cowardescent
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I've always found that benzos, opiates, and alcohol eliminate anxiety before a presentation. Stimulants like Adderall only made more nervous. I know benzos/alcohol act on GABA receptors while opiates act on u-opioid receptors. I'm wondering how is it possible for them to both reduce anxiety while targeting two very different receptors.
I know the exception to CNS depressants eliminating anxiety is with antipsychotics/first generation antihistamines. Despite what psychiatrists say about them, they actually increase anxiety. I guess this has to do with them being anticholinergics and stimulating the sympathetic nervous system.
I know the exception to CNS depressants eliminating anxiety is with antipsychotics/first generation antihistamines. Despite what psychiatrists say about them, they actually increase anxiety. I guess this has to do with them being anticholinergics and stimulating the sympathetic nervous system.