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    Need Help for BAC S.E's!!

    Hi Everyone,
    I'm on my second Go with Bac. The first was a disaster.....titrated up way to fast. Will post more about that later.
    I've been titrating up very slowly 10mg increments for 7 days. I'm now at 180mg's for the 3rd day. The last 2 days I've been experiencing extreme pressure at the top of my head. These occur 2 or 3 times a day and last for 1 or 2 hours. Its so bad I get dizzy and feel like I'm going to fall down.
    I'm hoping someone out there has had a similar experience and can offer some advice. I don't know if I should keep going....., go up, go down or what. I'm obviously very concerned.

    Of lesser consequence is I get shaky all over. Like I've drank 3 Pots of strong coffee. Its at least tolerable.

    And lastly I get tingly sensations in my legs and feet. Again its an annoyance but at least tolerable.
    I knew going in there would be SE's but this thing going on in my head is scary. If I knew it was somewhat normal and will pass in a few days it would be a real comfort.

    Really appreciate any feedback!!
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    Did you mean 10mg every day for 7 days? Or 10mg every 7 days?

    The head thing would freak me out, too. I say level out and maybe back off 10 or 20mg for a couple days and see how you feel.

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      Need Help for BAC S.E's!!

      StuckinLA;1682882 wrote: Did you mean 10mg every day for 7 days? Or 10mg every 7 days?

      The head thing would freak me out, too. I say level out and maybe back off 10 or 20mg for a couple days and see how you feel.
      Same question as Stuck, I would only go up 10mg every 5 days not every day, if that's what you mean.

      Regarding your side effect I've had something similar, it's like gravity or this weird energy is pressing down on me, it's awful. Got it the last time I had titrated up to 120mg, which was the most I had ever went (this was last December) up at the tme, But also felt it a few weeks back when I had increased but was an hour or two over when I should have taken my bac. It's all very strange isn't it?
      Honour Thyself

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        Need Help for BAC S.E's!!

        I had everything you mention. The head thing is for sure the most unnerving. Again, I say back off maybe 20mg and wait a couple days. You can always go back up, and the second or third or fourth time at a dose sometimes feels much different.

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          Sorry about the confusion. I started at 10mg each day for 7 days. Then to 20mg each day for 7 days and so on.

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            Hiya, Rode. Welcome back to the forum.

            I am sure that someone with much more patience than I have will be here soon to offer support. I'll apologize in advance for being rather abrupt...But come on now. That's way too fast.

            Please read any one of the threads having to do with how to take baclofen so that it is actually effective. The speediest titrations encourage no more than 10mg increases every 3 to 5 days. Even that is rushing it for most people.

            I would hope that after your experiences previously you had an opportunity to make sure that you didn't jeopardize your health, well being, and long term success with baclofen (a very powerful tool) by taking it as though it's candy.

            Now, back to being supportive: The side effects you're experiencing are a function of taking way too much way too quickly. Fortunately, they're not that unusual I suppose. You can ameliorate that by going down a bit and taking it much more reasonably. This stuff really does work. It takes both time, and milligrams, to find lasting sobriety and freedom. Hang in there.

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              Hi Ne!
              Good to hear from you as well. I think I confused people with the my titration schedule. I'm increasing my dose by 10 mg every 7 days. 10mg for 7 days, then 20mg for seven days,30mg for 7 days, etc etc. I was fine until I hit the 180mg level. Do you think thats still too fast?? I'm in no hurry

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                180 f**ked me up, too. Things were great up to 150 or so, then I had a long, hard time trying to get above 180 on up into the 200s. Something about that spot just blows.

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                  Need Help for BAC S.E's!!

                  Hey Stuck,
                  So what did you do? Back off for awhile? What was your titration schedule?

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                    I backed off and hung around 175 or so for a while, and pushed up to 200, then freaked out and went back down again, then pushed forward. I suffered through the SEs and anxiety and the weirdness-feeling for a long time, because I believed I was on some heroic quest and that I would eventually prevail. (Which it is - overcoming the addiction of alcohol, however you do it, is one of the most heroic journeys you can ever take, imho.)

                    I almost never moved more than 10mg every 4 days, up or down. Usually more like 5 or 6 days. I did drop 25mg at one point when things were really intolerable. But anyway like I said, I spent a lot of time between 180-200, just sort of miserable and suffering and scared. I eventually made it to 240, had a couple mishaps, realized I was basically indifferent, then backed way off and eventually stopped bac entirely - but that is a long and not really related story.

                    EDIT: If I'm remembering correctly, 220 felt a lot better than 180.

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                      Thanks Stuck! Thats good info for me. This is the second time around for me. The first time was a horror story............Ended up stopping and now I'm bucking up the trail again. Gonna take it real slow. Went back down to 150 and am gonna hang there awhile and see what happens before I go up again.

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                        rodewarrior;1683163 wrote: Hi Ne!
                        Good to hear from you as well. I think I confused people with the my titration schedule. I'm increasing my dose by 10 mg every 7 days. 10mg for 7 days, then 20mg for seven days,30mg for 7 days, etc etc. I was fine until I hit the 180mg level. Do you think thats still too fast?? I'm in no hurry
                        Woops. Sorry about that.

                        Sounds reasonable to me, not that I'm an expert at anything except my own stuff. ha!

                        The advice you've gotten also seems pretty reasonable to me! Hope it helps. Hang in there.

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