In a message dated 2/4/2006 1:16:38 PM Central Standard Time,
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Hi
Cheryl and Jude
My torso and back cry out for Baclofen too! I have
weened myself t0 40mg daily and have been considering trying 30mg daily.
Jude, do you take baclofen and add the valium when you need it or are you just
taking the valium as needed and no baclofen at all. I understand wanting
to stay in control .... I "think" I have better mental functions since
lowering my dose of Baclofen. My response to valium is fast and strong
so I wouldn't need much either.
Patti - Michigan - home of the XL
Superbowl - with no predictions except snow!
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> In a message dated 2/4/2006 10:17:33 AM Central
Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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>
Hi,
> I have been taking 30 mg of baclofen
twice a day since August 1995.
> I just
started getting my meds by mail,and I was without it for 3
>
doses. The tightness in my trunk was unbearable;I didn't sleep or eat
after the
> first missed dose,until I took it for 2 days. The
past 3 weeks,I've still had
> more tightness than I've had in
years.
> I will NEVER go without it
again.
> Cheryl in
Easthampton,Mass.
>
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> Hi
Cheryl,
>
> I too have the banding around my torso and it
gets unbearable whenever
> something is wrong with me. A
while ago, I tried to go off of baclofen too, and
> wound up like
you, in extreme discomfort. Now, my doc prescribes me some
> valium which works much better, but I only take it when the
tightness gets too
> much to bear. Maybe your doc will do
the same for you. I only have 5mg. pills
> and take 1/2 at
a time so they don't knock me out. I like to stay in
>
control...
>
> Best of everything to you,
>
Jude
Hi Patti,
Yes, I take the baclofen regularly and then add the valium
when the banding gets so tight I can't stand it. Usually at night before
bed so I can sleep a bit better and like with my broken legs, I've been taking
it every day, a couple of times a day.
I have to admit, that since I have the additional pain with my
legs, I have been taking more baclofen than usual. I try to alternate a
valium with a baclofen and tend to do that throughout the night.
I am also taking a small dose of morphine when the pain gets
real bad. But it tends to make me sleepy so I don't use it a lot. I
bite it into halves and quarters and take it like that so I don't get too messed
up.
My body can tolerate a lot of medication at one time.
Things that I do, as far as mixing medications, a lot of other people couldn't
do. I do try to use my head and sometimes, if I'm real sick, I will even
keep a log of what I have taken and what time...that way I won't overdose on
something.
I wouldn't recommend anyone else to play with their
medications the way I do unless they really know their own body and know
something about whatever it is they are taking.
Best of everything to you,
Peace,
Jude
