29th October 2005
Hi
I am a 43 year old male who has suffered from really bad anxiety and panic attacks for about 12 years now. About 3 months ago the anxiety and panic had gotten so bad that I decided to start drinking and smoking ("self-medicating"). Now I'm an alcoholic again (actually this is my first relapse in 2 1/2 years). The first few drinking binges felt great but it no longer feels good to be hungover with sore lungs and a hacking cough anymore. I feel like I'm in my 90's. I got a script for Naltrexone from my doc the other day and this morning I took one (25mg).
Now, it's really difficult to say wether the side effects I got were from the Naltrexone, the accumulative effect of all the alcohol I've consumed over the months, the hangover from my drinking yesterday, the 10mg Atarax I took before bed time last night, the 1mg Lorazepam I took this morning, the Prevacid capsule for my GERD, my anxiety/panic or any combination of the above but it was'nt until I took my first Nalrexone that about 30-40 minutes later I began to feel really sleepy and zoned out. It was all I could do to get any work done around here and I just felt "different" (hard to describe really). This evening I tried to drink a beer and got as far as one and a half bottles and much to my delight, I found that I had no desire or craving for anymore and ended up dumping the second bottle.
Well, I guess there's really no "point" here. Only that I would like to know what everyone else's experience has been on Naltrexone. It makes me feel kind of crappy and I really don't care for it but to it's credit, it definately DOES help me to have the power to say "no" to alcohol.
- Regards and thank's, Lonely (and sober) Traveler
I am a 43 year old male who has suffered from really bad anxiety and panic attacks for about 12 years now. About 3 months ago the anxiety and panic had gotten so bad that I decided to start drinking and smoking ("self-medicating"). Now I'm an alcoholic again (actually this is my first relapse in 2 1/2 years). The first few drinking binges felt great but it no longer feels good to be hungover with sore lungs and a hacking cough anymore. I feel like I'm in my 90's. I got a script for Naltrexone from my doc the other day and this morning I took one (25mg).
Now, it's really difficult to say wether the side effects I got were from the Naltrexone, the accumulative effect of all the alcohol I've consumed over the months, the hangover from my drinking yesterday, the 10mg Atarax I took before bed time last night, the 1mg Lorazepam I took this morning, the Prevacid capsule for my GERD, my anxiety/panic or any combination of the above but it was'nt until I took my first Nalrexone that about 30-40 minutes later I began to feel really sleepy and zoned out. It was all I could do to get any work done around here and I just felt "different" (hard to describe really). This evening I tried to drink a beer and got as far as one and a half bottles and much to my delight, I found that I had no desire or craving for anymore and ended up dumping the second bottle.
Well, I guess there's really no "point" here. Only that I would like to know what everyone else's experience has been on Naltrexone. It makes me feel kind of crappy and I really don't care for it but to it's credit, it definately DOES help me to have the power to say "no" to alcohol.
- Regards and thank's, Lonely (and sober) Traveler