People in Moderation Management share experiences of naltrexone use

Aloha Dave - mm@maelstrom.stjohns.edu - 7/21/2001

Well, the grand experiment is about to commence. Just back from the
M.D.'s (he was not a psych M.D.) with prescriptions for Celexa and
Naltrexone in hand. Told me it would take a week to 2 weeks before
I'd notice the Celexa having an anti-depressant effect--didn't mention
anything about the Nalx in that regard. He wasn't "leading edge" as
advertised by the therapist, but rather just a fairly liberal guy. He
had treated a number of heroin addicts, and was familiar with Nalx in
regard to treating them, but not familiar with its use for alcohol
problems. Finding no contraindications in his PDR, didn't seem to
have any hesitation in prescribing both.

Question 1-- The warning label on the Celexa indicate that alcohol
should not be consumed; doesn't indicate what the side effects are,
and I forgot to ask the doc. Presume that it will just make the
alcohol more potent, more effects with less alcohol? Hopefully, using
the nalx in conjunction, I will be holding my drinking down to
moderate levels. The irony there is that it's got the same warning
label, don't drink alcohol while taking:-) This really is a little
like the twilght zone, if not the X files. Anyway, my initial plan is
to take both, follow a by the book moderation effort this week--if
I'm having trouble sticking to that, go abs for a while and then try
mods again. Will be very cautious due to taking the celexa,
particularly in regard to any driving after having even a couple of
drinks. How are you other X'ers doing out there?