Phenibut is a GABA agonist and Thujune is a GABA antagonist, so would Absinthe up-regulate (or is it down-regulate?) GABA.
Sense I started using phenibut I have not drank as the recommendation is to not combine alcohol nor do I have the desire to drink and I don't really care for alcohol anymore but I am considering ordering some for this experiment.
Am I on the right track with this one?
Absinthe, especially the "real" stuff has a unique psychoactive effect that is completely different from that of normal drunkenness. You can drink fairly large amounts and maintain a lucid, clearheaded state of awareness and it seems to provoke one to have philosophical and emotional conversations. I've also noticed a "time travel effect" where you start drinking with friends at 6 pm and suddenly it's 4 in the morning. It has almost a stimulant effect, not like adhd medication but hou can put a huge dent in the bottle and not pass out. It can make you cathartic and cry. It has a strange almost pleasant hangover if you could call it that. It is said to be a convulsant and I have experienced psychogenic seizures on the morning after consumption along with a heavy feeling in my body that I cannot describe, not exactly tremors but sort of an electrical sensation but not exactly.
Wormwood is said to be hepatic protective like milk thistle and my theory is that it blocks some of the effects of alcohol allowing the secondary effects. The stuff on the internet says that the thujune in absinthe doesn't cause these effects, that it is not real but I don't believe it, Absinthe has unique effects. The afterglow seemed to "reset" something in me that lasted for weeks after consumption, maybe even provoking a mild hypo mania. The theory that the high alcohol content causes the effects is baloney, 151 rum is nothing like absinthe.
The best I have come across is Barnsfather Bitters and it has a lower alchohal content of 55% . The alleged Thujune content is 35 ppm. I am skeptical about the information about any herbal substance but I think Thujune is better studied than say ginseng.
I could be totally wrong about this theory but I might try it.
Edited by Addiction is a myth, 02 May 2016 - 03:02 PM.