Me, myself and getting sober

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

Oh Bruun you make me laugh, you go to your yankee meetings and tell them you cant be arsed with getting up of your arse and doing anything. Im sure they will be impressed with your new vocabulary. Tell them Space in Liverpool has become your new English Grammar tutor.

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

Just watchin The Outlaw Josey Wales, cool film

[ifulovelife2]

Me, myself and getting sober

I have a vision of Bruun at one of her meetings, suddenly screaming "Bollocks! You're all talking a bunch of arse you wankers!".

Bebe, I'm a bot of a minger at the moment as well. My heating's on the blink and I've no hot water to shower with. I'm sometimes heating water on the cooker, but it's such a pain in the arse, I'm not doing it as often as I ought. Mingers of the world, unite!

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

After the past few days and especially yesterday, (I cant really remember much before that) I know I cannot carry as I have been, the headaches and neck, back pain, the sleeping all day, not being able to make a decision spending and debt. I have not yet taken any bac today and feel a whole lot more alert than I have in a while, the headache is still there but not so mushy, I dont know what Im going to do yet just going to have to play it by ear and listen to my body.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

Me, myself and getting sober

Hey, Space. Sorry, sister. Are you taking anything for the headache?
I know it's really hard in the moment. Hang in there. Taking a step back (or sideways ) to manage things isn't a bad thing. Just means you're managing life... Right?
xo

[RudyB]

Me, myself and getting sober

shoot, bebe, sorry to hear it's such rough going. ...i wish i had more than that, some perfect counsel or something, but i don't. just keep remembering that what you're doing is courageous and you're headed in the right direction. i'm pulling for you on my end.

xo rudy

[redhead77]

Me, myself and getting sober

spacebebe01;1222829 wrote: I have been taking some but not much gabapentin on an irregualr basis and have just looked up all the meds on epocrates.com and it shaows baclofen gabapentin caution advised combo may incure risk of CNS depression, psychomotor impairment

It really depends on the drug, Bebe. It's good you're looking it up. Caution advised means just that, but some other things need to be weighed in. The dosages of the two drugs in question (you're not taking much of either), and other SEs caused from the drugs. Bac is a CNS depressant (as you can tell :upset, so anything else that may be, will be labeled with caution. It could contribute to a foggy head in your case. It's something you may want to think about. If you're going to try bac, you might want to minimize other drugs that could contribute to your brain fog, in these early days. Once you're acclimated to the bac, like Lifer (or not Brenda), then it might be a more reasonable time to try other things. I just know how the forgetfulness and fogginess feels. It's awful. I hope the headache is getting better. One other thing I wanted to ask you. When you tried bac before, did you have all of these SEs at lower doses like you are now? Is what you're experiencing different or the same?

[ifulovelife2]

Me, myself and getting sober

redhead77;1223942 wrote: Once you're acclimated to the bac, like Lifer (or not Brenda), then it might be a more reasonable time to try other things.

Red, that's a really good point, which I hadn't thought of. There is a problem with people offering opinions based solely on their own experience. It takes smart people like you to look at it from a more detached, analytical pov.

[RudyB]

Me, myself and getting sober

ok, so, please do tell me how the effffff you can 'undo'! i just did it again, i highlighted and deleted, w an unintended stroke of a finger, all of the past two paragraphs that held so much thought and care in their construction!!! who has done this? who has an 'undo' secret??!!

ok, so, much more quickly (DAMMIT!):

red, you rock! we're lucky to have you here still with us. you have a very valuable take on things, being a nurse, being the intelligent, giving woman that you are.

i have no doubt that it's most helpful in the struggles w bac's se's to keep the focus on what's on the other side: an effortlessly sober life full of promise whose potential you didn't even know existed. of course, the se's must be managed, and other medications and health issues must be taken into account, but once they are (with a little help from our friends), the path to a better way of living becomes very hopeful, paso a paso (step by step). we couldn't take those pasos if we didn't have each other to steady our balance along the way.

...so, i'd like to take this opportunity to thank the very generous souls who were by my side on my journey up titration into the charmed live i now live: murphy, neva eva, bleep, redhead, bruun, isolde, loop, doggy girl, ...and i'll stop there, 'cause i'll surely leave someone out who deserves mention, and a shortlist is better than an incomplete long one.

mwo is a good place, and the people here are why. spacebebe, you'll pull through if you believe you can (you will). we'll help you do that.

[Cassander]

Me, myself and getting sober

RudyB;1224169 wrote: ok, so, please do tell me how the effffff you can 'undo'! i just did it again, i highlighted and deleted, w an unintended stroke of a finger, all of the past two paragraphs that held so much thought and care in their construction!!! who has done this? who has an 'undo' secret??!!

Rudy

When you are typing a message in the white box, you can see two lines of symbols above the white box. At the right side of the top line are two little hooked arrows. The hooked arrow pointing left will undo an inadvertant deletion...I think. Good luck!

Cass

[RudyB]

Me, myself and getting sober

wow, cass, i see that those arrows only happen when you use 'post reply', not 'quick reply'. thanks for that. now i'll try to remember to use the former option in case it happens again, maybe then there'd be some hope in such circumstances. (a computer course is not on my agenda at the moment, but i suppose it could do some good... nah, i'll suffer through the punches.)

[Bruunhilde]

Me, myself and getting sober

Calling out to Space ... are you there Bebe? You hanging in there?

[spacebebe01]

Me, myself and getting sober

Hi everyone thank you all for posting on my thread and thinking of me while Ive not been on here. Since Ive last been here I have stopped taking bac, I am feeling better than I was but still dont know what is up with me, still got the headaches, neck pain, constant tiredness and need to sleep tho not the falling asleep that I was doing on bac so I know that this isnt se's but still dont know what is causing this. Im still sober and still taking antabuse so as long as I remain ok with just the antabuse and campral I will stick to those while I sort out the other stuff. Hope your all doing ok, I will talk more to everyone when I have more time xxx

[Bruunhilde]

Me, myself and getting sober

SB, great to hear from you. Could the SEs be from antabuse and campral? Or are you exercising or eating differently? I know when I have SEs (from whatever), I have a difficult time differentiating what they originate from. Also, if you had a hard time on bac, it could be you're going through an adjustment period. Keep us posted!