Consolidated Baclofen Success Thread
My Baclofen story
Hi all!
After being over the past fifteen years in four rehab tratment centres, countless times in supervised detoxes, couple of times in jail and yet still going on long lasting exhausting vodka binges, I looked at Baclofen as my only hope. Took me a while to find a clinic familiar with Baclofen for addiction. The slow titration begun five weeks ago.
I was drinking Al into the mid of the third week but to my amazement I wasn't rushing drinks anymore and the overall consumption was reduced by 40-50%. My regular Pdoc decided to add Naltrexone (50mg). The nightmare begun...two hours into my sleep I woke up halucinating visualising with closed eyes all sorts of people things and scenes one after another. I couldn't stop it, shake it off nor control it. It lasted for the rest of the night.
After that unbearable night I decided to stick to prescribed dose of Baclofen only (no more Nal nor Al) and started to experience shortly after the powerfull benefits of Bac:
The elimination of the ever existing snowball form of agitation and irritation - my main trigger to drink. Little things don't make me upset anymore. I used to be a worrywart.
Reduction of negative thoughts.
Feeling of being on more even keel.
Most important...No cravings for alcohol, ocasionally a thought of a drink enters my mind but exits in no time sort of on its own (I don't have to act upon that, fight that thought neither run away from it).
The cons:
Initial increase of anxiety - passes over a time.
Tiredness early in the evening.
It aint afrodisiac
Ps, hesitating to waste expensive Nal pills I've found out on the net quite alot intriguing info
regarding LDN (low dose naltrexone) linking it to boost immune system by stimulating the quantity of endorphins. So I've figured it shouldn't hurt and gave a try 2mg only at bedtime.
My Baclofen story
Hi all!
After being over the past fifteen years in four rehab tratment centres, countless times in supervised detoxes, couple of times in jail and yet still going on long lasting exhausting vodka binges, I looked at Baclofen as my only hope. Took me a while to find a clinic familiar with Baclofen for addiction. The slow titration begun five weeks ago.
I was drinking Al into the mid of the third week but to my amazement I wasn't rushing drinks anymore and the overall consumption was reduced by 40-50%. My regular Pdoc decided to add Naltrexone (50mg). The nightmare begun...two hours into my sleep I woke up halucinating visualising with closed eyes all sorts of people things and scenes one after another. I couldn't stop it, shake it off nor control it. It lasted for the rest of the night.
After that unbearable night I decided to stick to prescribed dose of Baclofen only (no more Nal nor Al) and started to experience shortly after the powerfull benefits of Bac:
The elimination of the ever existing snowball form of agitation and irritation - my main trigger to drink. Little things don't make me upset anymore. I used to be a worrywart.
Reduction of negative thoughts.
Feeling of being on more even keel.
Most important...No cravings for alcohol, ocasionally a thought of a drink enters my mind but exits in no time sort of on its own (I don't have to act upon that, fight that thought neither run away from it).
The cons:
Initial increase of anxiety - passes over a time.
Tiredness early in the evening.
It aint afrodisiac
Ps, hesitating to waste expensive Nal pills I've found out on the net quite alot intriguing info
regarding LDN (low dose naltrexone) linking it to boost immune system by stimulating the quantity of endorphins. So I've figured it shouldn't hurt and gave a try 2mg only at bedtime.
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