TABLE 2.

Changes in mean scores for subjective feelings during (“acute”) and just after (“post-acute”) GHB intoxication among 125 interviewed GHB users

Symptoms	Acute mean scores	Post-acute mean scores	Changes in mean scores*
Summary score	28.60	8.26	20.34
Loss of inhibitions	2.78	0.52	2.26
Euphoric	2.82	0.58	2.24
Increased sexuality	2.64	0.58	2.06
Relaxation	3.10	1.06	2.04
Heightened sense of touch	2.41	0.40	2.01
Silliness	2.50	0.50	2.00
Happiness	3.00	1.26	1.74
Tendency to talk	2.27	0.71	1.56
Stimulated or energetic	2.06	0.74	1.32
Increased sensitivity to sound	1.58	0.42	1.12
Involuntary muscle jerking	0.93	0.38	0.55
Sight or image hallucinations	0.75	0.22	0.54
Loss of memory or amnesia	1.14	0.70	0.43
Voice or sound hallucinations	0.62	0.20	0.42

Single-item score minimum = 0, maximum = 4; summary score possible range 0–64.

Items presented in order of magnitude of change.

^*All changes in scores for summary and for individual items, p < 0.001, Wilcoxon rank sum test.