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Campral/Naltraxone...I'm freaking out

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Misssy2
Misssy2

I have been taking Campral....and I feel like it has helped me TREMENDOUSLY with cravings...I am not even taking the prescribed dose...which was 3x a day for me and 2 pills each time.

I am taking 2 pills a day.

I have been gaining weight like crazy...so I started looking up pills that I am taking and the side effects.  AND found "weight gain" is listed as a SERIOUS side effect.  

I also have been more short of breath lately..and "shortness of breath" is also listed as a SERIOUS side effect.

I'm frreaking out because I think I have to stop Campral and it is helping me.

So I looked up other drugs that stop cravings and Naltraxone was one of them. 

Has anyone here that has stopped drinking using Naltraxone continued to take this pill and noticed they are not craving a drink?

Joanna and Paul...if you read this....what are your thoughts on the craving aspects of Naltraxone?

I am going to call my Dr. today but it is only 7:30 here and I wanted to get this off my chest.

Also..interesting reading I copied..while researching Campral:

Patients in the European trials tended to be more severely alcohol dependent than those in the U.S. studies, and most patients in European studies had been abstinent for longer periods before starting Campral, two factors that could account for the difference in the findings, according to the NIAAA.

"We use medicines to help detoxify people, but even after detoxification occurs the neurochemistry is still not in very good balance, and probably even more importantly, when your brain thinks it's going to get alcohol, that elicits these compensatory neural changes so that the body goes through the equivalent of a little mild withdrawal, and [Campral] blocks that," Volpicelli explains.

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  • Paper_fairy
    Paper_fairy Misssy2

    Posted

    Was too embarrassed to say until RHGB meantioned this but yes, I suffered with incontinence while on baclofen too. Only plus was it helped me sleep!!
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      See ...medications work DIFFERENTLY with different people.....cause I read Baclofen could disrupt sleep...and I don't sleep well as it is....and you don't get that side effect....you get the opposite
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      I seriously...and this is no joke...it is p*ssing me off...think I need to buy diapers....Yesterday I was with b/f and it was just leaking out...because I all of a sudden had to go....I GOT mad at HIM (wrongfully) and told him if he didn't get me home his truck was going to be wet..because I seriously was going to wet my pants.

      I don't think it is anything serious..like Cancer that I always go to...but the Dr. said...it is either a bladder (fall)....or something else (I forget)...none serious...

      My mother had a bladder fall...and had it surgically repaired 2x.

      So it makes sense that hereditary wise..I got scr*wed with the alcoholism..this urinary problem....depression....and heart rythmn problems...LOL

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 RHGB

      Posted

      lol...Men are from Mars...Women from Venus...

       

  • nicole36330
    nicole36330 Misssy2

    Posted

    I was 8 stone into my mid 30's and because of wine and how much I eat whilst drinking I'm now pushing 13 stone so I know even if I put on weight initially with a drug I would loose it easily once I stopped drinking.

    I used to eat very healthily,lots of pulses,chick peas veg ect but once drinking takes a hold that all goes out the window and I'm eating pasta with mayo and bread ect

  • Paper_fairy
    Paper_fairy Misssy2

    Posted

    plus if anyone has suicide tendancys( can't spell at mo lol) like me. Haven't tried to take my life now for 3 years, a dr will not prescribe baclofen. I was in a coma for 4 days, it's a muscle relaxant, so all internal organs stopped, due to baclofen and wine od. Life support saved my life. Intubated, catheter, hallucinations...

    off topic? Maybe it will show some where alcohol can take you

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      Hi paper! Glad to see you up and about....

      Not off-topic....I did write to the Moderator and ask about off-topic...I needed clarification because I do think sometimes the off-topic discussions HELP people and I didn't say this to him....but I see alot of people who don't normally post...willing to post and reach out to someone on a post...say like this one...going totally off-topic..and it helps everyone.

      So, I asked why posts off-topic were being deleted (or I asked something to that effect in that I didn't think off-topic posts were breaches of conditions and terms).  The response:

      I do not delete all off topic posts, if I did there wouldn't be much left in the forums. I only take action when other users report posts or if I see things are getting "out of hand" or users are starting to make personal comments as has happened several times lately in the alcohol group.

      That was a horrendous experience you had...and please keep that in mind on your journey to try and stop drinking...that is REAL scary STUFF....paper.....whether we want you here...or people want you in thier real lives...YOU need to really take your story seriously sad

       

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      back to cleaning the refrigerator!  YUK...and WISH I NEVER started it....That was my GOAL for today...stupid goal...I need to have MASSAGE as a freaking goal!
    • tess33005
      tess33005 Misssy2

      Posted

      You're right. That's a  horrible goal.

      Couldn't you have chosen something more pleasant?

      Stay strong. Misssy. All these drugs do affect people differently.

      Clean every floor in your house tomorrow. Or come to my house and tidy up under the bed. I've been putting THAT off for two years.

    • tess33005
      tess33005 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      PF, it's good that you're up and online again.

      Will get in touch later.

    • Paper_fairy
      Paper_fairy Misssy2

      Posted

      Thanks misssy. I've got to admit none of my posts have ever been deleted or off topic( maybe in the early days when I may have used the "f" word..over a year ago . But recently im told I've gone off topic( not by the moderator). I don't think I have. If people would try and understand where I'm going and read to the end of my message, they might realise I'm just here to help. Plus show where alcoholism takes you. 

      When im good I give good advice( I hope)

      When I'm not good...lovely people help me

      If I have offended anyone, but I can't remember I have, then pm 

      I think most of you realise by now, I'm not stupid, I was once a successful business woman, with 3 kids doing very well in life. I do not feel that I have to use intelligent words to explain anything I have to say. I hate to repeat this over and over again, but my dr dad OBE and wow I love him said to me, treat people how you would like to be treated. Don't ever think you are better than anyone else. The most important thing in life is to help others. Never think you are superior to anyone. 

    • tess33005
      tess33005 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      AND also, pf, don't ever think you're more worthless than anyone else. You're going through a terrible time at the moment and everyone here is ready and waiting to help.

      Love from Ex Malt Loaf Eater

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 tess33005

      Posted

      OMG...that was a great one tess.....pf...don't think youre more worthless than anyone!  LOVE IT.
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 Paper_fairy

      Posted

      Hi paper smile...my Dad has said the same thing since I was little he is a heavy church goer...3x a week for Bible study...still at 76.

      And maybe that is why you and I tend to be helpers...smile

      What is OBE?

    • tess33005
      tess33005 Misssy2

      Posted

      Order of the British Empire. Awarded by the reigning monarch to people who arre worthy of note, for doing something amazing or helpful to the world in general.

      The Queen hasn't made me one, yet.

      Or maybe it got lost in the post.........................

      Yeah, I know. Off topic. Just answering Misssy, folks.

    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 tess33005

      Posted

      tess!  HI.....its not off-topic to be having conversations..what the moderator considers off-topic..is when people start arguing!  You can talk to anyone..on any thread about anything....

      I assume if the original poster asks not to go off-topic on the particular thread...we should try to respect that...but it is not against rules

    • tess33005
      tess33005 Misssy2

      Posted

      Ok - did you ever finish cleaning out the fridge? What was the fate of the fish which disappointed you so much?
    • Misssy2
      Misssy2 tess33005

      Posted

      Half the fridge is clean..so you don't want me cleaning your house..I either get distracted or TIRED...this time TIRED/Frustrated..but at least the main part of the fridge is clean.

      I'm looking at the fish...he is moving a bit....I bought the small starter tank (without a filter.)...But, these bettas..live in puddles in Japan...so go figure...I do have AIR BUBBLES.

      I had a betta for almost 2 years in a REAL tank...that tank got broken while moving it...and they are expensive...but maybe I can find a discounted one on Craigslist.

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