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 Post subject: Breaking Up with Alcohol Progress
PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 6:40 pm 
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Third night on naltrexone, 50mgs, this stuff really does make you feel funny. I think it's better than a hangover but can anyone tell me if I should try starting with half a pill? If that's better? Drinking urgency has definitely dissipated. I just don't feel so good.
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 Post subject: Re: Breaking Up with Alcohol Progress
PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 7:38 pm 
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I'm on my third night too and I cut back about a 1/4 of 50MG because it made me feel really weird when I took the full dose or even 25MG. Someone else posted back to me that they took a lower dose for a few days then ramped up to 50MG and the side effects were less so that's my plan too. Best of luck!!


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 Post subject: Re: Breaking Up with Alcohol Progress
PostPosted: Thu Oct 03, 2013 11:29 pm 
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The first week or two are rough, you have to acclimate to the medication. I recommend a quarter pill for a few days, then move up to half, then three quarters, and finally the full 50 mg. Take as much time as you like, TSM is a several-month-long process for almost everyone, so taking it slow at the beginning is only going to make life easier for you...it's not going to delay your results.


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 Post subject: Re: Breaking Up with Alcohol Progress
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 8:13 am 
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I started on 25mgs but couldn't handle the side effects. I had weird dreams, a strange light headed feeling, extreme tiredness and nausea. The sickly feeling was the worst part and I couldn't handle it, so I dropped down to 12.5mgs for a week and took the Nal with an anti-sickness tablet. Then I increased back up to 25mgs for a week, then went up to the full 50mgs. It's fine to start off on a lesser dose and gradually increase....as long as you get there in the end. I still had good results at the beginning even on the lesser doses. Good luck.

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Pre-TSM average of 60 UK units per week
(Approx.34 US units)

1-6 : 37,45,46,39,23,43
7-12: 30,? ?,24,27,25
13-18:21,19,23,17,21,4
19-24: 24,19,25,26,32,
25-32: ??,11,10,9,12,11,9
33-37: not tracked
38-40: 11,9,9
Reached safe limits so no more counting


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 Post subject: Re: Breaking Up with Alcohol Progress
PostPosted: Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:57 pm 
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just to reiterate what was said above , I increased gradually 12.5 to 50 over 7-8 days .few bad night of sleep but after that fine . Best of luck

J.


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