GHB and sleep myths - Let's be real

[Renz Envy]

I need some help guys,

I know it's probably not possible, but even to this day I hear people (even people who know their stuff) tell me that sleeping 3 hours or more on a full dose of GHB will induce a powerful enough sleep to equal 8 hours. (Full comatose amount of GHB is apparently around 4.5g according to prescription grade stuff.)

I just find it hard to believe. If this were true, then every business owner or executive in the world would have a prescription to xyrem and would be functional the other 21 hours of the day.

Now I tried it out myself, and found that it was NOT like sleeping a full 8 hours. By day 3 or 4 of my experiment I was having difficulty concentrating and ended up just sleeping naturally for 12 hours.

 

[IndustrialStrength]

I would agree with you Renz. I've had access to multiple bottles of Xyrem when my a family member had a script they didn't take.
I would take massive doses sometimes in the comatose range u describe often combined with large quantities of alcohol.
(Disclaimer DO NOT COMBINE GHB & ALCOHOL it's asking for trouble/death)
I have tried what u mentioned with the same results. I would also have to say that when they say comatose they mean comatose.
Hell I've fallen asleep standing up, in the middle of sex outside & continued standing till I was slapped awake.
Definitely a drug to respect, especially if your stupid enough to combine it with other CNS depressants.
I was young and stupid so no need for speeches, though u may get better answers in a different forum.
Not sure this falls under BDD type material. It seems a bit more complicated of an issue.

 

[DrugOmen]

I recently had a whole bottle of xyrem to experiment with extensively. I tried the method of comatose sleep for various hours and doses and came to the same conclusion as you Renz.

 

[Renz Envy]

Thanks for the responses guys,

Was hoping someone would swoop in and give us a more detailed scientific reasoning why the "3 hours is all you need" myth is or is not balogna.

I recently had a whole bottle of xyrem to experiment with extensively. I tried the method of comatose sleep for various hours and doses and came to the same conclusion as you Renz.

Yeah :/ Would be pretty awesome if you could get by on 3 hours

I would agree with you Renz. I've had access to multiple bottles of Xyrem when my a family member had a script they didn't take.
I would take massive doses sometimes in the comatose range u describe often combined with large quantities of alcohol.
(Disclaimer DO NOT COMBINE GHB & ALCOHOL it's asking for trouble/death)
I have tried what u mentioned with the same results. I would also have to say that when they say comatose they mean comatose.
Hell I've fallen asleep standing up, in the middle of sex outside & continued standing till I was slapped awake.
Definitely a drug to respect, especially if your stupid enough to combine it with other CNS depressants.
I was young and stupid so no need for speeches, though u may get better answers in a different forum.
Not sure this falls under BDD type material. It seems a bit more complicated of an issue.

I completely agree. Hopefully it gets moved to ADD (or whatever ADD is called now).

 

[IndustrialStrength]

I completely agree. Hopefully it gets moved to ADD (or whatever ADD is called now).

^ Neuroscience & Pharmacology if I recall correctly.

 

[nAON]

I doubt there's any scientific grounding behind it, likely someone who was smashing GHB once upon a time KO'd for 3 hours, rebounded awake really stimmed up, and thought 'damn I feel refreshed! time to think up some arbitrary rationalization for this'

That said it does seem to have an effect on REM efficiency and shit like that, but I don't think significantly unless one already has a sleep disorder http://www.journalsleep.org/ViewAbstract.aspx?pid=25017