Re: My Jail time Baclofen Plan/Looking for feedback and insight
That's interesting because my wife claimed that she was feeling free from alcohol at about 80mg, but continuing to binge drink. That was right at the beginning about six years ago. Because she was still drinking, and "I knew best" since I'd read Ameisen's book, I kept pushing her to take more and go up to 270 mg a day, since that was what Ameisen was on and I figured they were probably about the same weight. I also figured that Ameisen was taking his dose in three daily doses so I was insisting she do the same. The problem back then was no one understood how important it was to spread the dosage out.
The result was she was getting side effects after taking big doses and refusing to take it, which led to arguments and she would just stop taking it, and then relapse big time. I think, now, in hindsight, I wouldn't have pushed her to take more than that, if that was making her feel ok. Probably the stress of my wanting her to be "cured" by hitting the switch, and her not liking the side effects, made her more stressed and anxiety-ridden.
Now she's down to 40 mg a day and doing very well. I know she isn't drinking because she's stopped driving the car over the past year, what with all the problems we've had.
Originally posted by kronkcarr
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The result was she was getting side effects after taking big doses and refusing to take it, which led to arguments and she would just stop taking it, and then relapse big time. I think, now, in hindsight, I wouldn't have pushed her to take more than that, if that was making her feel ok. Probably the stress of my wanting her to be "cured" by hitting the switch, and her not liking the side effects, made her more stressed and anxiety-ridden.
Now she's down to 40 mg a day and doing very well. I know she isn't drinking because she's stopped driving the car over the past year, what with all the problems we've had.
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