Alcohol and now cannabis and tobacco

[smileydude]

i stopped drinking over 2 years ago. I'm still haunted by other addictions and anxiety. I remember my GP prescribed baclofen 2 years ago, but i refused to take it, I was afraid of the drowsiness side effect. I self medicated instead and went to psych clinics for mood stabilizers which stop working and make me feel horrible and unhealthy.

Now it seems that the other persistant addictions like pot and cigarettes are simply leaving me no other choice but to try baclofen the way my doctor wants me to take it. the physical and mental symptoms of pot and tobacco are getting horrible, the pot might help with obsessive thinking but it probably provokes more anxiety if i wasn't smoking it so much.

I've used ayahuasca yearly with some success with getting beyond obsessive thinking and worry, the ancient plant medicine modulates serotonin receptors...baclofen seems similar with the gaba b receptors.

i'm happy about not drinking anymore and I don't miss being a sloppy drunk, it feels like an accomplishment.. but it might hurt less if i let a doctor help me.

[Gold]

Alcohol and now cannabis and tobacco

Hi smileydude and welcome,

Well done on stopping drinking it certainly is an accomplishment, and sorry to hear about the other addictions and anxiety, sometimes I feel that there is more than a single layer, alcohol, to be removed before the coal is polished to the diamond it masks.

I don't have any experience of baclofen or the issues you mention, however I know there are plenty who will have. This link is to the thread on baclofen and other medications which I am sure will be helpful to you with regard to baclofen Topamax, Campral, Naltrexone, Baclofen, other meds - My Way Out Forums, and if you look around the site you will see that there are quite a lot of threads discussing anxiety.

Perhaps you could allow your doctor to help you, at least reading here you will be fully informed in any discussion with your doctor.