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Misc First time addicted to gbl, help!

Dysphoria, depression, derealization, anxiety and depersonalization are all common symptoms post GBL withdrawal. A diminished mental acuity can also be found in people with hardcore habits. All of these symptoms reverse and how fast depends on your willingness to excercise, eat well, and force yourself to engage in social interactions as to slowly force them to become rewarding again.

Hypertension/tachycardia or cardiac dysfunction is a very common symptom of GBL withdrawal because you've dealt a blow to your autonomic nervous system. This reverses in time like everything mentioned above.

Nonetheless I don't see how your lungs could be affected as aside from the withdrawals GBL/GHB is a pretty non-toxic benign substance which causes no imminent harm to any organ. I'd wager that this issue was already present and having a checkup due to your addiction has brought it to your doctors attention.
 
milfhunter said:
I can't drink alcohol because I'm on antabuse (the pills that make you sick when you drink) and it's not an option to stop taking them.
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Can you explain? I don't understand why you take those pills...seems like a waste of liver processing.
 
Chromophobia said:
Dysphoria, depression, derealization, anxiety and depersonalization are all common symptoms post GBL withdrawal. A diminished mental acuity can also be found in people with hardcore habits. All of these symptoms reverse and how fast depends on your willingness to excercise, eat well, and force yourself to engage in social interactions as to slowly force them to become rewarding again.

Hypertension/tachycardia or cardiac dysfunction is a very common symptom of GBL withdrawal because you've dealt a blow to your autonomic nervous system. This reverses in time like everything mentioned above.

Nonetheless I don't see how your lungs could be affected as aside from the withdrawals GBL/GHB is a pretty non-toxic benign substance which causes no imminent harm to any organ. I'd wager that this issue was already present and having a checkup due to your addiction has brought it to your doctors attention.
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OK, thanks man.
Well, the thing with the lungs has probably nothing to do with the addiction. But while I was in the hospital, apparently I got water in my lungs (don't ask me how; I still don't know what happened exactly while I was in the ICU and I don't think I'll ever know) and they had to drain it out. I had some problems with my lungs, although now everything seems perfect again.

I don't exercise yet because I just feel too weak and tired for it but I plan to go back to the gym in about two weeks.
I'm quite into bodybuilding so I have quite some knowledge on eating well, so that shouldn't be a problem.
And I see my best friends a few times per week and that makes me feel really good. When I'm around them, all of the dysphoria seems to be non-existant.

Ksa said:
Can you explain? I don't understand why you take those pills...seems like a waste of liver processing.
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Well, that can't be too hard to understand: I've had quite some problems with alcohol in the past and that's why I have to take antabuse. It's been almost a year now. Although my parents have forced it upon me, but I still feel like it's the safest option because honestly, if I were to be able to drink again, I don't know if I'd be able to drink in moderation...
 
^ If by forcing you to stop drinking you now have to take drugs to counter, your parents didn't achieve much...I remember my parents forcing me to stop playing videogames when i was 14...I would play at school at lunchtime with my lunch money. 3$ per day, 250 days a year for 4 years...3,000$ in the pockets of some asshole loaning pc time. Clap clap.
 
^^its all about harm reduction my friend..

as far as the feelings of 'blah-ness' and apathy and low energy, ive been there and still am(not as bad) since my past addictions..anhedonia is a big problem and with that comes stunted motivation..i exercise almost every day and that helps but still does not take away those core problems..i bet if you were to go to any doctor they would say you are depressed and give you SSRIs but it isnt depression, it is a feeling that is hard to explain...
 
^^ In the last few days, I've been feeling A LOT better. I'm not tired anymore, even went to the gym again. My job is giving me a whole lot of satisfaction again. Suddenly have my sexual desire back too (going to see my old fuck buddy tomorrow, hooray!) and I've noticed that my emotions are coming back, although I still don't show them that much. It's like I'm quite introvert about them.

But everything is going the right way now. Everyday I feel better than the day before.
 
^ Great to hear. Life off alcohol is much better, trust me. Alcohol is a very poor choice of organic solvent to intoxicate yourself with, you know, similar to coffee, tobacco...it's legal stuff available on a shelf so it can't ever be any good.

Then people go like, oh Dan you know, you can buy good liquor at the store. So I tell them, what about ether? People should drink ether to get drunk, if at all...and they say, OH! That one's illegal. Ohhh snap. That's society, you can't get drunk properly, you can't smoke properly because the only thinkgs you can drink and smoke are not worth it. ^.^
 
pontifex01 said:
Blinkered and judgmental, much? Have you ever met *real* alcoholics? Don't talk about things you know nothing about, and don't pass judgment on the parental skills of people you don't know.

Tosser.

OP glad to know you're steadily recovering. Took me about 3 weeks to get back to 110%. The gym is just about the best thing you can do. Energy-boosting herbal supplements and B Vitamins can help with the lingering low energy, I know exactly how you feel.
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In the beginning, I thought the exact same thing as the poster you're quoting. I called my parents bad parents and I thought the antabuse was an EXTREMELY unethical method.
But now I've just come to terms with it. It actually makes my life quite a lot easier because drinking is just not an option anymore. It takes away every temptation.

Somehow, my parents seem to have forgotten about the pills for the last 2-3 weeks now, so I should be able to drink again. Now you'd think that after about one whole year of sobriety (well, at least concerning alcohol) I shouldn't feel tempted to drink again, right? Wrong, I'm constantly thinking about where I could have a buzz on and how I'd be able to it without them finding out.
Only thing that has kept me from drinking so far, is the fact that I know another psych ward visit is imminent when I start drinking again...

Think I'll remind them of the pills one of these days. No way I'm gonna throw away all the progress I've made in the last couple of days just to pick up my other addiction again.
 
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