My first full dose (50mg Naltrexone) was taken yesterday at around 4.15pm and as I wasn't sure how it would affect me, I lay down and read for the hour.
No side effects, not even a crampy tummy. Stretching the 1/2 dose (25mg) over the course of 6 days worked well for me. Generally, it is recommended to have a 1/2 dose for the first two days but I felt that extra time was needed in my case.
At 6pm I made a drink (scotch/soda) and was in no hurry to finish it and it lasted me an hour. I had a momentary fancy to have another one but made a soda with sugar free cordial instead.
As I approach the end of my first week, I am delighted that I have dropped from around 50 standard drinks per week to 8.
I need to add here that I am responding very early to the Sinclair Method but this is not always the case so please be aware that for most people it does take longer.
Sometime in the next couple of weeks I am going to introduce other interests so I can start to break the habit of having a drink each night. I used to love playing tennis so I'm going to join up at a local club to play social tennis once a week in the evening.
Pharmacological extinction is estimated to occur anytime from 3 to 6 months but work is required on my part by recognizing a craving, taking a tablet, waiting one hour and then having a drink.
At this point, I am easing myself in by taking the tablet at least an hour before I would normally pour a drink but this has to stop if I am to proceed effectively in the treatment.
No side effects, not even a crampy tummy. Stretching the 1/2 dose (25mg) over the course of 6 days worked well for me. Generally, it is recommended to have a 1/2 dose for the first two days but I felt that extra time was needed in my case.
At 6pm I made a drink (scotch/soda) and was in no hurry to finish it and it lasted me an hour. I had a momentary fancy to have another one but made a soda with sugar free cordial instead.
As I approach the end of my first week, I am delighted that I have dropped from around 50 standard drinks per week to 8.
I need to add here that I am responding very early to the Sinclair Method but this is not always the case so please be aware that for most people it does take longer.
Sometime in the next couple of weeks I am going to introduce other interests so I can start to break the habit of having a drink each night. I used to love playing tennis so I'm going to join up at a local club to play social tennis once a week in the evening.
Pharmacological extinction is estimated to occur anytime from 3 to 6 months but work is required on my part by recognizing a craving, taking a tablet, waiting one hour and then having a drink.
At this point, I am easing myself in by taking the tablet at least an hour before I would normally pour a drink but this has to stop if I am to proceed effectively in the treatment.
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