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[I-want-to-be-sober]

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300mg/day - I could reduce my Xanax dose from 4mg to 2mg. Still alcohol free, with reduced, but existant cravings.

[ignominous]

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Time flys past. You are in my thoughts and encouraged by the nearly 3 weeks AF.
Maybe now you are slowing down the titration process to give Bac the time to build up in your system and to do it's thing?

[I-want-to-be-sober]

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:thanks:

Yes, I will give Bac more time now and titrate up slower.

[ignominous]

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How much were your last 2 or 3 increases and on what dates?

[I-want-to-be-sober]

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+50mg on Nov 28th and +50mg today.

[ignominous]

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Ok
So please slow down
20 mg increase only over then next week
How do you feel, nornal, spaced out, near your switch?

[I-want-to-be-sober]

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I will make slow 10mg increases from now on. I feel normal, sometimes a little tired, that's all. My cravings are definitely decreased, but still there from time to time.

[ignominous]

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OK that sounds good
Maybe you will need to reach a super high dose to reach your switch but I feel much better mow that you are giving your mind and body some time to aclimatize to this already high dose of Bac
Keep to the tried and tested I would at this point. 20mg a week increase give or take seems reasonable. Listen to your body, trite but true, if your SEs are still minimal after a few days then make a small increase.
Let us know as you go up.
Good luck

[moglor]

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Ig is right, listen carefully to your body. See if it is possible to differentiate an actual alcohol craving from a desire to drink out of habit. I found these were subtly different, and while baclofen had removed my actual alcohol craving, it was much harder to break the pattern of habitual drinking. Even today I still occasionally long for a beer, but these are just the dying gasps of a long-term psychological addiction.

[joe12pack]

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hmmmm. I'm finding this interesting. I was thinking about trying topa but I might just go straight to bac as I tend to tolerate drugs well with few SE's so many choices. thanks for sharing about your experiences.

[ignominous]

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Go for it Joe.

Do read up a bit on it first, you need to see it through to the end IMO.

I sound like I'm on a mission, like a born again christian or something, but if you stick with this Bac it does it's magic.

[I-want-to-be-sober]

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350mg Baclofen / day. Cravings greatly reduced, but still existant. I could taper off the Xanax without problems. Only side effect is some somnolence.

[ignominous]

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You sound like you're getting there.
Only thing is to keep moving up steadily. 20mg a week.
Still AF?

[I-want-to-be-sober]

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ignominous;1024252 wrote: Still AF?

Yes.

[moglor]

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Have you thought about the nature of your cravings? Once I hit a high dosage (over 200) I gradually came to the realization that what I thought were cravings were just force of habit. I still get a little confused from time to time when I leave the grocery store without a sack full of beer. Once I realized this, I considered myself to have reached my "switch" point, then I worked on changing my habits.