VERY Superficial Question re BAC

[turboscottomatic]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

FWIW, It seems like bruising/bleeding is caused by blood thinners generally. Aspirin, heparin, coumadin, etc from some www searching. Baclofen doesn't have that quality, to the best of knowledge.

Health&Happiness;1144282 wrote:

I will prob go up a bit, Bleep, but will try not too much. I don't know about the "switch" since I don't want to take a ton (150+) every day if I can help it. Too much money and worried about the effects on my health and in case I have to have any procedures down the line.

I saw a similar statement early in the Abstinence, Moderation and Indifference thread. To the effect of not intending to take high doe bac for life. I guess it depends on your perspective and your expectations for the future. For me, knowing my history and genetics, I see my choices as two:

1. High dose bac for life.
2. High dose alcohol for life.

I'm not 100% positive what #1 will do over the long-term. It seems that a lot of cerebral palsy patients and MS patients take moderately high dose bac for life without any problems. I AM 100% positive what #2 will do over the long-term. I'll take the risk with #1 over the risk of #2 any day. But that's just me.

[DHS51]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Found a big Baclofen mistake!

NEVER EVER do this on Baclofen!!! PLEASE help post this where others will see it. I am very sorry I posted a huge mistake about dosing. I said I thought taking smaller doses would help with the side effects. I misunderstood what the doctor said. Taking smaller doses will make you very, very sick. I threw up five or six times yesterday. When I called the doc to report what was happening he told me taking smaller doses will make you feel sick as a dog! He was right.

Right now I am at 120mgs 3 times 40mgs a day. Starting to notice I can make a decision not to drink until I blackout.

Thanks for everyone's help.

D



By the way

[Health&Happiness]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

I hear ya Turbo! 2 vs. 1.

I think that's what I was wondering - if bac was a blood thinner - or had some percentage of thinner in it. That helps a lot. Thank you!

And DHS, you're saying not to lower my dose?? I know not to do that quickly but I did it gradually. 150 for one week than gradually, a couple of weeks, got back down to 75 w/o any withdrawals/side effects. I'll prob go up to 100 in a week or so. Thanks.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

DHS51;1144411 wrote: NEVER EVER do this on Baclofen!!! PLEASE help post this where others will see it. I am very sorry I posted a huge mistake about dosing. I said I thought taking smaller doses would help with the side effects. I misunderstood what the doctor said. Taking smaller doses will make you very, very sick. I threw up five or six times yesterday. When I called the doc to report what was happening he told me taking smaller doses will make you feel sick as a dog! He was right.

hmmm. DHS. We might have to talk some more about this one.

[bleep]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

DHS51;1144411 wrote: NEVER EVER do this on Baclofen!!! PLEASE help post this where others will see it. I am very sorry I posted a huge mistake about dosing. I said I thought taking smaller doses would help with the side effects. I misunderstood what the doctor said. Taking smaller doses will make you very, very sick. I threw up five or six times yesterday. When I called the doc to report what was happening he told me taking smaller doses will make you feel sick as a dog! He was right.

Right now I am at 120mgs 3 times 40mgs a day. Starting to notice I can make a decision not to drink until I blackout.

Thanks for everyone's help.

D



By the way

I'm not entirely sure what you mean here?

[Health&Happiness]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Not that anyone is waiting around for this...but I got my botox and no bruising so no negative effects from the bac. Ok bye.

[bleep]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Good to hear, thanks for letting us know.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Hey! So glad you checked in. and that's actually a really good thing to know. I'm sure (really) it'll come up, in many ways. (For instance, someone recently had a cancer removed from her face. She didn't have any bad outcomes either...Good to know, right?)
How's the bac???

[Bruunhilde]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Regarding bruising, you can take the following right after having bruising to help heal you up. This is not botox related but ANY bruising:

Arnica gel - apply five or ten times a day, seriously, or it won't do much.
Vitamin C - 1-2 grams 3xday
Fish Oil - 3-4 grams/day to help with inflammation
Papaya enzymes - will help heal you up FAST according to my friend, I haven't tried it but she swears its amazing. Nothing else heals you up that fast.

[Health&Happiness]

VERY Superficial Question re BAC

Thank Bruun! Ne, I'm doing good. I've been at 75 for a while now; haven't drank since 6/23 so I'm really good! I see you're at 6 months AF (or at least 6 months haven't been drunk ). Congrats to you!!!