Posted by beckett2 on April 8, 2018, at 2:04:48
In reply to Why is alcohol the only thing that helps me?, posted by Prefect on April 6, 2018, at 14:34:51
> I suffer from severe anxiety, inner tension, tremors, cognitive deficit, derealization, etc
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> One double shot of whiskey gives me more relief than 1 mg of clonazepam. I am able to think, I become more motivated, relaxed, and my inner tension and tremors stop.
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> What is the mechanism behind this? It can't just be GABA and NMDA antagonism otherwise clonazepam would work too. It's got to be something else alcohol does that I need to find a medication that can do the same, otherwise I'm on the path to alcoholism.
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> And no, my symptoms are not from alcohol withdrawal, I had them for a year before I accidentally discovered alcohol practically makes me NORMAL for a few hours.The various benzos are different in effect-- couldn't tell you why, but I've only liked two and the rest made me feel like rubbish. Clonazapam I did not like, and I'd rather a shot of whiskey that it.
I suppose if you don't overdo or feel worse later or in the long run, lots of people find whiskey works fine.
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