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[StuckinLA]

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Oh man, I hear you. I hate all those mornings that I didn't even know the smell was coming off of me. I would think I was fine, until somebody would tell me I made the whole room smell like a dirty bar.

Hang in, guys. Keep Taking The Goddamned Pills.

And you can drink the whole way, doesn't matter. The hangovers can be really brutal, though. And I'm going to share some words of wisdom that I recently received:

You are changing your brain chemistry. You're becoming a "normal" person. And guess what? Normal people don't like feeling drunk--that's why they don't get drunk very often.

I know I know, weird, right? Like, I've never seen these mythical people, not once in my life! Oh, that's right, because I haven't set foot outside a bar in like 15 years... So if you start getting this nagging voice in your head, and it's telling you you don't really want that next drink--it feels very strange, but try going with that. Just give it a try. Your body will thank you in the morning.

Or, if not, don't worry because you can still pour the next drink in a few minutes. Doesn't really matter either way.

[ryrye]

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It definitely feels like my brain chemistry is being adjusted through this medication. Like right now, I have had a terrible day and that voice that normally tells me to get drunk and forget about it is quiet ... and there is a new part of me that is saying, nah, don't really even care to do that. I think a part of it is that the bac sort of spaces you out and the crap in your life just doesn't seem so terrible anymore.

[jbkhy523]

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"Hang in, guys. Keep Taking The Goddamned Pills."

"It definitely feels like my brain chemistry is being adjusted through this medication. Like right now, I have had a terrible day and that voice that normally tells me to get drunk and forget about it is quiet ... and there is a new part of me that is saying, nah, don't really even care to do that. I think a part of it is that the bac sort of spaces you out and the crap in your life just doesn't seem so terrible anymore."

Thx guys, and i abs. agree!

[jbkhy523]

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imagonna push for the switch - just did a bottle of diluted vodka and now having beers - 190mg of bac in me so far

something i have learned in the journey - the initial side effects while you titrate up go away (which is nice, of course)

[StuckinLA]

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Mmm. Perhaps not the best idea to try to do it all tonight, JB. Maybe space it out over the next couple of months.

[jbkhy523]

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you are right stuckinla. i must be feeling a little overzealous.

[bleep]

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Hmmm.

[jbkhy523]

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am i mistaken, or did Dr. A titrate up rather quickly?

[chaos]

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Guess there's light at the end of the tunnel after all. For the past couple of days I don't find the necessity to drink more than 7oz of hard liquor - that is so below my norm.

[jbkhy523]

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@chaos: awesome - please tell me how long/doseage you titrated up

[christyacc]

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I have gone on and off bac so often it's insane. I can't even tell you why. I am guessing it was the SE's. Sonyou're saying that if I just keep going I will stop? I will jump in again with both feet. I am lucky to have a script from my doc.

Has anyone complained of any weight gain? From the bac not the booze, lol.

[chaos]

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JB, I'm following the "easy does it type of route" started monts ago with very slow titration/ currently at 120mg/day divided in 3 equal (40mg) doses...only SE I wake up around 3 am every night with increased pulse (possibly onset of bac w/d) cause I take my last dose around 5 pm.
The reasoning I try not to aggravate my sleep apnea that bac is known to contibute to.

[chaos]

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One more thing JB, apparently bac dose is subject to body mass and I weight less than 145 lbs

[jbkhy523]

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@chaos: i agree with the slow titration route but am so torn with wanting to seriously slow down my drinking. i figure... i am a bigger, heavier guy and i would naturally need more mgs than a smaller person. i have had some SEs (possibly from going up to fast), but it's weird - it's almost like my brain/body dealt with it. (x10) i have snored like a pig (that woke me up), woke up in a pool of sweat, had vivid nightmares (in a trippy, partial subconciousness state of mind), had auditory hallucinations (that i determined were absolutely not real).

with all that being said, i think my brain neurotransmitters are starting to normalize.

i def. agree with a lot of posts that say lower on the morning dose, and then crank it up into the night.

ya know what? i will absolutely go through these SEs to try and conquer the LIVING HELL that is drinking too much!

[StuckinLA]

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Dr L, from what I can remember, says to take the largest dose at night. But 'largest' in that case isn't much larger than the others. Equal doses every 5-6 hours worked well up to about 200.

Also, & I hate to be the Mother Hen here, but when you look at the liquor cabinet, try thinking 'you know, I really am doing all of this to try to cut back on my drinking...' It's great that bac does the work for us eventually, and you can go ahead and drink right up to the switch, but you will save yourself a lot of misery by cutting back on your own a little, too. Kinda meeting bac 1/2way.

Or not, it really is up to you. But yeah, I would offer more equal doses as a suggestion. Also for what it's worth: Dr L is adamant about taking the last dose EXACTLY 3 hours before bed. Never made a damned bit of difference for me, but hey, I'm not a doctor.