Posted by Caleb462 on June 24, 2003, at 22:29:49
In reply to The Age Old Benzo Question, posted by DM Olsen on June 24, 2003, at 14:34:01
> If I could find this in archives I wouldn't post it but hours of searching hasn't turned up the info I seek...so--after 10 yrs of treatment resistant cocktails I am now taking Wellbutrin 200 mg, provigil 100 mg, lexapro 20 mg and doxepin (actually for headaches 10 mg) and I have much less irritability, better sleep, but it's only when I use someone elses Xanax that I experience a few hours of, well, contentment!
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> Having a benzo-resistant psychiatrist, whom I bless as the one who started the provigil, which I love in theory (and am pretty sure in practice-but it's a bit early to tell). I'm looking for anything that acts the same as benzos but isn't, if you know what I mean. So, what brain chemicals does the xanax rope in and is there any other way to approach the effect with anything else?
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> BTW, I did take Klonopin for 5 years with different drug combinations, never developed a tolerance but also had no mood elevation with it, although who knows if it was the Klonopin or the other stuff. aaarrrggghhhhh...
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> Thank you to anyone who can keep all this kind of info in their head and attempts to respond!Try niacinamide - a form of vitamin B3. It is an endogenous ligand for the BZ receptors. There have been other endogenous ligands discovered I believe, but niacinamide is probably the only one available commercially.
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