relieved by blocking them? Or can there be too many receptors?
Finally, is there any evidence that the augmentation strategy itself can poop out?
Thanks everyone
Fred
poster:Fred Potter
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