Misc Alcohol= The cure for all comedowns?

[LonE1]

Yeah alcohol is a last resort but it can be surprisingly very usefull, just make sure you've had a bite to eat and have some water handy.

Its saved my ass quite a few times when I was crashing from a stim binge and I was able to have a great night.

 

[MagickalKat777]

You do realize that people have died from CNS shock from mixing uppers with downers right?

That said, I used to use alcohol when coming down from a night of rolling. Took the edge off... didn't slow the heart rate down...

I'm prescribed Klonopin and take it daily so benzos don't really work as a rescue for me unless I pop like 2 extra kpins so they just knock me out (I'm prescribed 1mg twice a day... well I'm prescribed 1mg FOUR times a day but TAKE 1mg two times a day)...

But alcohol has its own set of problems. Lets not forget it is an addictive substance in its own right and drinking to offset a comedown can become habitual by itself.

 

[pinkstarscracate]

Anytime I use any drug I need to have alcohol, for before I'm high, while I'm high and the comedown lol

 

[ILikeSub]

alcohol doesn't help my speed copmedowns unless I drink alot.And I have way low Alcohol tolerance so its hard for me to gauge it.
I rather do some Opies or some benzies.

In fact I have sworn to myself many times to not take any form of speed unless I have something to comedown on.

 

[Nik Dynosaur]

In fact I have sworn to myself many times to not take any form of speed unless I have something to comedown on.

I've sworn this very thing almost every time i've taken any kind of upper, but only 1 out of 5 times do i actually follow through.

Anyways, as far as ethanol goes I don't know that I could do any stimulant without it. I have never particularly cared for the buzz that alcohol gives by itself. Every once in a while i'll get drunk and not use stimulants, but there is RARELY a time where I use stimulants that I don't drink. The exception being if i have a good amount of dope to shoot after. It's funny that this is up at the top of the page, cause i'm sitting here taking shots of vodka trying to ease the crash after smoking hard all night...

 

[ILikeSub]

I've sworn this very thing almost every time i've taken any kind of upper, but only 1 out of 5 times do i actually follow through.QUOTE]

Yes,I have done this before too.I have had handfuls of adderal binges/crack cocaine binges[when i used to smoke it] ending in sheer agony because I didn't follow the golden rule of having something for the comedown.
I crash hard on ALL forms of speed,discluding small amounts of powder cocaine.
As you said,a shot of dope or for me,a line of some opiate feels great.
Downers feel stronger to me after a speed rune/when im wornout or tired.

 

[fivelinefury]

You do realize that people have died from CNS shock from mixing uppers with downers right?

That said, I used to use alcohol when coming down from a night of rolling. Took the edge off... didn't slow the heart rate down...

I'm prescribed Klonopin and take it daily so benzos don't really work as a rescue for me unless I pop like 2 extra kpins so they just knock me out (I'm prescribed 1mg twice a day... well I'm prescribed 1mg FOUR times a day but TAKE 1mg two times a day)...

But alcohol has its own set of problems. Lets not forget it is an addictive substance in its own right and drinking to offset a comedown can become habitual by itself.

Yup, exactly right. I used to use alcohol probably too many times when I didn't have benzos available to me at the time for a stim comedown, but yeah I always knew there was alot more danger with using alcohol, hence the reason why I never felt drunk after MDMA at all no matter how much I drank for the comedown, but obviously I knew my body was taking in all the alcohol which would usually have me close to a fkn coma.

 

[StaySedated]

booze is essential to my comedown routine, whether its combined with benzos(i usually won't do a upper without having a benzo to crash on), opiates(oxy if i'm lucky, hydro or codiene if not), or barbs(if i'm really lucky). but alcohol is always in the mix, but not in huge amounts.

if all i have is alcohol, i'll end up drinking to the point were i can't remotely feel the feeling of a comedown. i drink lots of water, so i never really get hangovers.

alcohol and a sedative antihistamines are good for comedowns, preferably doxylamine(best otc sleep) or hydroxyzine(rx-only, good anxiety killer, o.k. hypnotic), but diphenhydramine(good for sleep, but not as good as doxylamine and tends to have more anticholinergic side effects than the other two so it tends to have less anti-anxiety effects) will work. alcohol boosts the hypnotic effects of sedative antihistamines as well as lifting my mood so sleep is easier.

bottom line: alcohol is *great* for comedowns, combined or by itself.

 

[rollingstoned!]

Can't beat blocking glutamate and potentiating gaba! Benzos only potentiate gaba.

 

[fivelinefury]

^^Exactly right! benzos forever, eventhough they've destroyed me.

 

[nyashin]

I would say that l-tyrosine is a much better way to cure hangovers and comedowns than alcohol. Google for "Anti comedown pills" if you wanna read more on the subject.

 

[dimetaltrypafiend]

I would have to agree, due to lack of availability of benzos I use alcohol when coming down off psychs such as acid. It actually max your self relaxed enough to rest, perhaps not sleep, best rest easy.

Vodka for me.