Sprat's baclofun journey

[Sprat]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Thanks Tip , 8 days, Is and Ne-chan. I LOVE the way you guys respond to someone you don't even know, I actually woke up this morning and checked this forum first thing! :hug: Quite addictive. And I'm lurking on the others, the board is so active, maybe I'll even post a 'rooting for you!:yougo:' somewhere.

I am feeling better even as I maintain lower the dosage waiting to make sure my next package arrives. AF tonight which makes 4 days in 6. And I'll be visiting some doctors next week to see what Japan can offer me. Ne I pm'd Edostan to see if he has any advice for me. Thanks for the suggestion.

Today woke up slow but had things to do, took my daughter to the pool w/ another dad and his daughter, then we all got sandwiches and ate them in the park. As you can see I have a hectic life. And then out for yakiniku to celebrate Mother's Day.

Now I'll prepare for Monday and go to bed early listening to the This American Life podcast. Feeling hopeful!

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Your life makes me smile!
It's been too long since anyone has called me Ne-chan. Thanks. I don't know if Edo is on MWO anymore, I haven't heard from him.
He and his family fled Tokyo shortly after the quake/tsunami. I actively pray that they are okay and he's found his way out.

[Sprat]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Hello everyone,

Good news! I got a prescription. Just as Eight Days suggested I went to the doctor, told him I was taking bac for a previous condition. He'd never heard of it, looked it up and said OK. He even said he should try it for his wanky back. He tried to prescribe me the 80/day I requested and called the pharmacy. They called the maker and the maker said that amount was too much for one day! So we settled for 1/2 and the possibility for more in the future. But it is a constant, inexpensive source. Yea! Nice call Eight, :thanks:

Quick recap, started at 40 mgs, up to 100 after 2 weeks, down to 75 for a week to strengthen supply problems, and now going back up. All SEs have been mild, some sleepiness after lunch and nausea in the beginning. Increased randiness! Calmness. Insomnia, but that always happens w/o drinking. And some extra emotionalism, as Ne can attest when I wrote her, I :h you , after she pm'd me. Maybe that was a bit strong, sorry Ne!

I'm still waiting for the unwarranted grin, walking around wondering why people are smiling at me.

This board is amazing, I can't believe how many people are posting. Full of people looking for help and others providing it. I got some great advice and support here and when I get to the other side I'll be thankful for MWO for the rest of my life.

That's all. :h Sprat

[bleep]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Cool, it's all going well then. That 40mg's will be a nice little supplement to your online ordering, and will tide you over if you are ever stuck for a shipment.

All your SE's sound very familiar, nothing to worry about there. You seem to get along well with baclofen, which will hold you in good stead as you go up the levels.

[SassyLassy]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Hi

You sound so upbeat and positive--it's a wonderful thing!

Good luck to you!

Sassy

[Murphyx]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Hey, hey, nice one Sprat. :goodjob:

The SEs can be very cool can't they? I'm not sure if everyone gets the bac-grin, it might just be those who are normally surly gits, like myself.

[Isolde]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Sprat;1112802 wrote:

This board is amazing, I can't believe how many people are posting. Full of people looking for help and others providing it. I got some great advice and support here and when I get to the other side I'll be thankful for MWO for the rest of my life.

Couldn't agree more!! I :h MWO too. Well, more accurately, the MWO peeps, they're what make it so great. :l

Glad you're enjoying some of the good SEs of bac! I am right now too. Great news on the extra source of cheap bac! Props to Eight for the suggestion! :goodjob:

[JOANIEJEWEL]

Sprat's baclofun journey

DOSAGE

PLEASE LOOK UP DR L'S TITRATION. I T WORKS WELL & IS RECOMMENDED TO HIM BY DR A. ALSO, BY THE WAY DR L TOLD ME DR A CHANGED HIS PROGRAM SOMEWHAT. WHEN YOU HIT THE SWITCH, STAY ON THAT DOSE FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE. GOING DOWN OR OFF WILL MOST DEFINATELY CAUSE RELAPSE & YOU WILL HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN. :h

[eight days a week]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Thanks so much for the update Sprat, I know I wasn't the only one hanging out for you, or waiting to see how things panned out in Japan :goodjob:

Japanese doctors are, in my experience, great (in a sense). Listen to the patient; see what they want and what works for them (if they already have something in mind); and then see them out the door as soon as possible with the fix. They're not so great when they need to be proactive, in my experience - then they flounder. If only things worked like that in this country, though, and well-informed people could actually get a prescription - I think it took me more than four months to get Bac at all

I'm trying hard not to go into a rant at this point, but Bac is a non-abusable drug, and able to taken by anyone - not only for alcoholism - with a high motivation to make it work and stick with it. They sell it over the counter in a number of European countries, for goodness' sake!! And yet they still won't prescribe it for AL here? I really hope and pray enough people have the courage to reveal their identities for a class-action lawsuit in the US (we don't have that here)...

Sprat;1112802 wrote: So we settled for 1/2 and the possibility for more in the future. But it is a constant, inexpensive source.
So happy with this - great news!!

Sprat;1112802 wrote: This board is amazing, I can't believe how many people are posting. Full of people looking for help and others providing it.

Supremely put I feel so guilty for not having been able to get on here that much because since I came back a few weeks ago I've managed to help a few folk, and it's made me feel so good to put something back in to the wonderful chain that helped me so very much. But, I'm doing all I can do (for other reasons, not AL) and I have one more lady to help before I may have to take another break for a bit...so we've all got to put back in what we can, and when we can

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Hiya, Sprat!

Where you at? (ugh. it pains me a little to write that, but it rhymes, so I'm sticking with it!)

Are you too busy enjoying the sun in the park and listening to thoughtful, thought-provoking and dare I say brilliant articles, from public radio to check in here?

Or did poor Joanie scare you off? Her message, I think, was well intentioned, and I should probably have gotten much more involved in that whole thing. It just seems like kerfuffle to me. Hope I'm not wrong.

Anyway, glad you got the bac, and I'm looking for an update, here or there!

xo
Ne

[Sprat]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Well hey Ne, Sprat be at the ... uh ... laundromat? Where rhymes with at?

I'm here absorbing, trying not to complain. The sprat stats: at 150 with almost no SEs, just a bit spaced out, especially when shopping. Yesterday at the mall I was wondering around taking a damn hard look at everything.

Don't have that ping feeling all day anymore, just one at 6pm that says Drink Time! and I say OK. So I'm drinking but not 10+, only 7 or 8. I don't think about al all day i just thing about bac. I have a complicated schedule of dosing every 2.5 hours... to keep me on my toes.

The other day I heard Van Halen's "Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now"and thought, That will be me!

Well he used to go out drinkin' lookin' for a fight
Now he gotta see that sweet woman every night

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Sprat's baclofun journey

LOL to the Van Halen. I have a story about them... But it'll have to wait. Loooooooved them bac in the day, though.

Let's hope you aren't looking to be the next David Lee Roth, or even Sammy Hagar, whom I resembled, honestly, in my wild hair hippy days. I shudder to think about it!

Glad you're absorbing, and drinking less. That's the point of mwo and bac, respectively. imho, of course!

Hope the schedule isn't too complicated! :H High-Dose-Bac tends to make complicated things VERY difficult. Or it can, anyway.
Great to have the update!
Hope it's a good night for you!
L, Ne

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Evening, for you, Sprat!

So, what's news? Are you still over there reading along, trying not to whine? Such a guy thing. I don't get that at all. :H

I've been meaning to ask you whether or not your part of the world was affected by the tragedies that unfolded in your part of the world. And in general, what's it like over there? Life goes on, I suspect, but is there still a feeling of being ready for another crisis any minute?

Also, did you hear bac from Edo? It kinda hurts my heart a bit that I haven't heard from him...

Where are you with the bac and how's it treating you?
:l
Ne

[Sprat]

Sprat's baclofun journey

Yes, still lurking, seeking inspiration from the MWOers who have been there done that and those that are trying.

You do not want me to start complaining, just ask my wife. :H I've got problems with the past, present and future.

Things are going OK for me, up to 175 now and still drinking too much, tho AF tonight. I don't have any reduced anxiety which is kinda unbelievable considering I'm taking over 5X the normal for this muscle relaxant. And I see most people up at 300 which seems unreasonable for the SEs and the price. So blah. But have to KOKO.

Ne, I'd love to see you with your Hagar hair! Didn't you write that it was pink recently?

10pm and I am :zonedout: so I got to go. Then I'll be up and at'em at an unreasonable hour tmrw.

:thanks: Sprat

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Sprat's baclofun journey

My hair has been a variety of colors, for sure, Sprat. Right now it's a very respectable reddish brown. That is soon to change, though. I'm channeling blonde. And I want the outside to be as different and as glamorous as the inside. (think what's-her-name from SITC, the one I embraced after I was nominated to be her for the Chicago trip. But monogamous. And cancer free. And not quite such a free-love-thinker. Oh, hell. I'm nothing like her. But she's got great shoes. They all do. I digress. sorry.

Complain away if you want. For sure don't worry about the 300s. Few and far between and you've got a ways to go. Just think about the next step, for you. Common sense stuff.

Hope you're getting some decent sleep?

The rest of the problems will still be there when this one is gone, so no worries. And they are much less insurmountable when you're out from under the suffocating and blinding beast.
Congrats on the AF night. It's nice when they start adding up!
Hang in.
And good morning to you!

Ne