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houtx770 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 109

YAAAAAYYYYY Waiting2Exhale!!!!!

Pop that pill and hop on board!! So glad for you!! I am 6 wks into it and really haven't felt much of a difference except in teeny tiny ways...like tonight: St. Patricks Day. Met friends (didn't drive) had a glass o'wine at 5:20 another at 6:30 before I left home, then arrived at the Mucky Duck at 8ish..had 3 beers between then and when I left at 10:45...didn't finish the 3rd. It was yeck -

Came home to enjoy my solitide, a couple of more glasses of wine...sounds like a lot maybe, but to me, very moderate!! Certainly room to improve....

But I am encouraged! Oh - and perhaps more importantly, a guy was hitting on me as I left. Very cute too! Altho a little short for me LOL - was suddenly interesting. tsk tsk :-)

houtx770 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 109

OMG - you poor dear!!

Hope you are feeling better! I had heard the stories about taking the full dose that first day & now you are another testament to that. ick!! So sorry - hope today is better if you take it.

marbella · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:50 pm **Posts:** 255

Somebody else did this. I think it was Lena...I do feel sorry for you- I know how bad I felt starting at 25mg. Don't worry- It DOES pass, and quite quickly.

Now I take 50mg and don't feel a thing.

houtx770 · **Joined:** Fri Feb 06, 2009 7:32 pm **Posts:** 109

Enjoy the time in your jammies & hope you feel better tomorrow! It's funny what we turn to when feeling bad & still needing/wanting some kind-of alc/buzz/comfort...I go for scotch or Crown or cognac to sip.

marbella · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:50 pm **Posts:** 255

WaitingToExhale wrote:

I've made an executive decision to postpone my start date until Sunday. I got a taste of what the starting effects could be FOR ME (understand everyone is different) even if I did blow it with too high of a dose. I have my best friend here from out of town until Sunday morning and I already lost today with him feeling so awful - still in jammies and on the sofa.

So Sunday it will be, at 25m this time! I figure maybe I should not pile on even 25mg again tomorrow after what I did. And also Sunday is a day with no work commitments just in case I do have a touch of a rough patch.

I'm also thinking I had better eat more than I did as well before taking this stuff.

What a dumb move - that won't happen again!

That sounds like a good idea- it isn't nice to be lying around out of sorts when you have friends around.

For sure when you take the 25mg you will be OK, maybe just a bit of nausea and disorientation. If you do feel ill don't lose heart, I felt terrible the first few days and did not think I could continue, but here I am!

shasha · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 5:09 am

Hi WTE - so sorry you had a bad time. Hope you're feeling much better now. Looks like there is a very good reason for the 25mg start! Take care. Shasha.

happy4once · **Posted:** Thu Mar 19, 2009 3:29 pm

WTE - so sorry to hear the first experience was awful. I think Lena (and maybe 'John' from MWO) actually went down even lower than the 25mg for the first few days. I think I recall Lena saying she cut the tablet into quarters or something like that. Just a thought.

Also - seems like the side effects disappear in 2 weeks, so hang in there!

Good luck and glad you are started, even if the start was somewhat shaky!

marbella · **Joined:** Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:50 pm **Posts:** 255

When I restarted this time (after doing it all wrong in October) I started with about a third of a tab for 2 days, then went to a half for a few days before going to a full one.

Personally I don't think it matters- we have for the most part, been addicted for so long, a few more days at a lower dosage won't make any difference in my book.

However I have not read anything from Dr Sinclair or Eskapa advising this.

oceanaocean · **Joined:** Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:37 pm **Posts:** 43

Yes. I too have a friend who took 50 mgs and she actually started tripping. Her husband almost drove her to the hospital in the middle of the night, they were really frightened. The same thing happenned to her when she tried it again. But I do not know if she maybe had taken it on top of another med, (somethings we just do not know) or how much AL she had consumed prior to the med. that day. But she really had a bad reaction.

Myself, I started off with 50 mgs and I never had any side effects just thirsty - FOR WATER! :lol:

samsara · **Joined:** Sat Feb 14, 2009 11:22 pm **Posts:** 19

I stayed at the 25 dose for four days. I was concerned that I couldn't make it at 50 - but as everyone says, the side effects do pass.

For the first few days, I had a terrible metallic taste in my mouth and I was really spaced out and shaky.

I drank last night and I took a 50. I find that the Naltrexone so magnifies the effects of alcohol that it's almost like drinking twice the amount. Actually I drank about the same amount I always do but I got much drunker much faster. That scares me.

I feel like crap today. I had a half bottle of wine left and I just poured it down the drain. I'm not putting my body through such an ordeal in the next few days. I think I'll hold off until next weekend (probably won't though).

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