Baclofen works

[terryk]

Baclofen works

Julianne;1295458 wrote:

I'm hoping that whatever baclofen has done to my metabolism will wear off soon as I wean off bac completely.

I gained about 40 lbs during my titration. It had nothing to do with any changes to my metabolism - baclofen made me hungry at all hours of the day, even after I had stuffed my face and felt full.

That side-effect didn't last long and I've since lost the weight and packed on a good deal of muscle with a quick, protein-sparing modified fast (a la lyle mcdonald), heavy lifting, and leangains style intermittent fasting (all of which I found out about here first, from our own long-lost resident fitness guy and fellow baclofenista, lo0p).

Anyway Julianne, congratulations on your success and indifference.

I'm glad that you are going to titrate down before your surgery. There is currently no (commercially) available I.V. preparation of baclofen to give someone who cannot ingest the medication orally. If for some reason there were complications during your surgery that prevented you from continuing hdb post-op (nil per os, compromised consciousness, etc), you could be in a world of hurt.

Good luck and best wishes, -tk

[Julianne]

Baclofen works

Thank you Terry

I'm certainly going to watch what I eat very closely.

I guess the thing I don't understand is that I lost my appetite for the first 2 months - and could not eat anything with sugar in it. Since I reached indifference, my sweet tooth has resurged - eating way too much chocolate - which I'm going to deal with now. On the other side, I've been eating salads and lean protein (lots of variety of both) almost every day. Without the alcohol, my hangover need for fatty foods is gone.

So overall, I don't think my calorie intake has increased, and with the cardio (running) and weights I'm doing 4 times a week, not to mention no bottle of wine every night, I don't understand why I'm the heaviest I have ever been.

But I'm going to stop the choc and keep doing what I'm doing.

And yes, it is great to be indifferent, no matter what:thanks: Very pleased that as I've titrated down there has been no cravings too.