I just took my first dose of 25 mg. I am so hopeful that this will help me. I am just going thru now & reading other peoples posts. Looking forward to getting to know you all.

Welcome NoraC!

Welcome Nora! When you are ready, why don't you give us a little background on yourself?

Hi Nora! Let us know about you. good luck!

Welcome Nora!

Hi Nora, welcome aboard

Thanks for all the warm welcomes. A little bit about me..... I have tried many things to control my drinking. Will power, Topamax, AA, Campral and Antabuse. Did have some AF months with Antabuse but would end up going off of it and picking up the bottle again. I started reading about The Sinclair Method and it really made sense to me. I'm 52 years old and have been married for 33 years. Husband is being very supportive of trying this.

So, I took the 25 mg yesterday an hour before drinking. I drank some champagne (my drink of choice) and did drink quite a bit (I'll have to learn about the units). However, it was different and I didn't have the extreme urge to keep going. However, I did end up having a heavy chest and sort of fast heart beat. I felt bad all night and this morning. Finally the heavy chest has improved. Feeling a little scared to take the pill again and wondering if I should cut the pill into quarters. I did expect side effects but not the heart/chest thing. At this point, I don't want to drink today but we will see when it gets to my witching hour.

I'm still learning my way around here and reading about others experiences. Thank you all for the support.

Hi Nora
I vaguely recall having some slight chest discomfort the first time I took Nal, it never happened on the second dose. My other SE's were dizziness, slight fatigue and stomach cramps, all of which went away with in a few weeks once my system was used to the med.
You could try taking only a quarter of a pill tonight and ease your body into getting adjusted to Nal.

The feeling bad after drinking comes with the nal. Hangovers are worse. I think this is because we don't have endorphins covering the discomfort.

I felt nauseous the first couple of days, but it went away. I could feel my heart beat and I would break into sweats. It passed, now I cannot tell when I take the nal. The dosage has to be enough to block the endorphin receptors for the period of time you drink. Because naltrexone isn't time released, it has a spike and then declines in the system for the next few hours, and is gone in a day.

Thanks!
I took another half pill today. I have no urge to drink though. I actually almost gag at the thought of taking a drink. Anyway, I'm going to go ahead & drink something since I took the pill.