Ha sorry for the gender mixup Curious! Glad to hear things are going well and you are not regretting your decision . I just can't believe it took me this long to try TSM (I was offered nal by my doctor about 2.5 years ago already).
EL

Well, I don't really have much to say at the moment except that I am very happy with TSM!! AF days are easy and when I do drink, I am happy to stop at 3, the other night I had between 4 and 5 units and I felt nauseous and tired and cranky the next day, it's just not worth it! Though I am aware that I probably wouldn't be saying that if I hadn't been sober for so long before trying TSM, and that it's early days yet and things could change.

My social life has improved as I am no longer avoiding invitations because I either didn't want to be the only non drinker or because I didn't want to have to explain why I wasn't drinking, now it's a non issue, I am, for the moment at least, a moderate drinker. I have a stop button. I know what it feels like to have enough. It is truly an awesome feeling!!

I'm still taking 25mg roughly 90 minutes before drinking.

All hail TSM and Naltrexone!! .

Hooray Curi! Your post sounds very positive. Keep going!

Sounds like the place we all want to be at Curious Good luck going forwards.

Hi Curi

You are doing so well with TSM. I'm guessing you must be young, (20's or 30's) or maybe the 3 years continuous abstinence has made a difference.

I loved the comment about no longer staring at your navel. My mum asked me once why I was so self-absorbed and I said I couldn't help being like that, nor did I like being like that. Feeling more "normal" helps.

Keep up the good work and thanks for your support.

Cheers
Sticky

I'm coming to the end of my 12th week on TSM and I think the numbers speak for themselves. I peeked at week 5 but nowhere near my pre TSM numbers, and my units have steadily decreased since, so far so good .

I have been thinking about experimenting with dropping down to 12.5 mg of Naltrexone instead of the 25 mg I've been taking for the past 2 months, Tak's recent post is encouraging me in that direction too. I'm not fully decided yet but I am very tempted. Needless to say if things get out of hand I'll go back to 25 or 50 if needs be.

Best to all.

Curi.

Wow, good looking numbers Curi! Great job!
Keep us posted on LDN...

Hey Curi, Just to let you know, I've done that experiment myself (with 12.5 mg). After my cure using 50 mg I cut back to 25mg without any increase in units as well as continuing to collect AF days. When I cut to 12.5mg, it did not hold me. My numbers started going up within a very short time and some desire to drink began to return. I went back to 25mg and very quickly got back on track. Good luck!

Thanks guys

That's interesting, Diget, I'm wondering if my sensitivity to Naltrexone might influence how I react, I was just too sick on 50mg, 25 mg suits me well enough but I still feel a bit spaced and lethargic with it... ??

I tried 12.5 mg last night but it wasn't a good time to try it, I was angry about something and I though I could feel the effects of the 1st glass of wine more, I don't know if this was because of the adrenalin from the anger or if the anger was accentuated by the alcohol, anyway, after the first glass, I chickened out and took the other 12.5 mg and stopped drinking after the 2nd glass ...

I'll try again in more relaxed circumstances.

I want to note that just recently I noticed that I am experiencing more intense orgasms at the moment and I wonder if it has something to do with Naltrexone. To the best of my memory I have felt this on non-Nal days.

Numbers to date:

Week Dates Units

50 mg Naltrexone

1 - 24-30 Jun - 1 5 0 0 0 3 3 = 12
2 - 01-07 Jul - 0 0 0 0 4 8 4 = 16
3 - 08-14 Jul - 6 8 0 5 0 0 0 = 19
4 - 15-21 Jul - 8 0 0 6 8 0 2 = 24

25 mg Naltrexone

5 - 22-28 Jul - 3 3 4 6 6 0 6 = 28
6 - 29-04 Aug - 4 3 3 0 3 1 3 = 17
7 - 05-11 Aug - 3 3 3 3 3 0 3 = 18 holiday 4-18/8
8 - 12-18 Aug - 6 0 3 0 4 0 2 = 15

09 - 19-25 Aug - 4 3 0 0 3 3 0 = 13
10 - 26-01 Sep - 5 2 0 0 0 3 0 =10
11 - 02-08 Sep - 2 2 0 0 0 3 0 =7
12 - 10-15 Sep - 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 = 8

Good looking numbers Curi! I switch between 25 and 50 mg depending on the risk level of the situation and whether I REALLY want to drink or not. It does not work as well for me as 50 but I also don't get horrible side effects with 25. So it's a cautious gamble depending on the occasion.