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    Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

    Well this is the second time around. I left Bac far behind n the past because of SE's. This time I was doing much better, but once I got to higher does, approx. 180mgs, my hands start twitching and having a mind of their own. The nausea was not so much fun, and well, the weird twitchy feeling in my arms and legs!!!!!!

    I definately don't want to give it up as I am definately noticing some changes. However, I can't stand the feelings! Does anyone have any suggestions? I too want to just in with both feet as I have read of so many others doing, but I have just started a new job, and well, I can't afford to have any bad performance.

    Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!!!! :thanks:
    AF July 6 2014
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    Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

    are you abstinent? What is your story?

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      #3
      Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

      One thing I just discovered today was that some brands of baclofen are harder on the stomach than others. I was previously taking Lioresal, which is a small hard pill. There is no taste that I can discern. I recently switched to Neuraxpharm, and the pill is larger, softer, and quite bitter. It's notably harsher on my stomach than the Lioresal.

      Try changing brands, see if that helps, and make sure you titrate up very slowly. Let each new "step" in dosage ride for at least a week until your body is used to it, and read all of the "side effects" threads here on the boards.

      Like Sunny said, please do tell us your story!

      Good luck!

      -Moglor

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        Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

        Hi Christy. Nausea has been an issue for me too, and I'm on 1/2 the dose that you are taking. It becomes a problem if I take the bac without something on my stomach. If I drink on bac, it gets a lot worse very quickly, so it works as something of an aversion therapy for me.

        I don't know what brand I'm on. The manufacturer is Upsher Smith and the bottle simple reads "baclofen." Oddly, a quick Google search shows it as both a brand name under Upsher and a generic name.
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        Tracy

        ?Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.?
        - Vernon Howard

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          #5
          Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

          I am mostly abstinent....I tend to drink once maybe twice a week. This is my second time around. I'm not sure what else you want me to tell you about myself. I take 80 in the morning about 8am, and I take 100mgs at about 5pm.

          The pills I have are from a prescription from my dr. They say Baclofen on them, pms 20. I find the twitches worse when I am tired, and when I am laying down to sleep, I find they are more exaggerated as I am not trying to concentrated on them, even though I am, lol.
          AF July 6 2014

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            #6
            Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

            Christy, I know a lot of people here take big doses, but that seems like a whole lot of bac to be taking at one time. Can you try breaking it up into three or four doses a day?
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            Tracy

            ?Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.?
            - Vernon Howard

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              Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

              I had to take much smaller doses at 3-4 hour intervals to reduce the side effects which peaked for me at the 90 minute after a dose. This might work for you. I am glad you are attempting abstinence as I believe that reduces side effects as well
              Good luck on this time round

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                #8
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                Hmm...

                :sofa:

                I'd say take more...
                :nutso: I take pride in my humility :nutso:
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                  #9
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                  Lo0p, for many of us working for a living equates to food and shelter, and baclofen.
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                  Tracy

                  ?Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.?
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                    I'd take that and break it into 40 in the morning, 30 at noon, 70 at your witching hour and 40 at bedtime. I bet you'll see a difference.
                    Go before that fire there, at the altar of your heart
                    That fire of who you really are and be consumed by it fully
                    Surrender everything into the fire of that love until you are one with that love. You ARE that love.
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                      Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

                      I have to drive 75 miles round trip to work every day. I work in an upscale restaurant, so when I get there I'm under intense scrutiny all of the time by my guests and my employers. I am just glad I don't have to drive there in an alcoholic haze, get there smelling like alcohol and drive home with a hangover. Which would be illegal, threaten my livelihood, shelter and food in my mouth. All with no SE's.

                      I wasn't working when I took my three day weekend and ramped up to 300, I was suicidal and unemployable. And I did feel like a zombie that week. I had the 'twitches' for a couple of days, the insomnia and the sleepiness for longer. But I landed a job the very next week and I had to be there at 7am. A job in customer service as the manager of a restaurant. All of the SE's had pretty much abated by then. I think the sleepiness would have affected me a LOT more if I had a desk job though. It was profound if I just laid around the house but it went away as soon as I was on my feet, moving around and in front of people.

                      Much better result than the suicide I was planning if it didn't work.

                      I have a sneaking suspicion that people are dragging out all these SE's by titrating so slowly.

                      Maybe I am just lucky. Maybe I did something right. Either way I don't really feel comfortable discussing it with you. I just think the truth needs to be told.
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                        #12
                        Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

                        Thanks everyone for your advice and comments. I was breaking the doses up when I was at home. I had been unemployed since March and it was easy to remember to take them. I just started a new job and now I just can't remember to take them throughout the day. I get pretty busy and time gets away from me. I can't set an alarm in my cell because I share an office and I don't want her to know.

                        I can manage to take some pills at lunch time. Maybe I can swing that....but I still feel like I need to go up. I don't want to stop from SE's because I am really enjoying not being hungover and losing my life to drinking......any time I feel shitty from the meds, I merely compare it to the flipside......much better.
                        AF July 6 2014

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                          #13
                          Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

                          It feels fabulous not to be hungover! I haven't been in two weeks or more. Just can't drink enough to bring on the 2 a.m. heebie jeebies. The SE's are minimal if I eat and don't drink AL.

                          I take meds before work (after breakfast), after lunch at work and after work (after dinner). As far as my coworkers know, I am taking the post-lunch baclofren for back pain, which is what it is commonly prescribed for.

                          Good luck, Christy.
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                          Tracy

                          ?Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.?
                          - Vernon Howard

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                            #14
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                            Again, this isn't something I'd try with an office job, I'd probably fall asleep in my chair. Check out AllyB's husband's story: https://www.mywayout.org/community/f2...tml#post993005

                            Pulling for you christy! :l
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                              #15
                              Urgggg!! The Side Effects!!!

                              Thank again guys.....I appreciate everyone's input. I am still plugging away. I did go on a bender this weekend, and the next day I am reminded of the awful SE's!!!

                              I need to work on my willpower. I realize that just taking a magic pill isn't going to do all the work. I just need to remember when faced with that 1st beer, how crappy I felt the very next day. I was in bed the entire day, couldn't hang out with my kids.....not a good day. I need to keep remembering that day! This weekend will be a test. I have a party at my home on Friday, and my best friend's 40th b-day party.....so I will need to behave. I want to be good. I don't want to get up the next day and feel crappy and lose an entire day. Not too mention the terrible swollen puffy eyes........

                              It's not just Bac but we need to work within as well.....I keep forgetting that........
                              AF July 6 2014

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