Comment · Wed, January 27, 2021 · ND Owner
Herbal GABAergics and dependency
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bejaq · 20 points
It seems that it's generally assumed that herbal supplements that work on GABA like gotu kola, skullcap, lemon balm, magnolia are not prone to causing dependency and withdrawal.
However there have been (relatively rare) claims to the contrary.
To be honest I am a bit concerned with the lack of information on this subject, and my intuition is that in the absence of contrary evidence, it should be assumed that substances that have similarities in receptor-action to benzodiazepines, alcohol, phenibut (if only by working on gaba) might be prone to inducing dependency and withdrawal.
Personally I like the feeling of benzos a lot and if there is safe alternative I certainly would like to take it more than occasionally.
It would be awesome to have a substance that helps the GABA system regulate itself better, and the complex pharmacology of herbs might be better suited to that?
But I feel it might be a little bit naive to believe that unless there is actual evidence for that.
It should be noted that when it comes to benzos and opiates, it took a long time and many people using them for the understanding of their true addictive potential to become clear, so that also seems good t…
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bejaq · 3 points
Haha, I could at least somewhat take that report seriously until they started him on clonazepam and then he was fine 10 days after.
u/MisterYouAreSoDumb · ND Owner
"Ohh, you poor baby! Did you dwink too much lemmy balm tea? You feeling a bit anxious and irritable? Awww, here's some Kolonopin for those withdrawals... See you in 12 days for your Kolonopin withdrawals, sucker!"
Can you imagine what those doctors were thinking? LOL
...ER doc is working on a gunshot would victim...
Doctor: "Let's see here, we have to stop the bleeding in his abdomen and assess the damage to the artery."
Nurse: "Doctor, we need you to drop everything you are doing right now. We have a patient that was just admitted for lemon balm tea withdrawal!"
Doctor: "Ohh my god... I will come right away! This man's severed artery will have to wait. This guy is irritable and can't sleep well! Nurse, get the benzo cart!"
LOLOLOL