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I am trying again and the SE's are even worse this go around! Meds have always affected me differently...Nyquil keeps me up for days....dayquil knocks me out!

Just trying to figure out where to go from here!

Oh, and you call call me out anytime!!

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Ne, are you good today, did the vomiting stop? Was it due to a hangover from PMS drinking? As you may recall, that's the time of month I'd always over do it, even if I was good the rest of the month. By good I mean 4 beers a night, by PMS drinking I mean up to two bottles of wine or 1/3 liter hard liquor.

Have you thought abou supplementing with something else, for the prn type of dose since bac may not be working as well as it was for you? Or is this due only to the fluctuating doses?

I know you're worried about the fact you (and others) have difficulty titrating slowly vs erratically, if it makes you feel any better, I have two friends on SSRI's who routinely go off them and regret it, year after year after year. I think we all want to get off pills, and we all act somewhat impulsively about it sometimes based on the way we feel in the moment and make a judgement call. It's just like we all want to get off AL.

Re your discussion of relapsing or whatever you want to call it. I agree the PMS has impact for you, I relate to that. Could it at all be an old habit creeping up as well? I know you were AF for 28 days but still, old habits die hard as they say.

Have a great workout.

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yes, to just about all you said, Bruun. Bad decisions exacerbated by hormonal shifts and always on the weekend, when it's very hard for me to be by myself and not drink.
And I hate taking the pills, much as I love them.
I started a sad little thread in holistic hoping for input from you and other supp gurus...
Didn't work out too bac'd out. :-(

[Bruunhilde]

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Is the thread there, I'll go check now.

Remember, Goose sees all, you're never alone with the AL.

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Have you read about premenstrual dysphoric disorder? Its interesting and it can make you think about the timing of your alcohol breakouts.What Is Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder?

[Bruunhilde]

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Coal, I find that most of the women I know either have no PMS, or full on giant PMS. PDD describes it perfectly per your link: severe abdominal cramping, breast tenderness, fluid retention, headaches, and nausea, extreme fatigue depression, seemingly uncontrollable mood swings, feelings of panic or anxiety, and unprovoked outbursts of anger.

Interestingly enough, these are the same friends that seem to have binging issues whether food or AL or whatever.

I thought it was just PMS, I don't see the difference between the PDD and PMS, except maybe extremity? And how does one measure it?

Again to a repeated thought on this thread, underlying hormonal problems def cause or inflate other life issues, which leads to a need for coping which can include escape into alcohol or whatever is at hand. Extreme sports would have been my choice had it been at hand!

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I dont know how to define it Brunn. I do know that it is a flipping lethal week for me regarding alcohol.Its the week I most crave it and the week I should be nowhere and I mean nowhere near it. Its a big part of the reason I have antabuse and prn Baclofen on standby. Its not the physical symptoms that bother me so much as the insanity regarding alcohol. I have memories from those weeks that I wish I could delete.

Ne you have 666 replies to your thread. That number disturbs me. You now have 667.:H

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At least you've identified the issue and are doing your best to contain it. How many years have we all had that lethal week per month, even on months where we thought we couldn't do worse, we could that week. I have those regrets too, Coal. Just think, someday we'll have menopause and just hot flashes, mood swings, and general body decay instead!

J/K - don't mean to bring the thread down, just seems like women got the short straw sometimes.

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If menopause is one big long pmt then someone take me now. Seriously! No Im staying in denial about that. I have decided. It will never happen to me ever so there is no point me thinking about it. God. Instant depression or what!!.:lalala: Anyway here is an interesting article about treatments none of which I have tried. I prefer the coronation street double bill and cadburys fruit and nut giant bar approach.Premenstrual syndrome cross posted ne. Glad you dont have it. I will stop highjacking your thread then to talk about it!! pps I dont really have too many of the symptoms either except going off the rails which is the worst one for us I think

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Yes. We are flying over each others heads here. It might do no harm to keep a close eye on the calender. I dont know if Baclofen can override that type of hormone related breakout. Perhaps if olivier amesion had been olivia amesion we might know.

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