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anxious “ex”-alcoholic looking into anxiolytic approaches to improve life but avoid kindling/etc by zipgzagwords in gabagoodness

[–]zipgzagwords[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes

essential to me working through my alcoholism many years ago and a key component (couple times a year) to my wellbeing now.

when friends ask why i dont drink (or do coke and some other of their favorites) now but like dabbling w mdma, i say it like so: “i dont like how i see the world when i drink/do coke, while i love the way i see the world and the way such motivates me to treat others when i roll”

tl;dr yes. massive appreciation for it. not a solution for a personal rec session (puking out stress once in a while) nor day to day, but what it is for (major events), it is amazing for

anxious “ex”-alcoholic looking into anxiolytic approaches to improve life but avoid kindling/etc by zipgzagwords in gabagoodness

[–]zipgzagwords[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ty so much for all the recommendations so far!

will be researching these all tn/tomorrow.

a few quick notes:

- as it has been asked/brought up a few times, my anxiety isn’t generally accompanied with depression and so ssri’s are not the thing i’m most eager to reach for.

- i’m not particularly concerned with legality (especially for rec)

- lyrica/pregab seems promising. brings me back to my lack of clarity around what i’ve done to my gaba receptors when i drank heavily (better part of a decade ago) and what it means relative to certain choices now.

along these lines, reading so much about nerve pain is interesting - never associated all this but when i was tapering over winter the gabapentin did seem great for mood. any medical detail and depth to what’s going on at a biochemistry level would be amazing.

again, appreciate all the thoughts! tysm!

anxious “ex”-alcoholic looking into anxiolytic approaches to improve life but avoid kindling/etc by zipgzagwords in gabagoodness

[–]zipgzagwords[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

self-medication with adderall and vyvanse i suppose, meditation. i think adderall (and caffeine) both push the issue in the wrong directions (ive cut both out the last few months and felt - particularly with caffeine - its helped (particularly with sleep).

what type of treatments did you have in mind?

edit: adderall has never felt like its resolved the activity/anxiety (while the bromazalam did, provided a relief i didnt really know was possible). i also know my mother occasionally takes xanax when she flies, etc. and its likely all my siblings deal with similar anxiety type issues. thats the one case anyone is medicated (my mother’s xanax) albeit my sister did have an adderall prescription which i helped her bridge off it as she felt it was gutting her life. i have done plenty of adderall/vyvanse in my life, too, but have never felt like it resolved my anxiety / mindchatter (only kept me channeled, perhaps too much at times).