Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

[PatrickCardiff06]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

This all sounds like some kind of conspiracy, your friend he is in prison right? What for i wonder....and this drug, you make it sound like it re-wires the brain and it could take a long time to feel normal, i wouldnt e surprised, i did 20mg, today head pounding, may, take another 10mg, sounds like dirty nazi work, keeping people in the prisons off their own minds, hope there is no conincedence to all of this for all of our sakes.

[neophyte]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

PatrickCardiff06;1633482 wrote: your post sounds a bit strange, just like the Pharmaceutical Industry, after what i have read and been through this week i am getting off everything, even my mirtazipine, ssri, i dont trust these people and their 'medicines' anymore. Sobriety, Mindfulness, Exercise and Meditation will do me just fine from now on.

its not an all or nothing. you took the advice of a "pharmacist" in thailand, ko samui a tourist area, their main objective is to sell you benzos and viagra to make your holiday fun, they chase the Baht, nothing more, so you get some bad advice, no surprise there. now you want to shun all medicine no matter who prescribes or what knowledge they have or how much evidence is behind it. talk about throwing the baby out with the bath water.

why dont you just do what your doctor tells you, if in doubt get a second or third opinion. clearly you should not be making these decisions on your own.

if you had cancer do you think you could meditate it away after a brisk jog?

[redhead77]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

Patrick, I assure you that there is no conspiracy here. He is no longer my friend, and I can't say what his circumstances are right now due to legal reasons. This case is still ongoing and active. I won't give you advice on baclofen either. I think to take baclofen to help with alcoholism, that you need to have other ducks in a row. I'm not sure you're in the place for that at the moment. I say this with kindness. I'll let the others give you advice and determine this from here on out.

[neophyte]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

PatrickCardiff06;1633512 wrote: This all sounds like some kind of conspiracy, your friend he is in prison right? What for i wonder....and this drug, you make it sound like it re-wires the brain and it could take a long time to feel normal, i wouldnt e surprised, i did 20mg, today head pounding, may, take another 10mg, sounds like dirty nazi work, keeping people in the prisons off their own minds, hope there is no conincedence to all of this for all of our sakes.

LOL, o dear...

[PatrickCardiff06]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

But i dont have cancer and if i did i would use hemp oil not chemotherapy, these are just baclofen withdrawals, down to 40 from 120 in 4 days...down to 20mg tmrw

[neophyte]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

PatrickCardiff06;1633521 wrote: But i dont have cancer and if i did i would use hemp oil not chemotherapy, these are just baclofen withdrawals, down to 40 from 120 in 4 days...down to 20mg tmrw

I've read that snake oil is 20% more effective than hemp oil as a cancer cure, might want to look into that.

[Xadrian]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

PatrickCardiff06;1633512 wrote: What for i wonder....and this drug, you make it sound like it re-wires the brain and it could take a long time to feel normal, i wouldnt e surprised

Baclofen doesn't rewire the brain. In short, it simply mimics GABA in the brain, of which alcoholics for whatever reason lack.
Therefore the brain is tricked like there is sufficient GABA and you just feel like a non-alcoholic. The moment that happens is called "the switch".

If baclofen is stopped, overtime there will be a lack of GABA again and the whole circus starts again. Possibly the brain can make enough GABA again on its own, but it will take a long, long time. Likely many years.
So for now, the only option is to find the maintenance dose after the switch and stay at that dose.

[PatrickCardiff06]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

Good news. I have completed my first day sober of alcohol for the first time in 6 weeks. Down to 20mgs baclofen and due to be completely free on Wednesday. Then sobriety is for me. May well engage in AA this time around.

[Yourfriend6116]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

That is good news, Patrick. Thanks for sharing. :goodjob:

[Xadrian]

Suffering from scary Baclofen withdrawals

PatrickCardiff06;1633821 wrote: Good news. I have completed my first day sober of alcohol for the first time in 6 weeks. Down to 20mgs baclofen and due to be completely free on Wednesday. Then sobriety is for me. May well engage in AA this time around.

I personally dislike the AA concept, but some people claim to benefit from AA.

Congrats on your AF day