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[Yourfriend6116]

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Wow! It's like crickets over here on my thread! :anyone:Well I'm doing good after my drinking "experiment". The day after I drank I felt fine for the first part of the day, but as the day wore on I developed SERIOUS anxiety-the worst I've ever had in my life. I'm sure it's from not drinking for 30+ days, then I binged, plus the bac?
Anyhow, I'm so much better and I'm more confident than ever in my journey to get my life back.
I'm still cruising along at 160. I don't have any cravings, but I have serious daytime drowsiness. If I were required to drive a road trip or anything like that I couldn't for fear of falling asleep. They key is to NOT STOP doing stuff. I've been volunteering at my daughters' school and I work out every day (bye bye wine belly). As soon as I slow down and sit down to relax I have to fight falling asleep. Because of this I'm going to stay at 160 for 7-10 days. I've stayed at all my other dosages for 4 (sometimes only 3)days. I'm hoping the somnolence gets itself in check. I also have some nausea sometimes after taking my dose (40mg). My memory isn't it's best, but nothing post it's can't solve (Thanks Sam).
The good def outweighs the bad SE's. I'm so obsessed (almost overwhelmingly so) with organizing and getting our house in order. I've organized several closets/drawers etc. I'm not sure if I just have more time on my hands (obv) or I'm just more motivated to DO stuff with that time. Speaking of, I smoke pot daily, but I've found myself waiting longer and longer between smoking. So in this time that I'm not stoned watching Bravo, I'm doing stuff for our house/family. (Most of which I can do while still watching Brovo).

In the spirit of honesty I have to say I was a little down I don't get more feedback on my thread. I see so many regulars comment/cheerlead others. However, I promptly reminded myself that the reason I started the thread was 1. to share my Bac story (reading so many other stories gave me the courage to stop my Groundhog Day life) 2. journal my experience for myself 3. I agreed to share my story when Loop sent me my first round of Bac.
So stopped my pity party--I'm too happy to let that get me down. I'm free from alcohol dominating my life.:danthin::danthin:

[Jazi's Mum]

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Well, here I am, Yourfriend. I too feel very lonely over on my thread!!!

But let me just say how happy I am for you!!! You're doing wonderfully well and you're a great example of a 'good' baclofen user... You know where you want to go, and how to get there - and you're going.

So have a great day, and I'll check in regularly from now on. :h:h

[Xadrian]

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I think you're doing fine, yourfriend. You seem to know what to do and the baclofen works for you at a not extremly high dose, without severe SE's.

I guess that could be the reason only a handfull of people posted over here, but I'm sure others are reading your posts. You've got over 1,300 views already.
But sure, it would be nice if someone would drop in once in a while.

Anyway, keep posting. You're doing great.

[bleep]

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I had to laugh at the cleaning the house bit. It is a definite SE of baclofen. I am notoriously poor at that sort of thing, and DIY, and half way through my baclofen titration I could be found, screwdriver in hand, fixing (but actually making worse) some niggling task. All my cupboards were in order. I even wanted a smart haircut, something that hadn't bothered me once in my life. It was weird, and not altogether unwelcome. It sort of persists to this day, and is a very welcomed SE for me.

Driving long distance, or anything over an hour over long boring open roads for me is a bummer. I will generally take a Ritalin if I have to do something like that. Nothing has happened yet, but I just wouldn't like to risk that somnolence kicking in. And even though the somnolence fades, that weird ability (wrong word) to drop off in a nanosecond still remains.

I don't think stopping for 10 days will do much for the SE's (easily wrong, baclofen is different for everyone). In my experience it takes a fair while for the SE's to diminish once you stop titrating, especially the somnolence, although the minor ones should fade pretty quickly.

You are doing great. Keep it up.

[Samandkatharine]

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I have a few closets you can organize, and 22 years of pictures that need to be catalogued. I have a lot of free sober time on my hands, yet baclofen has rendered me apathetic in this endeavor.

Sam

[kronkcarr]

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Hahaha! I did that cleaning and organizing early on too. It was refreshing to me to take care of my home. My home has irritating water and electrical issues and I was usually frustrated with it. It was nice to let that go.

I had the fatigue too but I loved driving. Insights that blew my mind came to me when I drove. Sadly these insights don't appear as much and my house is back to its messiness.

[Jazi's Mum]

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Yeah, for me too with the sleepiness thing but as I don't have to get out to work anymore it's ok. As for the cleaning, that comes in fits and starts. But with baclofen I don't care anymore - or at least not as much as I did before. I used to not clean and have anxiety over it. Now I don't clean and don't care :H:H

JMum

Oh, and that's a good insight into why some of us don't get comments as often now. It's that early support when we are really struggling that comes - not so much when we need it a bit less. That's just the way it is I guess.

[spiritwolf333]

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Yourfriend6116;1626531 wrote: Anyhow, I'm so much better and I'm more confident than ever in my journey to get my life back.

My memory isn't it's best, but nothing post it's can't solve (Thanks Sam).
The good def outweighs the bad SE's. I'm so obsessed (almost overwhelmingly so) with organizing and getting our house in order.

So stopped my pity party--I'm too happy to let that get me down. I'm free from alcohol dominating my life.:danthin::danthin:

Hi YF -hope you are doing better. Alcohol and its effects are hell -as you already know. I still just try to take it one day at a time -seems ridiculous -but it is true. And when I start kicking myself in the ass for stupid stuff I have done, well, I just have to let it go and laugh. Not that this applies to you, it was only a thought that I was just now having.

[Yourfriend6116]

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Hi Everyone! Thanks so much for stopping by and for the kind words. I binged on Valentine's Day at dinner with my husband. I had 4 glasses of wine and I enjoyed them. The next day was a different story-duh. You would think I would have learned from the girls night out when I had the horrible anxiety the following day. I guess I didn't. :headbanger:A few things I want to note-I stopped at dinner and didn't get more or drink more once I got home. (wouldn't have happened pre bac) Also, before bac 4 glasses of wine was nothing for me. I for sure wouldn't have the hangover I had now that I'm on the bac. It was terrible. :yukko:I'm not sure if it's normal or if it's just that I had gone for a period of time with no alcohol and then I binged? Either way-this is what happened and I'm sharing my story. Today I increased my dose to 180 which feels so high to me. I really hoped I wouldn't go to this level but I looked back and re-read that when Dr. A was going up the first time he apparently still had slip ups because he mentioned that the baclofen helped him go longer time between binges. I also think I could be just drinking out of habit. I'm not making excuses-just babbling. Thanks for reading. :thanks:

also--anyone notice how baclofen isn't listed on the medications thread anymore??

[kronkcarr]

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I hadn't noticed that baclofen was taken out of the med threads' title. I wonder why.

I've heard that the hangovers on bac are horrible. I'm sure someone will chime in with their experiences. When I had 3 drinks on bac I couldn't stay awake and then had nightmares. That put an end to that.

You sound good.

[Yourfriend6116]

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Your Friend switched at 180

I think it's here...I think I made it! For those of you that have followed my thread I just wanted to report that I believe I've hit my switch at 180 mg. I dabbled with fire again tonight testing to see if I reached my switch. The last time I drank was on the 14th and I drank 5 glasses of wine and wanted more after each glass. I had a horrible bac hangover the following day. I knew I hadn't gotten to where I wanted to be since I was still enjoying the wine and wanting more. Tonight I wanted to try again (Ive been on 180 for a week) so I poured wine with dinner. I could've taken or left the wine, but wanted to drink it to see if I wanted more. I was prepared to do the hangover thing again. I drank the glass SO slow even my husband took note. Then I was done. A word that never came into my vocabulary when it came to drinking pre-bac. I know it's early, and I'm not 100% that this is happening mainly cause I can't believe it. I read so many bac success stories and never believed I would get here. Those stories are what kept me going and why I'm sharing this, tonight. Here are a few stats
Started bac on Dec. 22, 2013 taking 10mg
Increased my dose by 10 mg every 3-5 days
Increased dose by 20 mg once I got to 100mg.
Went AF at 30 mg for 38 days
Drank 3 times from Feb 8 till now. 2 of those times were binges after which I had horrible anxiety and a barfing hangover.
That's all I have to report for now. Thanks so much to all of you who followed my thread and who cheered me on along the way. I needed it and it helped me. :thanks::thanks:

[Samandkatharine]

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Enuf said....

:l

Sam

[freedom4me]

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I am a bit new and just started Bac, but I cant wait to get where you are! I am so happy for you!

[Yourfriend6116]

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Thanks Sam! Your support is so helpful. I'm so glad to have connected with you.
Freedom-I'm following your thread and wish you lots of luck! You can do it!!
I'm still, obviously, a work in progress. However; the progress I've made makes me so hopeful.
Thanks to Dr A and all the peeps on here who've shared their stories for me to learn from.

[Xadrian]

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Yourfriend6116;1630187 wrote: I think it's here...I think I made it! I drank the glass SO slow even my husband took note. Then I was done.

It certainly looks like you reached the switch.

Congrats!