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Newsgroups: alt.drugs
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From: ase@genesis.nred.ma.us (Andrew Ettinger)
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Subject: GABA, gamma amino butyric acid
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Message-ID: <CLx6K8.44z@genesis.nred.ma.us>
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Date: Mon, 28 Feb 1994 05:43:17 GMT
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I read about GABA in _Prescription for Nutritional Healing_, an excellent
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info source on amino acids and herbs. Very plainly written. I recommend
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it highly. There's a section on Smart drugs, for those so inclined
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GABA has been prescribed as a non-addictive alternative to Valium and
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such, in combination with Inositol and B-3. Being strung about 20% too
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high, I figured I'd give it a try. First thing I obeserved? It's costly
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in the dosages recommended by the book. I found a place to order the
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GABA, inositol, and B-3 seperately, reducing daily dosage cost to about
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$2. No way I'm packing capsules, so I just pop 2 GABA (900 mil), 2 B-3
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(1 gram), and about 2 ts of inositol (2 grams or so) The numbers seem
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large, but the book recommends this twice a day.
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Results: Plenty of chill. I seem less annoyed by shit. I sleep like a
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log, and (?!) remember my dreams. A book on Lucid Dreaming should be an
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interesting experiment to run concurrently. Combined wiht Pot? I dunno,
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I smoke infrequently. Alcohol seems slightly magnified.
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A buddy of mine takes a lesser dosage of GABA in combination with a
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medium dose of antioxidants, per the same book, as a Smart drug. He
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reports quicker on-your-feet thinking. 'Course, his story is as anecdotal
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as mine.
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A posting here regarding addictive properties and long-range probs with
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this regimen netted only one reply, by a guy who sounded reasonable, but
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called himself a generalist and said he was not a pharmacist or chemist.
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He thought GABA might have some addictive qualities because (I'm fuzzy on
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the exact wording) a chemical similarity to Xanax, the prescription tranq.
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Any comments or suggestions? If you experiment with this regimen, post
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back to me on your experiences, willya? I'm way curious. Thanks!
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-Andy
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ase@genesis.nred.ma.us
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