Hi I just registered, wanted to share my baclofen experience thus far for anybody's benefit, and to network about side effects and experiences with some other users. I'm lucky enough to live in Chicago so I've met with Dr. Levin in person several times, and been able to get Baclofen quite cheaply at Walgreen's. I started in in December 2011 and have been titrating up til now, all the way up to 320-340!
To those of you who never pushed passed the 100s - the baclofen SEs get very different. The foggy, sleepy feeling gives way to a speedier up + down feeling. You still get that chemically, drowsy feeling when you up the dose but you settle in to each level quickly. You can get quite buzzed and energetic sometimes though. I started working out everyday about a month ago, and I haven't had an issues really with the amount I'm able to lift or other such muscular issues.
My sleep schedule is still strange, I get very, very tired and crash out @ 10p, only to wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning wide awake. If I take xanax and melatonin though I will sleep for a solid 8 hours.
In regards to the xanax I started taking that very recently when I pushed up into the 300s. I began to, weirdly, have an uptick in general anxiety and even began having panic attacks. Dr. Levin prescribed a small amount of xanax and it has worked amazing well. When combined with the baclofen I feel extremely calm and lucid.
I've seen some back and forth regarding the maintainence dose concept, so just to clarify, Olivier and Dr. Levin both do not advocate going down to a lower dose anymore. According to Dr. Levin, Olivier takes a dose high in the 300s every day now.
Still, I personally am planning to titrate back down in to the 200s myself. I felt my switch around 240-260, so I will probably step back down to 280. I want to see if that helps lower my general anxiety issues.
I definitely get intermittent weirdness with numbness, dizziness, grogginess and all of that, but for the most part only one side effect has been seriously troublesome: I cannot climax during sex at all. Has anybody else had this problem with baclofen? My libido and all other functions are totally fine, but the sensation is just not the same. Anybody find any solutions?
My last concern is about the liver and kidney issues I see raised some places on the web? Is it true the HDB can affect your liver or renal systems? I'm a healthy 26 year old if that gives you any frame of reference. Anybody have any hard knowledge or sources on this?
As far as alcohol goes though, the baclofen is working exactly as promised, I have no more chemical compulsion to drink, even when I occasionally have a couple beers and the opportunity to have some more presents itself.
I could write another 10 paragraphs about the experience, but I can already feel the heavy baclofen sleepy feeling creeping up on me as I type. Those are my scattered initial thoughts on the subject. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or advice, glad I found a place to share and hopefully discuss with others about their journey with Baclofen.
- Grant
To those of you who never pushed passed the 100s - the baclofen SEs get very different. The foggy, sleepy feeling gives way to a speedier up + down feeling. You still get that chemically, drowsy feeling when you up the dose but you settle in to each level quickly. You can get quite buzzed and energetic sometimes though. I started working out everyday about a month ago, and I haven't had an issues really with the amount I'm able to lift or other such muscular issues.
My sleep schedule is still strange, I get very, very tired and crash out @ 10p, only to wake up at 2 or 3 in the morning wide awake. If I take xanax and melatonin though I will sleep for a solid 8 hours.
In regards to the xanax I started taking that very recently when I pushed up into the 300s. I began to, weirdly, have an uptick in general anxiety and even began having panic attacks. Dr. Levin prescribed a small amount of xanax and it has worked amazing well. When combined with the baclofen I feel extremely calm and lucid.
I've seen some back and forth regarding the maintainence dose concept, so just to clarify, Olivier and Dr. Levin both do not advocate going down to a lower dose anymore. According to Dr. Levin, Olivier takes a dose high in the 300s every day now.
Still, I personally am planning to titrate back down in to the 200s myself. I felt my switch around 240-260, so I will probably step back down to 280. I want to see if that helps lower my general anxiety issues.
I definitely get intermittent weirdness with numbness, dizziness, grogginess and all of that, but for the most part only one side effect has been seriously troublesome: I cannot climax during sex at all. Has anybody else had this problem with baclofen? My libido and all other functions are totally fine, but the sensation is just not the same. Anybody find any solutions?
My last concern is about the liver and kidney issues I see raised some places on the web? Is it true the HDB can affect your liver or renal systems? I'm a healthy 26 year old if that gives you any frame of reference. Anybody have any hard knowledge or sources on this?
As far as alcohol goes though, the baclofen is working exactly as promised, I have no more chemical compulsion to drink, even when I occasionally have a couple beers and the opportunity to have some more presents itself.
I could write another 10 paragraphs about the experience, but I can already feel the heavy baclofen sleepy feeling creeping up on me as I type. Those are my scattered initial thoughts on the subject. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or advice, glad I found a place to share and hopefully discuss with others about their journey with Baclofen.
- Grant
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