blackouts on Nal

Chocolate Mousse · **Joined:** Sat Jan 16, 2010 12:31 am **Posts:** 74

Hi, I am now commencing my 8th week on Nal. My cravings have gone way down and I am now going to try and not drink, or at least not too much!, just out of habit. One thing I have noticed though is that my blackouts are a worse! Anyone else have similar experiences?

bob3d · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 9:00 am

This probably won't help much but I couldn't resist saying that I don't remember.

Bob

1-4-the-road · **Joined:** Tue Jun 02, 2009 11:14 am **Posts:** 317

you're a bad man Bob :lol:

I was tempted to post the same quip, but managed to restrain myself!

seriously though, I'm lucking in that blackouts were/are a rare (to the point of non-existence) occurrence for me. I'm just lucky I guess, because it wasn't due to any great restraint on my part :oops:

Mario · **Joined:** Thu Feb 11, 2010 6:32 pm **Posts:** 472

Hi CM,

I havent have a blackout since I started so im surprised to hear that you are. Its not pleasant waking up not remembering the end of the night before. I usually only get them when Im drinking wine. I find beer doesnt quite lead me to the blackout stage. Brill to hear that overall your cravings are down. Im still on a honeymoon and I hope it lasts untill after St Patricks Day.

Your envelope is sitting up in the desk here in front of me so I better get off here and post it.

Talk soon

xxx

bobandcarol · **Joined:** Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:14 pm **Posts:** 118

My wife has had a few blackouts on Nal. She takes other medications, so it's not clear that Nal has contributed to this issue. When she hits 9 or so units, it happens like clockwork.

bob3d · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 7:10 pm

In all seriousness, my only blackouts on Naltrexone was when I was taking Valium and drinking concurrently, which, by the way, is not a good idea. Valium is bad enough on memory, but alcohol magnifies the heck out of it. So, although I have had blackouts on Naltrexone, I attribute that effect on the other drug combination and not on the Naltrexone.

Bob

houtx · **Joined:** Wed Apr 15, 2009 8:39 pm **Posts:** 872

bob3d wrote:

This probably won't help much but I couldn't resist saying that I don't remember. ;)

Bob

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You kill me, Bob!! Too funny -

potato · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 7:02 pm **Posts:** 345

Well, I find that strange because I blacked out from booze before Nal but never after taking Nal. And I used to be a major binge drinker. Scientifically speaking that is strange because the opiate part of the brain is blocked by Nal so I am not certain. Maybe the part of the brain that blacks out is different. That is a question for the doctor. Good luck getting an answer tho because I asked a question 2 years ago and I am sure I have not yet received an answer. Kidding a little but I don't think I ever got an answer to my question and I asked it when the site was started. Best of luck.

Jim Clark · **Posted:** Mon Mar 15, 2010 11:03 pm

I'm wondering if it is part of the loss of tolerance,..making a blackout more possible.

I have blacked out on NAL, I still think though that you are better off blackout or not,...taking NAL.

You've been on relatively a short period and in 6 months or so I think you will find a world of difference and even before then....

Hang in there...and please post often if need be, BEst, Jim

minneapolisnick · **Joined:** Tue May 19, 2009 2:17 pm **Posts:** 1793

I'm wondering if Jim is right: lower tolerance leading to easier blackouts. Blackouts, along with debilitating depression, were the two major reasons I sought treatment for my habit. I was blacking out two nights a week on average, in the end. As soon as I got on TSM, they stopped for me. I went from blacking out twice a week pre-TSM to maybe five blackouts over 8 months on TSM.

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