Hi, so... the web site times out - I'll have to watch that...
Here's my experience after 4 days - I'll try to make it a bit scientific to help others. Also I didn't realise this web site has its own regimes, this is just me, trying kudzu.
First of all, this is someone in their late thirties taking 50mg Sertraline a day for more than one year, 17 years heavy drinking on and off and having drunk 1.5 bottles of wine per night for at least 3 weeks, probably more.
On the first day I took 500mg at lunch and 500 mg with dinner. This is what this particular brand recommends on the label. My intention was to continue to have a night cap of 1 large glass of wine per night as an experiment.
It appeared to me that after the second tablet, my mood became elevated and I was slightly giggly, right at the time I should have been becoming tense and in need of drink. WHen it was time for my glass of wine, I definately drank slower and felt absolutely no need to keep on drinking. It didn't make me get drunk faster as one poster imagined to his dismay (LOL) but it was almost as if my mood was already raised, so there was nothing left for the drink to do.
I also noticed that hang over and widthdrawl symptoms from the previous nights were severely reduced. I also noticed some slightly hazy or scatty thinking although this was reduced on successive nights.
By the third night, I noticed some muscle writhing and contorting. This is one of the worst parts of alcohol widthdrawl for me. It still started despite the kudzu even though my mind was totaly calm and subdued. I was able to resist the urge to drink with ease and just observe my body STILL reacting to withdrawl which I found fascinating.
I was getting progressively more tired by the third and fourth evenings so I decided not to take the kudzu in the evening on the fourth night and believe this may have been a mistake. The kudzu I took at lunch time appears to have worn off (is there any point taking this at lunch anyway?) I gave in to a second large glass of wine (each about one third a bottle) and felt very guilty doing so, but still managed to go to bed at the end of it.
Today I am going to step up the kudzu back to 1000mg again. I am very pleased with progress so far. I am left with questions; will the early evening tiredness go away? Apart from that I am sleeping very well. Is the tirdness to do with reduced alcohol intake because I'm sure I've experienced that before? Will I climatise to kudzu and need higher dosages? I hope not? Anyway people - all is good, and I wish you all the best with it.
P.S. what will our government in Britain do for cash when we all discover kudzu?
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