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Re: More from the Macuna front » gromit

Posted by barbaracat on October 10, 2005, at 12:37:30

In reply to Re: More from the Macuna front » barbaracat, posted by gromit on October 10, 2005, at 2:11:22

Hi Rick,
I'm on my week off from macuna. The literature says to cycle it.
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> I didn't realize there was a big difference between the different benzos except for the half-life and xanax being completely different.

**I didn't knox xanax was completely different - how? Does it work differently? I liked Xanax but was leery of reports I'd heard about the tolerance issues. I've noticed slight differences in all of them.

I'll take a valium if I have alot of muscle tension and it works fine without any depression. If I take it because I'm only feeling anxious, it won't help and will create rebound anxiety. Restoril is supposed to be a sleeping med but it wires me up, lasts 3 hours and then has a let down that feels depressing. I take lorezapam because it seems to work the best for me, although when I'm really needing something, like times I've run out of lithium and have gotten very hyper, the benzos don't do a thing.

I've actually taken 10 at a time to just come down and sleep and needed that much because my body was revving so fast. I've often wondered if that's what happened to Marilyn Monroe? I've heard rumors that she was an undiagnosed bipolar and its easy to see how someone might get carried away trying to get a little sleep, especially if she'd been drinking.

>>My doctor recently asked me if I was feeling less anxious when we had never discussed anxiety. My wife also says I seem nervous even though I don't really feel nervous. Can you be anxious and not realize it?

**What's your dx? I recall ADD. Perhaps you could talk to your wife and ask for specifics. My opinion is that the nervous person is the first to notice their own anxiety and attempts to hide it if possible from others, not the other way around. Perhaps you have nervous mannerisms that go along with ADD, especially ADHD. Some people hold themselves stiffly and have a natural deer in the headlights look, or startle easily. A surplus of energy doesn't always mean anxiety. Usually means you need to get more exercise and learn to dance.
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> > > So far no tolerance to Ambien but it's only been a few months. Did you have any other problems besides insomnia?

**No, it was the most benign med I've ever taken. It was like taking nothing, except it got me to sleep. The good thing is that it's the least interfering of all of them with Stage IV sleep where all the rejuvination goes on. Some reports of worsening depression, but I never noticed any. I will go back to it in a heartbeat if I start going through insommia again.

A word to the wise. Forget the other 'new' sleep meds. Lunesta stinks! Literally, bad taste in the mouth that doesn't go away and besides it didn't even work very well. Haven't heard glowing reports about Sonata.
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> > I'm just going to enjoy mucuna, not worry about why it works and hope our government doesn't decide to suddenly ban it. A direct hit of dopamine sounds like something they would like to outlaw.
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>There's alot of concern in the states that Codex Alimentarus is going to go through. It's like this oozing Big Brother that creeps into your life. Can you not order meds online, or do they confiscate everything?

Codex and your tax system are the main reasons my husband and I did not consider moving to Canada if Bush got elected. We were making plans for Argentina but then figured we'd wait and see if he didn't hoist himself on his own petard, which he is, so maybe a move won't be necessary. - Barbara


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