Hey all -
Nalmefene is not yet available, I don't think, but supposedly more effective than Naltrexone..altho I don't recall how.,,maybe better on the liver & more effectively blocks the receptors. I dunno. I remember reading about it somewhere...hmmm?? Still interested in that one.

And still wrestling with how to go about getting on board w/ BAC. Do I approach my DR who immediately prescribed NAL & Campral - even tho he wasn't familiar w/ TSM, he still "supported it"...ie, acknowledges I am drinking while taking the meds. Am wondering if he will prescribe BAC...thinking of sending him the book. Thinking of just ordering online and going with it slowly. I've already mapped it out mathematically...

Just scares to take meds w/o someone to advise me and be "responsible". Also scared about being identified as an alcoholic by my insurance co. should something happen down the pike. It's too late now, but the fact I have gone on record a year...maybe if I stopped and was in effect, "cured", as the thinking may be with no other claims on my insurance...maybe I will have a good record with them and not have this come back to haunt me.

Not sure if any of this made sense...am writing fast, distracted, busy all night and need to shut down. But, all these thoughts. BAC also has an 80% success rate, according to the few studies out there. I just don't know...if it doesn't work for me...guess I will totally reassess &/or keep waiting for the next "cure" and hope it doesn't happen the day after I wake up in the morgue!

NAhhhhh - I'm not that bad, but just bad enough to know I need a cure. Now!
XO

houtx, I'm in the same boat! My doc prescribed Nal to the both of us and didn't even know about tsm either but I think he believed us when we seemed so knowledgeable about Nal but now going back and asking him for bac when it's used as a muscle relaxant will probably run up a red flag with him saying "what have I done giving these people Nal to begin with?" especially seeing we're obviously not cured! My HB will be dead soon if I don't do something, so I'm jumping in and ordering Bac online. The book just came yesterday so I haven't read it yet but seeing how long it takes to get the Bac from an online pharm we should be done reading it by the time it comes.

Ok, my friends who are using BAC how much do I order for the two of us?

corkit

Corkit,

I found this to be informative:

http://alcalc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/42/2/158

Maybe you should post for information in the TSM General Discussion forum. Many may not visit here.

-wort

Had a really crazy relationship and this is the place to talk about it. Let me tell you I still shake my head everyday in amazement of what happened there. We met. Fell in love. Spent every waking moment together for 3 weeks. Then he ditched me. By the way, he was the one who said more in love type things than I did. I just went off his cues. Then bang he says he is not ready for a serious relationship and stops communicating. I felt sick to my stomach for 2 weeks and am only now emerging from the fog. Holy crap! What just happened there?

Awwww Tater - so sorry for your pain. Ugh, just crazy/sick/nasty how unpredictable this dating **** can be. I am sooooooooooooo tired of it. BUT _ tonight I met a man who is really promising. We hit it off, had a couple of drinks, live pretty close by each other, which is HUGE in Houston...

I can really see myself in a relationship w/ this guy...and I could tell he really likes me...alls seemingly great. Great. Now to tell him the drawbacks of me. N0, not Al!!! LOL it's "other"..and I just dread it...

sniff

Houtx and potatoe, here's wishing a prince charming comes into your life, well maybe not quite a prince charming who wants someone perfect? how about someone to feel oh sooooo comfortable with and treats you like a princess!

Wanting the best for the two of you
corkit

Thanks for the supportive words. I was a mess for a while but now am getting better. I thought I was finished kissing toads and had found my prince. Alas, the fact that he was going through a divorce should have tuned me in more and I am usually very smart but my feelings and his charming words took me for a wild ride. I am just grateful it was not longer. That would have been worse. At least I learned I am capable of these feelings.

Tater - I am really sorry for your pain. I know you are going over every last detail in your mind (or did early on) and are trying to make sense of it. No matter what the time frame, intensity is what it is and 3 wks can be a long time at any age! Plus we like to believe in the sincerety of the people we are with. You were a victim of heart fraud (hmmm - am I coining a new term here LOL :-)) and he was probably sincere at the time but then just got cold feet...?? Still -

He was/is going thru a divorce? Huge red flag - I speak from experience here. Ugh, and there is nothing I can say you don't already know about these rebounders. So sorry, girlfriend! Lick your wounds and get back in the game. Just like I believe in a medical cure for our addiction, I believe in love and that we deserve and will find that which we seek, if we believe.

ppffffhhhh - BLAH!!! I have to laugh at myself w/ that last line. Where is Santa Claus??!! LOL And I did not just leave another screening of Avatar! HAHA! But really - be strong and be glad it did not go on longer than it was meant to. You will be ok...and "He" is just around the corner. I believe! :-))

XO

Sorry ART that things are going so poorly for you. You know we care about you and hoping that things will turn a corner for good. Are you considering trying something else besides Nal?


corkit