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

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

hmmm.
Your friend sounds like a b*. I hope you gave her a piece of your mind. Especially if that is what she did, in fact, say.
Then you forgot your wallet and lost your glasses.
But you were all smiley and pleasant about it?

Remember what a bad day used to be like?

(The waistband to navel thing is important, of course, but the waistband to armpit ratio is vital.) (Will you do my writing assignments for me? Dialogue is a pain.)

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

curlygirl7;1144638 wrote: Do you think your body has a memory of your previous bac dose? I agree with Ne regarding side effects and god knows I suffered enough of them titrating up. On the other hand, I don't want to start back at square one and take months to titrate back up. Bleep, your advice to go back up to 210 mg right away scared me to death, though it might be the right advice. If I did that I would have to have several days off from work to do the cognitive readjustment, Murph, I will probably take your suggestion and increase at relatively fast increments. Has this happened to any of you before?

I didn't have to go way down, and then back up again, Curly. I did play around enough to know that going up and down dramatically was/is not my friend. I think that's the reason that bleep and murphy and I disagree so profoundly about dosing and scheduling. They can take a good deal more of it, and have, with few unpleasant SEs. That has not been my experience at all.

I can't remember how long you've been taking bac? I'm not sure that it matters, exactly, but I know that it's much easier, in terms of SEs, for me to go up and down (by say 20mg) now then it was before.

Weigh the options and the consequences. Take a bunch of it, expect it to be okay, prepare for it not to be, and move on from there. Know that SEs will, for the most part, dissipate.

Or split the difference. Go up by 20mg every 3 days.

Or just take your time.

If I had, "listened to my body," I would have quit taking it many times. If I had continued futzing around with my dose, I would have quit, for sure. Dr. L suggested I quit, or go way down, based on my SEs.

Advice and suggestions here are based on each individuals path and progress. Mine was long and arduous. I wish I'd followed the protocol from day one. I think it would've made the process much less painful and happen more quickly.

[bleep]

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

Hmmm. Again. Your post, Murph, is still rattling in my head, so I won't respond just yet.

Curly, sorry, I didn't mean to scare you. What I should have said, is perhaps try it out. You'll know pretty quickly whether or not it's going to work, and can decide from there. Take one of your previous doses and see how you feel. Or half of one. If it's too much, you know you have try a more cautious route. Know that if you take too much, it's just a couple of unpleasant hours, then it will be fine again.

Sorry, I really should have said it with a little more caution before. I tend to look at things from my perspective, and I am able to take baclofen pretty much willy-nilly.

[missyabby1]

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

Yay, Murph loved your story, and your avator. I went down to my local park this morning with my gorgeous dog..........Realised that someone was sleeping under the eaves of the footy club building. She was an elderly lady (and believe me I don't live in a down and out suburb of Perth).

I honestly didn't know how to approach her, or what to do, but she had a dog with her who came to play with my little Abby. I invited her back to my home to have breakfast but she shuffled on and muttered "thankyou". I didn't even know there were people who lived in this affluent suburb who slept outside. And believe me, it has been very cold here.

I have been seriously thinking about this lady all day...and will go down again to offer her some sort of help..........if she will accept it. I don't think she is a drunk, and even if she was, I was hoping my offer of shelter and food may be accepted.

It's really funny but I came straight back on to this forum when I got home to talk to Ne, and of course, see what everyone else has been up to. I realize so much that I am full of anger and abuse, but am also a really kind and decent human being.

Missy

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

Missy. If you want to be friends why do you keep posting on threads where you are bound to be antagonistic, or perceived that way?
I'm glad and flattered that you thought of me (I think? Unless it was to tell me how worthless I am! :H.) Either way I liked your story and glad you shared it. I responded on a different thread so as not to hijack this one. This one is busy atm.
:l

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

What on earth is a footy club? You old-type-english-speakers sure do have some interesting names. Too bad they don't export very well. again.

[ignominious]

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

Hi Missy. Love seeing that you've posted something, usually gives me something to giggle about. Slightly disappointed with this last effort but ftr it was a nice post and I've never doubted it.

Murph, sorry to hear you've had a bad one but if anything it sharpens your humor. Nice sketch with the checkout girl. You look to be doing pretty well from here so chin up ol' boy.

Ne, even in 'Woderland' English I would think footy and football could be linked.

[Murphyx]

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

Missy, I loved your story. I'm glad you posted it here.

ignominious;1144930 wrote:
Murph, sorry to hear you've had a bad one but if anything it sharpens your humor. For the love of the gods Ig, follow TerrK's advice and get your spell-checker sorted.

Ne/Neva Eva;1144816 wrote:

(The waistband to navel thing is important, of course, but the waistband to armpit ratio is vital.)

And for women, the waistband to the nipple is also rather important. And with age the distance is reduced. Thanks for that tidbit DoggyGirl. :H

Ne/Neva Eva;1144816 wrote: hmmm.
Your friend sounds like a b*. I hope you gave her a piece of your mind. Especially if that is what she did, in fact, say.

I'm pretty sure that is what she said and she's absolutely right.

I'm not sure what a "b*" is. If it had 4 asterisks, I would assume you meant bitch, but she's certainly not that. Anything but. Seriously.

There was one other thing my friend said, and I think I have this right but I'm not 100% certain. She said I should post some questions about food on my thread and ask women for their opinions. So ladies, do you prefer to eat real dairy cream or that stuff from a can? I shan't elaborate on the question any further, as I'm sure you can guess the reason for the question.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

I can't actually ascertain the reason for the question.

[LadyLush]

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

Neva,

Remember how Murph thinks. His question centers around the word EAT.
The can stays fresher and not as messy
And Iggy, I have already told Murphy that the spelling of humour as humor is perfectly valid.
And I am not sure which thread I saw the post from Rudy on but the analogy was brilliant!

Packing 23 years of memories sucks. I found an old suitcase in the attic filled with love letters from my ex and drawings from when my kids were kids. It must have been up there for years. I closed it right away and stuck it in the garage for a time when my mental state of mind can handle it.:upset:
Moving sucks.

The stress now is very close to a drunk and I am not going to test it.

I still read just don't have time to write.

XXOO everyone.

LL:l

[Murphyx]

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

Ne/Neva Eva;1145001 wrote: I can't actually ascertain the reason for the question. Oh for goodness sakes Ne. I try subtle because some people (you:H) don't like the up front sexual stuff, but obviously subtle don't do cut it...

LadyLush;1145061 wrote:
Remember how Murph thinks. His question centers around the word EAT.
The can stays fresher and not as messy

But messy can be good right?

Anyway, to eat is good. I like to EAT!!!

[ignominious]

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

Banged to rights Murph but I tried to and it isn't compatible with Firefox 5. Might have to change browsers or somelike. LL its acceptable in the States but so are 60oz cups of coke (according to another thread about sugar dangers).

Keep cool Lushy,

[RudyB]

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

aww shit, murph, i haven't even read the rest of this thread, but i'm tellin ya, your day sounds JUST LIKE MINE!

ok, now back to reading the rest of the story...

[RudyB]

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

my golly, it takes a BRAIN to keep up w you smart folk here! that which i do not possess at the moment. i shall re-read and maybe reply w a witty and true-felt response; i know i've missed a lot in my totally-justified brain-fried state.

but, in the meantime: HI LUSHY LADY LOVE YOU MISS YOU WOMAN! (sure wish i could once in a while remember not to use quick reply so i could do all kinda nifty stuff like large letters and bold and emoticons and stuff.)

hi everyone!

[ignominious]

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

Looked again at the "Brit English" add-on again and it should be compatible! It appears to be enabled when I check but does FA when I type anything.