I'm a regular on WQD over on the other site and I toyed with the idea of Acamprosate in Jan this year.... Someone posted me this site for good advice.
After a major slip at NYE, my dear psychiatrist has finally got me sober again and I'm doing OK... but I'm terrified about slipping again and falling back down there.
I've got hold of a prescription for Acamprosate but I'm nervous about this drug.
OK, two things...
1). Why the f**k cant I get Antabuse in the UK? It would SOOOO suit my drinking pattens and to be perfectly honest, it may be the only way actually.
2). OK, I take this Acamprosate and it quells my desires?????
Read this?
Campral (acamprosate) has in vitro affinity for GABA type A and GABA type B receptors, so it's been assumed that the therapeutic effects of acamprosate are due to actions on GABA receptors. However, acamprosate does not share most of the other effects of GABA receptor modifying drugs, such as antianxiety, hypnotic, or muscle relaxant activity. It is therefore possible, perhaps likely, that the effects are mediated some other way. Acamprosate is structurally related to l-glutamic acid (l-gutamate), which is an excitatory neurotransmitter. It's been proposed that acamprosate decreases the effects of the naturally-occurring excitatory neurotransmitter glutamate in the body.
I like my glutamate... I think...
Please help if anyones been on this?
How do you feel on day 1/2/3/4?
How does that 5pm drinking urge get shut down by this drug. HOW?
Do you feel weird in any way?
Does it affect your sex drive?
Physical changes?
Does it REALLY help?
Thank you,
Simon.
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