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[Greg]

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Hey Boosted, welcome! I just want to say that I can fully relate to your problems with anxiety, social phobia, depression, and insomnia, as I have experienced all of these. Like you I found phenibut very effective, and was disappointed to read the stories about its alleged addictiveness and tolerance. I am not sure if this only happens when people abuse it, but baclofen pretty much works the same way anxiety-wise and does not have any record of compulsive abuse. Phenibut apparently has properties other than its GABA-B agonism.

You are definitely well advised to tackle this now, before becoming a serious alcoholic. Having part of your brain determined to get drunk no matter what you think or believe is a formidable problem, since you are fighting against yourself, not just against alcohol. This predicament is so easy to get into, but so hard to get out of. Many alcoholics never recover, unfortunately, which shows just how deadly this is. Spouses of alcoholics often put up with an amazing amount of frustration, but sooner or later many will leave and not come back. Kids can also come to hate alcoholic fathers, which happened with one of my friends.

Good luck with it!

[RudyB]

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loOp, your post on your hondas makes me not miss the old saabs i used to drive. though one saved my life once.

[RudyB]

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...i'm sure at some point i'll tell the story on my thread, of the time i slid on black ice going 25 mph, hitting ground softened by three feet of snow, with a large tree trunk laying over my roof and another pushing the steering wheel via the steering shaft to within inches of my chest, leaving me scrambling up the steep hill with merely a cut on my finger that bled a little. the whole time i tumbled down that long, steep embankment (which happened in slow motion, with tree limbs and snowflakes cascading around my carro torciendo (twisting car), and took about three months), U Roy, from sunny jamaica, sang tribute to his beloved island, as if reminding me to be joyous and upful of heart, even in the most vexing of circumstances. it took the second car (not the first!) to pull over at my thumb's request and give me a ride to work. i wasn't even late to my breakfast shift that day at the horn of the moon cafe, where i had a great story to tell all throughout my tending duties.

oh wait, i just told the story. well okay then.

lots of great posts here already! good golly dear greg, you put it so nicely in your second paragraph. and isolde, this thing about hijacking a thread bewilders me. others say it, too, when, in fact, they're just weaving the thread of the conversation in most natural ways, picking up on one little theme and unraveling it a bit. it's a beautiful thing, i think. hijacking comes when there's malintent and intention to control. we don't see much of that around here, though. (would that it were true.)

welcome to mwo, boosted! you'll find lots here if you take a gander around. if you have already, you already know. don't be discouraged by any of the crap. it's really quite a friendly place. but you seem smart enough to have figured that out, which i say based on how articulate you are, and on my impression that you are insightful as well.

i've pm'd you dr L's work #. take the good people's advice and use it. he doesn't want to hear your stories, nor need to hear your details. from what someone said, sounds like he'd support it as a treatment for anxiety, and i don't doubt he'd prescribe it as a prevention against very potential alcoholism.

ok, fellow new yorker, strive strong, it won't be long.
(sounds like something my son would say. his latest, with cousins at breakfast table: 'heart to heart, don't you fart!')

with that, ciao for now!
rudy

[Lo0p]

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Isolde;1184909 wrote: she's... um... EASY! After you know how to turn her on (she can be a bit tricky with figuring out which buttons to push!), she will let anyone take her for a ride! I barely had to caress her cl...

She may be, but she's not quite as easy as another girl I know...

[RudyB]

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golly jeepers, guys! air your smelly laundry somewhere else! we don't even know this fellow yet.

[Dosage0]

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HAHA! Made me laugh.

[Isolde]

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Lo0p;1184997 wrote: She may be, but she's not quite as easy as another girl I know...

That's not really fair to say - your blow up doll has no choice.

[Lo0p]

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Isolde;1185161 wrote: That's not really fair to say - your blow up doll has no choice.

She really doesn't. Whenever we get within 2 feet of each other, neither of us has any choice in the matter. We both just kind of melt like warm ice cream.

[boosted_b16]

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I made the call! we spoke for a few minutes and we have a full 45 min. session next friday and he will prescribe bac for me. I feel like exploding with emotion, that could be the ambien and beer talking, but I am very glad I found this place and hope to call it home for a while.:thanks:

[Lo0p]

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He's a good guy.

:welcome:

and

:goodjob:

[LadyLush]

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Way to go Boosted!


You 2 get a room!


LL:l

[Dosage0]

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boosted_b16;1185734 wrote: I made the call! we spoke for a few minutes and we have a full 45 min. session next friday and he will prescribe bac for me. I feel like exploding with emotion, that could be the ambien and beer talking, but I am very glad I found this place and hope to call it home for a while.:thanks:

AWESOME! Congrats on making the call and just continue to post your experience so the next guy can read it. Be that bad or good, just record and be an inspiration to the next person who is in the same position you are now.

[boosted_b16]

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Thank you for the support, I fully intend to document my journey for the benefit of others, particularly what role baclofen plays in the treatment of anxiety. I believe that those suffering with overwhelming anxiety that controls everyday life and may be comorbid with substance abuse need more information about the role that GABA B may play in resolving these issues, good or bad. There is very good initial evidence that GABA B may well be the most overlooked nuerotransmitter in the history of anxiety treatment, and I intend to find that out for myself.

[Cassander]

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boosted_b16;1185960 wrote: Thank you for the support, I fully intend to document my journey for the benefit of others, particularly what role baclofen plays in the treatment of anxiety. I believe that those suffering with overwhelming anxiety that controls everyday life and may be comorbid with substance abuse need more information about the role that GABA B may play in resolving these issues, good or bad. There is very good initial evidence that GABA B may well be the most overlooked nuerotransmitter in the history of anxiety treatment, and I intend to find that out for myself.

Yep. You are on the right track boosted.

[SlipperyPete]

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Awesome work, dude! Pretty soon your life will hit 5600 RPM and you'll be VTECing your way around...muuaaaaaaBAAAAAAA!!!!!!

Get ready for a whole bunch of terrible VTEC/car analogies! :H