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[spacebebe01]

New here and starting Topa and with a question

Im feeling very tired so Ive got no idea where this will go,

I have to say Dizzy, have a great trip, thinking of you and wishing you the best of luck, look forward to hearing from you when you are in the UK, that sounds so weird

Im still not really feeling any better, mood or energy wise. but tonight I dont want to drink, but being me I opened a lager anyway and it tastes vile, like its flat and been open for a week or something.

Houxt, have a happy birthday fro tomorrow

WTE, I do get that thing of being self concious about the age gap being out, so I suppose I will let him off for now.

"Pissed" here means drunk, or being "pissed off" when Im annoyed.

Napkin or serviette in resturants, nappy on a baby bum. But old people might have called them napkins on babies bums I mean old like 90 or something.

And your fanny is NOT your bum. :H

[spacebebe01]

New here and starting Topa and with a question

I pressed send a bit quick, but just want to say Im going to sit with my son for a bit, Im so bloody tired cant wait for bedtime. and Im itchy as hell

[DizzyBee]

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Hi Space
Just wanted to add that the no al cravings could be the Topa and the beer tasting flat... that is DEF that Topa. A lot of people complain that soft drinks and beer tastes like flat when they start out on it. It should go away after a while, like all SE, it doesnt happen to everyone, like I didn't have that personally but then I'm not a big soft drink or beer drinker, but at least you know the Topa is doing something...even though it may not be the desired effect re the beer.
:l

[sunshinedaisies]

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Well hallo everyone and Happy 4th to you all. Of course i was working.....which is fine. we were pretty dead until around 1.00 and practically every other phone call was asking either if we were open or what our hours were......

Dear Diz - I am so sorry yesterday was such a nightmare for you but glad that the cat farm went well. At least you will be able to sleep on the plane - hopefully - maybe??? How long is the flight? I have no idea from SA. Anyway I wish you well with it and will be thinking of you. From what my mum tells me the weather there is rainy - it is the wettest drought they have ever had !! LOL

Play - lovely pictures and again - thank you WTE for posting them. the market looks lovely.

Houtx - I did laugh - in your post you said you were turning 50 on Thursday then said on Friday - make up your mind!! or are you already getting senile? :H:H Anyway which ever it is, HAPPY BIRTHDAY FOR IT!! I will post tomorrow anyway and try to remember, but being the grand age of 58, am likely to forget!! So sorry about MWNHC - he just sounds like a jerk - but it is upsetting when he beats you to it - yes??? Are you going to start on Topa again? Even the way it made you last time? Although now you are turning 50, you have an excuse for the Topa dopa.......

Space - first of all, over here 'napkin' has a totally different meaning. Think sanitary type - LOL and yes, it cracks me up when they talk about fannies here - I have told a few folk at work when they mention them and they don't mention them again! When I first started Topa, my canned (tinned) soda tasted funny, and I went from about 3-4 a day down to one a day. the Topa makes stuff in cans (tins) taste a bit strange which is why it works better for beer drinkers initially than for wine drinkers - I think! So it might be working a little bit for you, even if not with the cravings. It is such a low dose that I would be thrilled if it was though. Sorry you are so tired - WHY are you itching??????? The Topa might be making you tired - when are you taking it? I used to take mine before bed but these days it matters not when I take it.

Oh - and HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Sunday. I will try and remember ..... but as I said to Houtx - no promises!! I didn't feel any different - in fact I would pass a mirror and wonder who that old(er) lady was in the mirror!!! I hope you have a wonderful day.

WTE - laughed at landscaper guy turning up with all that stuff! Do I detect a slightly guilty conscience there? I suppose at least he is being honest which is good - right? And if you enjoy his company and ...whatever - LOL, then go for it - just don't let emotion get in the way. As long as you see it for what it is. My daughter and her b/f have just broken up - he has recently divorced and finally she asked him where they were going. She really likes him. He is NOT ready for a serious relationship yet - so she has told him that she doesn't want to see him even though it breaks her heart to do so. She is not willing to just have the relationship the way it is.... but then she is only 26....... a tough call for you really too......

I am happy that you are feeling more upbeat..... I hope that you enjoy your party this evening. I have found some meds from the vet that he gave me for Ben last 4th and I plan to give them to Katie this evening. She was barking (yapping) every two minutes last night when I went to bed 'cos someone was letting off fireworks - she isn't scared - just VERY NOISY. As I go to bed so early, she will drive me ballistic, so plan on giving her the meds when I go to bed. Daisy, being deaf, doesn't hear anything. Bless her.

I had a wonderful day yesterday with my daughter even though we were 'shopping' (it is almost like a dirty word - LOL). but we did have a nice time - I even let her talk me into a few tops that are completely out of my comfort zone. Being blonde, I tend to stick with yellow, pale pink and cream - my favourite colours - I got three tops in OTHER colours! WOW. Then we went swimming. Had such a lovely day. I didn't end up doing my ironing though so am going to go and do that now.

love and hugs to you all,

Sun XXX

[playland]

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Hey Space, wow, the Topa is definitely working, the flat beer is a definite sign, be happy, and at such a low dose, you are one of the lucky ones.

Yes, WTE! Thank you for posting the pics.

So as for a short report on my stay here: as you know I am basically here this time because my daughter was going to have surgery which isn't happening this time, and also to help with the family routine which right now is super busy with doctor appointments and physical therapy both at home and at hospital for my three month old granddaughter who was born with a chromosomal abnormality which manifests in Hypotonia which means low muscle tone, and growth abnormalities. Thus the physical therapy since one month old and she will start on growth harmone in about two months which will assure that all her features grow together normally and that she is of normal height. Cognitively she is bright and engaging and such a sweet baby. My daughter also has a four year old and her husband has gone back to work so it is very busy here right now.

Just to bring you up to date on what I am taking: Topa 50/50, Zoloft 100 mg qd, Gabapentin 300mg qd, Flexeril 10 mg at night when needed, it is a muscle relaxant and helps with sleep for me and is not addictive. The Topa I order from River because I am a nurse and don't want it on my health record.

S the Topa is working very well for my cravings, I still drink over it out of habit I suppose and I still really like to have the wine at dinner when everyone else is having wine. And of course to be honest I like to have it anyway but I don't want to have more than two or three glasses and I don't want to drink all day long. I don't want to spend all day drinking like I used to do in the past and waste all my days. I don't want to lose my life to alcohol like I did for so many years when it was so miserable. I want to be able to have a life without thinking of alcohol every waking minute and I think that is what the Topa is doing for me. I am willing to take it forever if I need to, I'm probably taking the AD forever unless something better comes along.

I'm lucky because even tho I am taking AD I am a very positive upbeat person by nature, my name is not play for nothing. So even tho I have my own stuff going on I am also able to be strong when I need to be like now when I need to help my daughter. I feel so bad for both Space and Dizz in that they are having to already take care of mothers who should be taking care of them. I don't want my children to take care of me until I am old and demented and even then I hope that I am long gone from this physical plane.

So, you can see why my pictures are pretty boring this trip, I am barely out of the house, just to shop for groceries or get the grandson from summer English school. Other visits I do fun stuff but this is all work and family.

So love you guys,

[baclofan]

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WTE topa weight loss problem...

[QUOTE] SADLY, I have had to make the choice to stop Topa for now. I fall into the category of losing weight on this stuff and am now hitting a dangerous point. I see my new DR on the 19th and will try to figure out where to go from here. [QUOTE]

Hi WTE,

I've had to make the same choice for exactly same reason. Explained to my Pdoc and asked him for gabapentin, he said that topa is way better for AL cravings. He's solution was to put me on Remeron / (Mirtazepine) and restart me back on topa. The sudden boost of appetite from Mirt is unbelievable!!!

BTW, this is the best AD I've ever tried, kicks virtually over night, great sleep aid and during the day I'm feeling like on a benzo

[Rainyday]

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Hi All. I've been off for a long while. Mostly because I was so busy at work. I was doing really good. I was only drinking moderately. My husband was doing really bad. Found him passed out on the kitchen floor one night. I thought he was dying. Guess that's when I slowly dropped back in to doing really bad again. Kept forgetting to take the topa. Stopped listening to my CD. Hanging around neighbors and those who were drinking. Over this past weekend drank all day (not my usual, but we were hanging out by the neighbor's pool). So last night and toda I'm back onto doubling my Topa for the first time in weeks. Feeling the strangeness of getting physically used to it again. Hope I can remember to take it. Hope tonight I feel like moderating. I, like you Ms Play!, like to play and enjoy moderate drinking! I love the taste of wine and beer. I love shots, but the Topa when taken correctly makes me love the taste of sweet mixed drinks, which I used to never EVER enjoy! Just give it to me straight!

[sunshinedaisies]

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Hi there rainy - lovely to see you - I wouldn't just double your Topa - it is always best to titrate up properly - I speak from experience! It doesn't work properly for some reason or other - I have always had to go back and start again - just saying - it might work for you, but it never has for me just upping it to a high dose.

Hi there bac - your mirt sounds amazing as an AD. I had to come off of celexa and my doc has me on lexapro which just isn't the same.... I too lost weight on Topa, but am holding my weight at an okay weight for me and just eat more if it starts to go down. I have always been slim anyway and have a high metabolism, so it doesn't bother me to the point of WTE - it sounds as if that might be the answer for her.........

hi there play - thanks for the update. you sound busy but happy....

I have to leave for work - back later everyone,

love and hugs,

sun XXX

[spacebebe01]

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I just dont feel like Ive spent enougth time on this thread lately, and was just comming ont o say whats happening to me but what baclofan just said about mirtazapine/remeron just struck me as a possible answer to peeps who take ad's and struggle with weight loss on topa. serveral years a go now I was taking mirtazapine and found it ok for my depression, I took it at night and slept all night with no daytime problems, the only problem I had with it was weight gain, which was why I stopped taking it. Maybe its worth asking about.

Last night I did not sleep, at all, I am not really worried about this and just putting it down to a one off but no other med has ever had this effect on me, I started watching a comedy series on i player at around 2am and am now up to series 3!!!. Have I already told you this. Oh right ive kind of lost what I was going to say so I will say good night :h

Its a good job this is my last post of the night, know one else would know what the hell is wrong with me:H

[sunshinedaisies]

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Hi Space - just got in from work - is the sleeplessness since you started the topa? If it is, try taking it in the morning....... I can't remember what you have come off of and what you have started - it could be a combination of things. I haven't heard of topa stopping people sleeping - it usually has the opposite effect.

I think the heat here and the full moon is having a BAD effect on customers!! the heat is really getting very old - heat index today was 113 here - tomorrow is about the same but then there might be a break - I hope so - it gets so oppresive and depressing. Anyway I am off tomorrow and plan on canning my beetroot which I picked the other day, freezing some green peppers which are starting to be affected by the heat, I also need to pick and shred my zucchini. so have all sorts of plans .......

I suppose I need to go and do some stuff - oh I made some raspberry cupcakes with cream cheese frosting which were really yummy and am going to make some more of those too! Plan on being busy tomorrow!!

Love and hugs to all - hope you sleep better tonight space,

Sun XX

[spacebebe01]

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Hi there topa pals

I slept well last night and feel ok this morning, like I said I just put that down to a one off and wasnt going to worry about it. My drinking tho isnt really reducing, or is it? I dont actaully know where |Im going with it or where I want to go with it, but had a bottle of wine again last night and that is really too much as its not good for me I dont think but Im also not going to panic about about this just yet.

You are so very busy and lively Sun, Im glad you had a good day with your daughter, I dont like shopping either Im glad you got tops in OTHER colours :H. Do you go swimming much, I ages since I went but yet another thing I keep saying I will do.

Play, its wonderful the way you go and help your daughter and grandbabies, they are so lucky to have you I hope they appreciate you. My mum by the way doesnt really take much if any looking after most of the time, shes 83 and still going strong, the whole bi opsy and cancer scare did get her down, obviously and was amde worse when her gp had the results but wouldnt tell her them saying he prefered that the consultant explain so she had to wait around another 10 days for them. but mostly I do get on with her well nowadays, except on Sundays with her bloody compulary roast dinner:H
Play when you say qd what do you mean, as in Zooloft 100mg qd
You need to try and make some time to get out and enjoy yourself in Spain before you go home so dont forget

Rainy, its great that your back on board I started topa 5 days ago so am still on 25mg a day so we can be new together although I will probably run out as I only bought 10 ?? (I know why did I do that) to try them so am waiting for my next lot to come.

Hope you all have good day :l

[sunshinedaisies]

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Hi Space - glad you slept well last night - so did i ! and after my first guinness i poured my second but ended up tipping half of it away - just didn't want it - which was good. AND I had forgotten to take my second Topa dose to work with me. Guess it is still in my system anyway.....

Well, diz should be in the UK by now - I am waiting to hear that she arrived safely - well, I KNOW we all are.....

My daughter has a pool at her apartment complex Space which is how I can go swimming now - until she moved there i rarely went. but it is lovely to be able to go now - she only lives a mile away. I love swimming - well, I think most of us Brits do don't we? LOL

Laughed at you and your mum and her Sunday dinner!!! one day you will wish you could have your sunday dinner with her - really you will!!!

Hope Play doesn't mind me replying for her but qd means one a day in medical terms....I trained as a medical assistant MANY years ago!!

Anyway - have watered the front and am now back out into the heat to start on the back.......

love and hugs, Sun XX

[spacebebe01]

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I hope the weather is a bit better down south then for dizz because it hasnt stopped raining all day here. I know that about the thing with my mum, thats why I keep going and always have. I was thinking qd might mean quarter day as in 4 times a day, but that seemed a lot!

I hope you dont mind me asking you again but did you tell me how you moved to america, I really want to know, you dont have to tho

[spacebebe01]

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Another thing I want to ask is, if Sunday Roast Dinner is such a British thing, what does everyone else in the world do, dont you all get together every week, not that Im saying you should, or do we just do it around a cooked meal cos we have crap weather and cant go outside?

[DizzyBee]

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Hi everyone
Got here safely. Got interrogated and almost deported but now safe and sound in Windor.
Its lovely.
:l :l :l