Posted by revaaron on August 2, 2007, at 13:51:47
In reply to what drug has surprised you most?, posted by KayeBaby on August 1, 2007, at 13:51:26
I don't know if I was skeptical, but I guess I just didn't have any expectations... But, a combination of a B-100 complex and a tablespoon of Cod Liver oil provided almost drug-like feeling (in a good way) anti-anxiety and mild sedation efects. More effective than Xanax or Valium were, for me at least. I wasn't very rigorous with my testing, but it seemed like they had to be taken together at the same time- one or the other seperately didn't produce the same effects. It was enough relaxation to allow me to take a nap during the first few days I was trying out dexedrine, which otherwise had me pretty much unsleepable (while on it, never had insomnia problems at night, post dose). It was sort of a relaxed but not sedated feeling, analogous to L-theanine, though feeling like it. It'd help you sleep if you wanted to, but wouldn't *put* you to sleep, like high-dose Xanax or something.
A similar story, but not a good surprise, about another B-complex. It was one of those supplements with the co-op's name on it, generic u-print-n-stik-em labels added on by the co-op that you see at various health food stores, etc. It was called something like Stress-B-Gone, and it was basically a B complex with a few herbs added in, Skullcap, Passion Flower, maybe Hops and Valerian. It was meant to be taken during the day, and the numbers of the herbs were low, and in my experience, these companies put tiny amounts of herbs in to bring name recognition with little or no effect because of the tiny dose [1]. I took the normal dose, and a few hours later I was pretty whacked out, feeling sort of like DXM, to which I am very sensitive, and very sedated, but not in the good way I mentioned above. Yuck. Avoid those suckers!
[1] For instance, like with Sobe's "Energy" flavor of juice, which contains a whopping 16 mg of taurine. Or, in a hawthorn supplement I have which contains 50 mg of powdered garlic. Not an extract, just a match-head's worth of garlic powder. LAME!
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