What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

[kronkcarr]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

I agree that some miss their switch by titrating too fast. I was stuck at 80 mgs for maybe 6 weeks due to my dr and my lack of knowledge about alternate sources of bac. At the start of 80 mgs I wanted to get wasted so badly but I didn't. Toward the end of the six weeks I could have cared less about alcohol.

My maintenance dose was at 40 mgs, but I had some anxiety, some nausea and total lack of motivation. A friend told me I had those same SEs when I started bac and she suggested I go to 50 mgs. It works like a charm!

[BetterAndBetter]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

It fascinates me how some people actually decrease certain SEs by increasing their dosage of baclofen. No matter what... and we're all learning through one another here... this stuff works to counter an alcohol addiction. It's really amazing, and here at this experimental period where we are all learning about it, there are many ways of experiencing that relief from the heaviness of an alcohol addiction (no need to call it "the monkey on my back".. "the booze devil" or whatever other allusions you could use for something that is basically a chemical, and not moral, issue). Of course we wound up in moral quandaries and such through drinking. Limit your physical inhibitions while numbing your logical ways of preserving your physical well-being via a chemical depressant and you are in for some "fun". It's not like Jesus has left the building. More like YOU have left the building. No offense to anyone, but the 12-step program could benefit anyone in regard to personal moral inventory and learning to play well with others, ya know. I see my moral/ethical/relational development as integral to my whole being, but separate from my physical health and well being. Of course, they are intertwined and interrelated, but I don't have to wait for a clean moral inventory, however I see that, before I can heal a physical addiction... even if it is via an ingested pharmaceutical that negates the cravings I have for said addictive substance. I mean... I've been meditating regularly for three years. I have a sort of faith in the "intuitive" side of life... I know there is much more that exists than that which we can sense. But all that shit doesn't keep me sober. Maybe a pharmaceutical does and I am okay with addressing that compartmentalized part (i.e. my physical well-being) with that medicine. Too much info, I know, but just trying to be thoroughly helpful to others and mostly to myself.

[Juan BH]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

Well said B&B. Thanks for starting the thread Rupert, I am getting a lot out of it.

[Ne/Neva Eva]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

BetterAndBetter;1521135 wrote: It fascinates me how some people actually decrease certain SEs by increasing their dosage of baclofen. No matter what... and we're all learning through one another here... this stuff works to counter an alcohol addiction. It's really amazing, and here at this experimental period where we are all learning about it, there are many ways of experiencing that relief from the heaviness of an alcohol addiction (no need to call it "the monkey on my back".. "the booze devil" or whatever other allusions you could use for something that is basically a chemical, and not moral, issue). Of course we wound up in moral quandaries and such through drinking. Limit your physical inhibitions while numbing your logical ways of preserving your physical well-being via a chemical depressant and you are in for some "fun". It's not like Jesus has left the building. More like YOU have left the building. No offense to anyone, but the 12-step program could benefit anyone in regard to personal moral inventory and learning to play well with others, ya know. I see my moral/ethical/relational development as integral to my whole being, but separate from my physical health and well being. Of course, they are intertwined and interrelated, but I don't have to wait for a clean moral inventory, however I see that, before I can heal a physical addiction... even if it is via an ingested pharmaceutical that negates the cravings I have for said addictive substance. I mean... I've been meditating regularly for three years. I have a sort of faith in the "intuitive" side of life... I know there is much more that exists than that which we can sense. But all that shit doesn't keep me sober. Maybe a pharmaceutical does and I am okay with addressing that compartmentalized part (i.e. my physical well-being) with that medicine. Too much info, I know, but just trying to be thoroughly helpful to others and mostly to myself.

That is a wonderful post, Better.

[Rupert]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

BetterAndBetter;1521135 wrote: It fascinates me how some people actually decrease certain SEs by increasing their dosage of baclofen. No matter what... and we're all learning through one another here... this stuff works to counter an alcohol addiction. It's really amazing, and here at this experimental period where we are all learning about it, there are many ways of experiencing that relief from the heaviness of an alcohol addiction (no need to call it "the monkey on my back".. "the booze devil" or whatever other allusions you could use for something that is basically a chemical, and not moral, issue). Of course we wound up in moral quandaries and such through drinking. Limit your physical inhibitions while numbing your logical ways of preserving your physical well-being via a chemical depressant and you are in for some "fun". It's not like Jesus has left the building. More like YOU have left the building. No offense to anyone, but the 12-step program could benefit anyone in regard to personal moral inventory and learning to play well with others, ya know. I see my moral/ethical/relational development as integral to my whole being, but separate from my physical health and well being. Of course, they are intertwined and interrelated, but I don't have to wait for a clean moral inventory, however I see that, before I can heal a physical addiction... even if it is via an ingested pharmaceutical that negates the cravings I have for said addictive substance. I mean... I've been meditating regularly for three years. I have a sort of faith in the "intuitive" side of life... I know there is much more that exists than that which we can sense. But all that shit doesn't keep me sober. Maybe a pharmaceutical does and I am okay with addressing that compartmentalized part (i.e. my physical well-being) with that medicine. Too much info, I know, but just trying to be thoroughly helpful to others and mostly to myself.

I think everyone has 'faith' in intuition. If you analyse everything logically then you can't function. However people can take this too far and I think the ability to question faith and intuition is really the strongest sign of a good character and strength of mind. Unquestioning faith in something is really the only way for some people to deal with life though, so its a good thing and as long as they don't hurt anyone else, I'm ok with that.

[Colin]

What is purpose of titrating up to high dose and steadily lowering Bac?

Rupert;1521345 wrote: I think everyone has 'faith' in intuition. If you analyse everything logically then you can't function. However people can take this too far and I think the ability to question faith and intuition is really the strongest sign of a good character and strength of mind. Unquestioning faith in something is really the only way for some people to deal with life though, so its a good thing and as long as they don't hurt anyone else, I'm ok with that.

Admirably expressed.