Initial experience with nalmefene- Awful
Hi, I just thought I'd document my experience at this very moment with Nalmefene. I took it this morning for the first time to see how my mind would react to it in the absence of alcohol (having been sober a week)....initially fine and just yawning a bit, but then about 5 hours started to get severe detachment from my surroundings, severe anxiety and just like the sensation of a big sponge in the centre of my head. Its awful....I can hardly see what I'm doing.
The anxiety was that bad that I almost ran to the pub to get myself settled. The alcohol has quelled it a little, but its horrible, I want it to go away. These medications, I can't tolerate them, naltrexone was somewhat like this too but not as bad (but I only took half). Baclofen made me a similar way. Campral is the only one I can tolerate and that's because its basically like taking nothing. I felt kind of on the brink all week, and this has just poured petrol on the fire. Very dangerous, I shouldn't have ordered these online- I threw the rest in the toilet (and they're £100's worth), because I want to make sure I don't feel like this again. No wonder it reduces alcohol intake, you become a total wreck.
The anxiety was that bad that I almost ran to the pub to get myself settled. The alcohol has quelled it a little, but its horrible, I want it to go away. These medications, I can't tolerate them, naltrexone was somewhat like this too but not as bad (but I only took half). Baclofen made me a similar way. Campral is the only one I can tolerate and that's because its basically like taking nothing. I felt kind of on the brink all week, and this has just poured petrol on the fire. Very dangerous, I shouldn't have ordered these online- I threw the rest in the toilet (and they're £100's worth), because I want to make sure I don't feel like this again. No wonder it reduces alcohol intake, you become a total wreck.
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