Dr. Scott Sherr

And so that's why alcohol is terrible for people who wanna, in general, alcohol is not very good for a lot of different reasons, but for sleep, it's very bad because it really affects the whole aspect of you trying to, it may help you fall asleep, But it will not help you stay asleep and you will not get good sleep if you drink alcohol.

And so that's why alcohol is terrible for people who wanna, in general, alcohol is not very good for a lot of different reasons, but for sleep, it's very bad because it really affects the whole aspect of you trying to, it may help you fall asleep, But it will not help you stay asleep and you will not get good sleep if you drink alcohol.

So you want to avoid it for those reasons, at least other reasons to avoid alcohol of which there are myriad as yes.

So you want to avoid it for those reasons, at least other reasons to avoid alcohol of which there are myriad as yes.

So you want to avoid it for those reasons, at least other reasons to avoid alcohol of which there are myriad as yes.

Well, as long as you weren't drinking too much when you first started. The problem, if you're drinking a lot and you stop cold turkey, you could potentially have a very dangerous situation here, right? Where you can have severe withdrawal. You can get what's called autonomic instability, where your blood pressure gets crazy. Your heart rate gets crazy.

Well, as long as you weren't drinking too much when you first started. The problem, if you're drinking a lot and you stop cold turkey, you could potentially have a very dangerous situation here, right? Where you can have severe withdrawal. You can get what's called autonomic instability, where your blood pressure gets crazy. Your heart rate gets crazy.

Well, as long as you weren't drinking too much when you first started. The problem, if you're drinking a lot and you stop cold turkey, you could potentially have a very dangerous situation here, right? Where you can have severe withdrawal. You can get what's called autonomic instability, where your blood pressure gets crazy. Your heart rate gets crazy.

This is all that overabundance of that glutamate, that excitatory neurotransmitter, because the body is so depleted from GABA, from so much alcohol use for such a long time. So that's one thing to mention. So if you're gonna stop alcohol and you've been drinking a lot of it, don't drink it, don't stop abruptly. You could potentially hurt yourself.

This is all that overabundance of that glutamate, that excitatory neurotransmitter, because the body is so depleted from GABA, from so much alcohol use for such a long time. So that's one thing to mention. So if you're gonna stop alcohol and you've been drinking a lot of it, don't drink it, don't stop abruptly. You could potentially hurt yourself.

This is all that overabundance of that glutamate, that excitatory neurotransmitter, because the body is so depleted from GABA, from so much alcohol use for such a long time. So that's one thing to mention. So if you're gonna stop alcohol and you've been drinking a lot of it, don't drink it, don't stop abruptly. You could potentially hurt yourself.

The same thing goes with like benzodiazepines, for example. So the other drugs that affect the GABA receptor that are very common, your Ativan, your Xanax, your Valium, these are your benzodiazepines, along with your alcohol, of course. Like those are the main ones that we think of. But if you don't wanna stop those drugs, cold turkey either, because you've got the same problem.

The same thing goes with like benzodiazepines, for example. So the other drugs that affect the GABA receptor that are very common, your Ativan, your Xanax, your Valium, these are your benzodiazepines, along with your alcohol, of course. Like those are the main ones that we think of. But if you don't wanna stop those drugs, cold turkey either, because you've got the same problem.

The same thing goes with like benzodiazepines, for example. So the other drugs that affect the GABA receptor that are very common, your Ativan, your Xanax, your Valium, these are your benzodiazepines, along with your alcohol, of course. Like those are the main ones that we think of. But if you don't wanna stop those drugs, cold turkey either, because you've got the same problem.

They cause such a tightly bound, increased affinity for GABA to bind, that you get a depletion of those GABA neurotransmitters over time, or the GABA neurotransmitter itself, and also the GABA receptor as well. So now, if you're gonna do this in a slow way, you're going to wanna make sure

They cause such a tightly bound, increased affinity for GABA to bind, that you get a depletion of those GABA neurotransmitters over time, or the GABA neurotransmitter itself, and also the GABA receptor as well. So now, if you're gonna do this in a slow way, you're going to wanna make sure

They cause such a tightly bound, increased affinity for GABA to bind, that you get a depletion of those GABA neurotransmitters over time, or the GABA neurotransmitter itself, and also the GABA receptor as well. So now, if you're gonna do this in a slow way, you're going to wanna make sure

that you're thinking about increasing your GABA production at the same time if at all possible nobody's really thinking about this but that's why we're talking about it and so what how do you do that and so what you want to do is thinking about the precursors that are responsible for you be making more GABA in the system so what's the precursor to GABA we talked about is something called glutamate right but what's the precursor to glutamate and that is the amino acid glutamine

that you're thinking about increasing your GABA production at the same time if at all possible nobody's really thinking about this but that's why we're talking about it and so what how do you do that and so what you want to do is thinking about the precursors that are responsible for you be making more GABA in the system so what's the precursor to GABA we talked about is something called glutamate right but what's the precursor to glutamate and that is the amino acid glutamine

that you're thinking about increasing your GABA production at the same time if at all possible nobody's really thinking about this but that's why we're talking about it and so what how do you do that and so what you want to do is thinking about the precursors that are responsible for you be making more GABA in the system so what's the precursor to GABA we talked about is something called glutamate right but what's the precursor to glutamate and that is the amino acid glutamine