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I think that it’s not so good idea. Alcohol may increase the sedating effect. My friend once mixed Valerian root with alcohol and she was feeling very bad. Then she was suffering from nausea and dizziness for next few hours. So if you want to drink that night, don’t take Valerian.
I took liquid valerian root for the first time (2 droppers full) mixed with Vodka, and I swear I had the worse reaction. I woke up throwing up and was literally wheezing for air. I was about to hop in my car and drive to the ER, but just tried to calm down and let it pass. The next day I felt awful, like I had been on a drug binge for a month straight. These herbs are way more powerful than I ever knew. I'll never take it again.
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PS. I take Valerian Root in capsule form. Sometimes one caplet of the bigger kind that comes in 100 capsule bottles, and, for a stronger effect, one capsule of the smaller kind that comes in 30 capsule bottles with a standardized to .8% of valerenic acid
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I gave my (sadly :'( ) alcohol dependent wife Valerian in the hope of easing her pathological anxiety. Later in the day, she phoned to inform me that she had vomitted after only a couple of drinks & felt she had to lie down, so I should bring home some take away dinner! I wondered if the Valerian had anything to do with it. After reading about the chemical nature of Valerian & one of its components valeric acid on Wikipedia plus reading the experiences here, I now know for certain the combination had a profound affect on my wife.
Considering this, I am hopeful that Valerian might help ease her anxiety enough to enable her to abandon the poisonous alcohol.
Make no mistake, more than one drink of alcohol is damaging to any organism, & the smaller your body is the more damaging it is. For a 100 lb. petite woman, one drink is equivalent to two drinks for the average sized man. A build-up of tolerance to alcohol is caused by the liver's protective ability to increase production of the enzyme which digests alcohol, thus making it non-poisonous, yet the liver can only go so far. Intoxication occurs when this enzyme is temporarily used up, which allows the poisonous alcohol to affect the brain, plus begin to damage your internal organs. It's a slow yet relentless process, usually showing up as liver damage, yet pancreatitis is also common.
The moral is be kind to your body, & seek medical care for your anxiety rather than poison yourself with alcohol. My observation is that people with anxiety tend to get hooked on alcohol, which is likely the trouble that the university student above has yet is either unaware of or not willing to admit. The same goes for stoners, they are attempting to ease their feelings of anxiety. If you can't get good medical care, perhaps Valerian may be an option.
Bless you all on your life journeys!
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Boy, it looks like the person who wrote before has a problem...5-6 beers to chill? And you are a student? How can you possibly study?
Not everyone is a judgmental, control lacking, lightweight. Grad student with a 3.4 here and I like to drink more than that. I must have a problem. Good thing I don't need to study.
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I myself believe that Valarian root works better if you take Brewer's Yeast during the day and Valarian Root between an hour and half an hour before bed. Brewer's yeast is high in Tryptophan which breaks down in to Niacin which helps you sleep, and Seratonin which gives a feeling of well being (be careful if your taking perscription drugs like Lexapro, Cymbalta or other SSRI's because you don't want to raise your Seratonin levels to the point of Seratonin poisioning).
Taking Melatonin is another sleep aid that can be used together with the Valarian root and Brewer's yeast. These three ingredients are used in Alteril. I'm not sure if it is cheeper to buy Alteril as a sleep aid or if it is easier to buy all three herbals separately. If you do take Alteril, be sure to skip your third dose of Brewer's yeast since it has it in it already.
As for mixing with Alcohaul.... Alcohaul will intensify the sedating effect of any sleep aid, which is not necessairly a good thing. I have found that when used in combination with alcohaul it is harder to get up in the morning. Harder than if you just had alcohaul or if you just had valarian root. This web site has a lot of information and reccomends against using the two in combination.
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Valerian has bad interactions with alcohol that causes toxicity to liver. And also is linked with other liver problems when taken together. That's where these other commenter's complaint of nausea/ symptoms are coming from.
Don't do it.
Even though you might now have a reaction now, it is toxic to your liver and will eventually pay the price when the habit is kept.
: )
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