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

[bleep]

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

Zimbabwe Curly.

Before blindly following Murph, be aware he's taking 325mg's, I think. You can still ramp it up quickly, but take your dose, 250, and work out how many times you're going to take it in a day. If you've got 25mg pills, I'd take 10 of them, split evenly throughout the day. Try that. You'll still get SE's, because it's more baclofen than you're used to, but that will give you the least amount of SE's for that dose.

[ignominious]

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

Murphyx;1152085 wrote: Ignominious, I can not imagine what sort of filthy, foetid, faeces-strewn hell-hole you were unfortunate enough to reside in when in England but I can assure you, In Britain, it has never been acceptable practice to leave dog poop where it lay. Well, it may have been in the Middle Ages, when a gentleman was given free reign in a variety of matters, including being permitted to, on a whim, thrash his servants, random street urchins and also female members of his household, obviously. Ah, the good old days! But since at least Victorian times it has been illegal to so do.

On Bedford Embankment there sit, every 50 yards or so, antique iron bins with the word “Dog” cast in the front. I can only assume these were intended for the disposal of dog poop. Of course the scant information provided by the word “Dog” could also suggest alternative interpretations as to their purpose. It's possible they were actually placed there to take the remains of dead dogs. Why there could be a need for such repositories is unclear. Perhaps, in the 19th century, dogs had a tendency to sudden death brought on by one of the common maladies of the time, such as typhoid, syphilis or just having been born into the lower ranks . Or perhaps it was considered fine sport at the time, for dapper young gentlemen to interrupt their perambulations in order to thrash passing dogs to death with their canes and young ladies, in all their finery, to stamp on the unfortunate creatures, but not so vigorously as to break a sweat. Their servants, of course following at a respectable distance, would then scoop up the creature's remains and deposit them in the bin.

But then again, perhaps you was just brung up in a shit 'ole, like what I was.

Didn't think this was one of your funnier posts. Quite possibly I need to take more baclofen. Inane, long winded and without premise. Sorry?

Unfortunately I felt compelled to look this up:


What are the dog fouling laws?
The Dogs (Fouling of Land) Act 1996 allows local
authorities to designate any public land as poop scoop
areas where dog owners must clean up after their pets.
The land must be publicly accessible, although the
following are not included

http://kb.keepbritaintidy.org/nightt...cations/mp.pdf

[Murphyx]

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

ignominious;1152256 wrote: Didn't think this was one of your funnier posts.

Oh gosh, I most certainly will try harder just for you Ig.

[Murphyx]

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

Curly, no wonder you're getting big SEs. I know you were going to go quickly to your old level of 210, but once you got there you should have gone up slowly. Chucking the extra 75mg in, to take you beyond 210 is definitely the problem. Personally I would drop back down to 210 for a few days before titrating up again. The SEs will get much easier if you do that.

And the England/Britain thing:
England, Wales and Scotland are the 3 countries which make up Great Britain. When Northern Ireland is added, it becomes the United Kingdom. And the Isle of Mann comes into it somewhere but who cares about them? They're all strange.

I'm the one from Wales btw.

Curly, it's not a race. Go back down and take it slow back up again.

[ignominious]

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Murphyx;1152257 wrote: Oh gosh, I most certainly will try harder just for you Ig.

[curlygirl7]

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

Ok, I'm backing off to 210 for a few days and see how I do w/ SE. Bleep, I'll try the 25 mg every 2 hours or so. Believe it or not, it has taken me about 15 minutes to write these few sentences. My mind keeps drifting off. So glad I have everyone's encouragement. If I didn't I think I would have dropped out by now.

Murph I've been watching the Rupert Murdock testimony on TV. I just love the way the the MPs jump up and down and yell at each other.It's vastly more entertaining than watching our Congress!

[Murphyx]

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

OK this is getting weird.

All the way through this odd journey I've been waking up regularly during the night, usually every 2 hours or so. Normally I just get up, have a drink of water, take a pee and go back to sleep. But the last 2 nights have been different.

I'm used to my sleep being all messed up on baclofen. Actually, I'm not sure how much my sleep disruption is due to baclofen and how much is just due to not drinking. When I was drinking I was an every day, drink until too pissed to do anything but go to bed type, and 7 hours sleep was absolutely guaranteed. So, not having sleep forced upon me, I am bound to have sleep problems now. It took only 8 days from starting on bac for me to believe I had 'switched'. As the point at which I started taking bac was so close to when I stopped drinking (I continued to drink normally up till the day I 'switched'), it is difficult for me to know which is responsible for the sleep strangeness. Perhaps it's a combination of them both.

I got up this morning, fully awake, and started to do my morning thing: got dressed, made tea etc. After 10 minutes, I looked at the clock and saw it was 02:30. I'd only been asleep for 2 hours but I was totally awake. Last night the same thing happened. It took 3 hours for me to realise I was actually deeply knackered and I went back to bed.

I wonder if this is a form of the hallucination/wakeful dreaming thing other people have reported on baclofen.

It's very odd.

[Murphyx]

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

Curly, yeah the MPs do get very excited, LOL. I am just loving seeing the Murdochs getting grilled in public. Did you see the protester throw a pie in Rupert Murdoch's face?:H

I had similar problems typing when I was titrating up; it used to take me 30 minutes just to type a short post. Don't worry, it's only temporary.

[ignominious]

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

Hi Curly, apologies for not replying earlier, I was too busy concentrating on my paranoia yesterday.

Big increases will give you SEs. You can probably get back to your previous dose more quickly than first time around but realise that SEs can take up to 5 days to appear following an increased dose.

Glad to see you are following the good advice to back off to about 210mg and to split your dose up more. Both will help with the SEs. After you are sure of this dose then would be the time to take it further.

[SlipperyPete]

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

curlygirl7;1152538 wrote: Believe it or not, it has taken me about 15 minutes to write these few sentences.

I remember those times fondly. It gave me an encouraging feeling, like the bac was "activating" my brain. For me, it went away after a few days, and splitting doses helped.

Murph - do you ever wake up panicky at all? I've woken up confused as to what space of reality I was in, and it kinda freaked me out, although that only happened once or twice.

[bleep]

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

Hah, I remember that. Wide awake and ready to start your day, which doesn't really begin for another 6 hours. And being so wide awake that going back to bed is not an option either. I just got used to it, and would potter around the house for a couple of hours, before climbing back into bed for another 2 hour nap before work actually started. Great times! Luckily, I wasn't tired during the day either, except at about 3 o'clock, where staying awake seated at my desk was challenging in the extreme. Like all SE's, it'll pass.

Curly, the last sentence applies to you as well! Splitting the dose will help.

[Murphyx]

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

ignominious;1152567 wrote: but realise that SEs can take up to 5 days to appear following an increased dose.

Ummmm, that's new Ig. Where'd you get that from? It's certainly not been my experience.

[Murphyx]

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

SlipperyPete;1152576 wrote: Murph - do you ever wake up panicky at all? I've woken up confused as to what space of reality I was in, and it kinda freaked me out, although that only happened once or twice.Not panicky, but really confused; almost like I've sleep-walked to where I am and what I'm doing, whether it be making tea, standing naked in the corner or whatever. Fully aware of how I came to be there, doing what I'm doing, just not understanding the reasoning that got me there.

Hey, maybe that is a form of sleep-walking. I shall have to investigate.

bleep;1152606 wrote: Great times! Luckily, I wasn't tired during the day

I went back to bed for 2 hours and now I'm completely cream crackered. Urggg, I'm going back for a nap soon.

Another odd thing, when the alarm went off at 6:15, I heard it go off, it woke me up but for some reason I decided it wasn't really the alarm and I should ignore it.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

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

Curly, Probably a day late and a dollar short here, but listen, going up or down dramatically always knocked me around. If you go up, and it was too much too soon, please don't go down dramatically. It's medicine. Ease off it. That's just my humble suggestion that I will repeat ad infinitum until ...

Murph, the sleep thing. I found it really helpful to stay in bed for a moment. I could train myself to do this. Stay, lay, think, "okay, I'm done sleeping. Time to wake up." Or something. Sometimes my mind would slip bac into the betweenplace and I would remind myself that I was dreaming.

If you're awake, then wake up! Ya' know?
Is that at all helpful?
Hope you had a good nap or whatever.

I just stopped by to tell you how much I like the new av. I say that to Ed all the time.

[beatle]

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

Murphyx;1152085 wrote: Ignominious, I can not imagine what sort of filthy, foetid, faeces-strewn hell-hole you were unfortunate enough to reside in when in England but I can assure you, In Britain, it has never been acceptable practice to leave dog poop where it lay. Well, it may have been in the Middle Ages, when a gentleman was given free reign in a variety of matters, including being permitted to, on a whim, thrash his servants, random street urchins and also female members of his household, obviously. Ah, the good old days! But since at least Victorian times it has been illegal to so do.

On Bedford Embankment there sit, every 50 yards or so, antique iron bins with the word ?Dog? cast in the front. I can only assume these were intended for the disposal of dog poop. Of course the scant information provided by the word ?Dog? could also suggest alternative interpretations as to their purpose. It's possible they were actually placed there to take the remains of dead dogs. Why there could be a need for such repositories is unclear. Perhaps, in the 19th century, dogs had a tendency to sudden death brought on by one of the common maladies of the time, such as typhoid, syphilis or just having been born into the lower ranks . Or perhaps it was considered fine sport at the time, for dapper young gentlemen to interrupt their perambulations in order to thrash passing dogs to death with their canes and young ladies, in all their finery, to stamp on the unfortunate creatures, but not so vigorously as to break a sweat. Their servants, of course following at a respectable distance, would then scoop up the creature's remains and deposit them in the bin.

But then again, perhaps you was just brung up in a shit 'ole, like what I was.

Murph, you are STILL the funniest man in the world, even if I don't say it as often as I should.