Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

[Murphyx]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

@Is and Bleep: You're both right; I went to 150 yesterday and it totally wiped me out, so I'm sticking here for a while until I get used to it. I went to the supermarket yesterday and it took me an absolute age to get round. Not only did I find myself looking at stuff in the baby food aisle (I don't and never have had children) when I thought I was looking for puppy food, but I must have walked up and down the whole shop 5 times trying to remember what I was looking for. And I also found myself doing my stoned walk: going really slowly with carefully measured steps because my legs felt 8 foot long and not entirely under my control. Not good. :no:

@Persona: It crept up on me. I noticed people smiling at me, which was rather disconcerting at first but then I realised they were returning my smile.

@Brun: I used to be careful not to use slang in forums, so as not to confuse non-Brits, but these days everyone seems to (more or less) get the jist of it, so I don't worry about it any more. I remember 15 years ago if I called a septic a wanker they'd be left totally clueless.:H

[bleep]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Murphyx;1053373 wrote: @Is and Bleep: You're both right; I went to 150 yesterday and it totally wiped me out, so I'm sticking here for a while until I get used to it. I went to the supermarket yesterday and it took me an absolute age to get round. Not only did I find myself looking at stuff in the baby food aisle (I don't and never have had children) when I thought I was looking for puppy food, but I must have walked up and down the whole shop 5 times trying to remember what I was looking for. And I also found myself doing my stoned walk: going really slowly with carefully measured steps because my legs felt 8 foot long and not entirely under my control. Not good. :no:

And those are the fun ones! Glad you have decided to pull the reins in a little. You are still going at an exciting pace, very promising stuff indeed.

[Murphyx]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Whoooooo, OK I've read about numbness in the extremities as being a SE of Bac, which I assume is what I have, but this is more like serious electric shocks in my finger tips. Is this what happened for you guys? It freaked me out an hour ago when it started in my left hand!

p.s. I've spent 15 mins writing this post because my fingers (and whole hands) keep doing their own thing and sometimes suddenly crashing down on the keyboard. Very strange......make that 25 mins.

[RedThread12]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

I've had it, but not to the extreme you describe, Murph. And mine was more in my forearms, I think. There were some moments when I elegantly held my own hands, let them rest against my thigh while I did some deep breathing and focused on letting them relax completely - without even stopping the conversation. NOT a good time to pick up a drink, though! Always passed pretty quickly for me - hope the same for you.

[beatle]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Murphyx;1053664 wrote: Whoooooo, OK I've read about numbness in the extremities as being a SE of Bac, which I assume is what I have, but this is more like serious electric shocks in my finger tips. Is this what happened for you guys? It freaked me out an hour ago when it started in my left hand!

p.s. I've spent 15 mins writing this post because my fingers (and whole hands) keep doing their own thing and sometimes suddenly crashing down on the keyboard. Very strange......make that 25 mins.

This is a common side effect, from all I've read here. I noticed it subtly at first, and kind of enjoyed it because 1) it gave me feedback that the bac was "working" and 2) it was a new sensation I had never experienced.

Mine got worse, though, to the point where the little electric shocks manifested themselves as involuntary spasmic jerks of the hand, making me drop glasses, hit things, and miss things. A little humourous sometimes, but mostly frightening.

This SE has abated somewhat over time.

[seeking_serenity]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

I've never experienced that SE! Or, I should say, I've experienced it, but only mildly, in that I sometimes shift my feet and find that I almost fall down when I'm standing. It only lasted a second, and was never something that actually resulted in my falling down or anything.

[bleep]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

I definitely had this one. It's not unpleasant, unless you're holding a fag or a drink, in which case it's downright irritating! Like your hand has suddenly, briefly, been plugged in to the mains. Posts definitely started taking longer to write, but also because my spelling turned to shit.

Also, nodding off with a smoke got to be a bit risky. I couldn't watch a film sitting down and smoking, guaranteed to fall asleep and set the house ablaze. Had to walk around to smoke.

[Murphyx]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Glad the electric shocks in the hands thing is normal, 'cos that was freaking me out!

Last night was utterly crap. I woke at 2am needing a drink of water, went back to sleep, the same thing happened around 3am and woke again at 4am and stayed awake from then on. The electric shock thing kept on going and was accompanied by nausea and apnea. What fun!

I think I'm getting a tad paranoid about the side effects. This morning, whilst walking the dogs in the park, I noticed my nether regions were really cold. "Oh brilliant, what now?" I thought "just what I need, frozen nuts, what a completely crap side effect". It was some time later I realised my flies were undone. :blush:

[bleep]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Haha, good story! We do tend to blame everything on the SE's, and quickly too.

The shit nights are purely (I think) because of your rapid titration. Are you "losing"yourself" for brief periods when you wake up? A couple of days at the same level, and they should level out. That waking up bolt upright gasping for breath is terrible.

Also, are you boozing during all this? I can't remember if you are or not.

[Murphyx]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Yeah I am still boozing.

But I have to say that at this moment, al holds absolutely no appeal for me. I'm sure it's nothing more than a reaction to the crappy night I had and I'll, no doubt, be able to power on through this funny feeling ... right to the bottom of the bottle.

[bleep]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

You'll be amazed at what a difference just 1 night will make to how you feel, if you can do it.

[tbilisi]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Bringing new meaning to the term "I've got your bac"

Hi Murph,

I liked your introduction and can relate to being the long-term drinker who never thought I'd make it this far, and now turning to baclofen for help. My prescription is due today and I'm on tingle toes in hopes of what it may achieve (if you knew me, you'd know tingle toes is not my usual state at all).

Please all excuse my naive question here, but this stoned state you describe, what's it like? Even though I consider myself a "professional" as far as my drinking goes, I'm a lightweight when it comes to drugs and I've never much liked the state of being stoned on weed. Is that what it's like?

Go ahead and make fun of me, but I'd really like to know what the sensation is, so I can be prepared.

[Bruunhilde]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Tbil,
No problem, we love talking about our side effects. :H

The stoned feeling = high on marijuana. Some pple likey, me no likey.

The fingers thing can make it impossible to be efficient at your desk job if you type away on the computer and phone all day. It's intermittent and passes after an hour for me.

One SE I'm really unhappy with is the SagFace. Alot of people experience facial drooping, instant aging.

If you can make it through that, you'll be where I am, which is mostly pretty good, vivid dreams, good sleep, at 80mg.

I defer to the more experienced for the higher dose side effects.

[Murphyx]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Hi tbilisi, yeah it's kind of like a weed high, but not really the nice part of the high if that makes any sense. Probably not. It was fun for a day or two, but thankfully it seems to have worn off now, which is just as well because it really was starting to get on my tits.

There are just so many success stories here, of people for who bac has done the trick. I believe it's going to work for me and therefore any short term side effects are worth going through for the ultimate goal. It's appropriate that you're on tingle toes, wait till you get the tingle hands. It's very strange!

Brun, I thought you were going to tell us all about the bac helping with your cramps.:H You think SagFace is bad? It can't be as bad as SagKnob, which is what I'm getting at the moment. :upset:

[Bruunhilde]

Murph’s Baclofen (or should that be BacloFUN) diary

Murph, LOL, SagKnob! Okay, I'm a competitive freak, so check this out: SagFace is just as bad or worse, with SagFace you get no shot at any age-appropriate Knob, just 90 year old little-blue-pill-enhanced wrinkly wornout knobs. The word KNOB!!! HAHAHAHA!

Yes, I need to post about my good SE's and I have done some of that I think on my thread, but for the record:

Bac helps me with leg cramps (which in my case not due to low potassium ftr). AND!

LADIES, baclofen helps with the Aunt Flo cramps very nicely! I no longer wake at night curled in fetal position at the pain, I can lie on my back and sleep instead, a revelation! Yay BAC!

TMI Alert: Only problem is more accidents, since I sleep through the night and I refuse to wear adult diapers. :flush: