Posted by yxibow on November 20, 2008, at 23:26:26
In reply to Re: why does alcohol work better than benzos for me?, posted by that_guy23 on November 20, 2008, at 6:54:14
> There is nothing that I have experienced yet, that will whipe away SA like a six pack of beer or a couple or 3 stiff drinks, depending on your tolerance. I've been on drugs where its been whiped away, but your just f*ck*d right up, with just the right amount of alcohol, you feel perfect. It is,in my opinion, at just that first part of the buzz, where your just comfortable and happy, you without social anxiety disorder!!
I don't know how to put it but a six pack of beer, light, is nearly 600 calories. (Just like six non dietcolas are more than 900 calories). If you're taking metabolically changing medicines, that's just the icing on the cake to worry about.
6 bottles of beer are 6 1/2 ounces of your average tequila and 6 glasses of wine in pure 100% alcohol content.
Its the same on your brain, your liver, and whatever you're taking.
I'm not trying to be a teetotaler, but it is the #1 reason why someone has -A- drink or two at a bar. They feel "loosened up" and lose their inhibitions a bit and are able to talk to someone.
I'm not saying that's a good or a bad thing, I know that a lot of us, including myself, have done that. But it isn't particularly attractive to have (for me, for someone else, whatever sex) a guy who has had 6 drinks attempt to slother themselves over me.
That's some high alcohol tolerance, that's all I can say -- and its true, genetically we all vary -- generally Asians from certain regions are missing a certain enzyme, so breakdown of ethanol is hard and face flushing can occur among other things.
But if you're taking any significant dose of benzodiazepines or other CNS depressants and you're taking the equivalent of 6 doses of Everclear (the real stuff) daily, it isn't a good plan, in my opinion. Its alcohol poisoning for some.
And not to mention the day after.
Plans that include psychological intervention into the causes of social phobia will work much better than just attempting to "patch it over" alone with medication.
Don't get me wrong, this is the medication board and it serves a purpose -- there is other work to be done too, and the last thing I wanted to get in is that it IS NOT YOUR FAULT for having this disorder.
-- tidings
-- Jay
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