Alcohol Serious withdrawals after only drinking every third night?

[Didgital]

Bro its your GABA system that is messed up. Benzos, alcohol, GHB all mess with it

 

[placebonaut]

Diazepam is a miracle but due to it's extremely long half life, it's one of the harder benzos to stop.

hmm, I thought that the longer half life was 1 of the reasons it was used in the Ashton Taper, the idea being that it gives smoother blood levels versus shorter acting benzos

If you think this is happening to you.. you may want to switch to a shorter acting benzo, just so you can use the valium to stop after a good taper. Just a thought, not advice.

or maybe even consider a taper off Diazepam as a next step once Alcohol is stable?

I think I am addicted to having SOME sedating substance in my system, so in effect I am at least somewhat addicted to all of them.

I feel for you, it's the same with me.

I have finally decided to quit alcohol.

That's a good positive decision

Bro its your GABA system that is messed up. Benzos, alcohol, GHB all mess with it

yeah, this is spot on.

might be worth thinking about your entire GABA system to figure out how you get it back to baseline overall.

@Troppo not sure if it's legal in AUS but I've just started to have a play with blue lotus, quite a nice relaxing evening chill from it, think it might have potential for me as 1 of the thing I'm using as substitutes for alcohol

 

[Didgital]

hmm, I thought that the longer half life was 1 of the reasons it was used in the Ashton Taper, the idea being that it gives smoother blood levels versus shorter acting benzos

or maybe even consider a taper off Diazepam as a next step once Alcohol is stable?

I feel for you, it's the same with me.

That's a good positive decision

yeah, this is spot on.

might be worth thinking about your entire GABA system to figure out how you get it back to baseline overall.

@Troppo not sure if it's legal in AUS but I've just started to have a play with blue lotus, quite a nice relaxing evening chill from it, think it might have potential for me as 1 of the thing I'm using as substitutes for alcohol

I just mean that the longer halflife benzos are useful for tapering. But if you've become entirelhy dependant on one, then you don't have many options.

 

[lyrica333]

yeah alcohol also has withdrawals