I couldn’t figure out how to find a doctor to prescribe baclofen but I sourced phenibut online and it’s molecular structure is as close to the same substance as you can get. So I tried it and I’m coming up on my 3rd yr after starting.
I used a similar dosing schedule as written in this book
https://www.amazon.com/End-My-Addiction-Himself-Alcoholism/dp/0749942207/ref=nodl_
I split my daily dose in to 3 equal parts and take it morning, lunch and before bed. It calmed my alcohol cravings in just a couple days and I’ve been able to successfully abstain since.
I realize it doesn’t work for everyone as everyone responds differently to all drugs. For me, it was like flipping a switch and now I can ignore alcohol and don’t ever think about it. Even being in social drinking settings, most anxiety is gone although I don’t like being out as much any more.
Naltrexone is an opiate agonist so it limits the reward your brain receives from whatever the substance is that you're using. it's been used also for heroin. it will slow your pace down as you just don't get the reward and yes, it may make you tired as well. it doesn't have much to do with reducing cravings really. thos come about from your GABA B receptors. For many years now people have also been using baclofen which does effect the GABA B receptors. Cravings can be extremely strong and can be more like compulsion. baclofen, in some people, has been used to alter the gaba b receptors which has meant that people have been able to take back control of their cravings. read a lot about both, there's a book called "the end of my addiction" which is a good read and can be got here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-My-Addiction-himself-alcoholism/dp/0749942207
doesnt work for everyone, but for some it does. naltrexone can slow you down immediately and baclofen, after quite a while has the ability to give you back choice/control. both, with baclofenn in particular, are extremely safe medications.
There is a book called The End of my Addiction by Dr Olivier Ameisen, which I highly recommend:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-End-Of-Addiction-alcoholism/dp/0749942207
Also available electronically on Apple and elsewhere. If you want to take this further it is a must read.
There were others before him but he basically discovered that baclofen, used mainly for the suppression of muscle spasms in various ailments, has the effect, when taken in quite large doses (anything from about 50 mg a day to 300 a day) of getting rid of the cravings associated with alcohol addition, which for many people, are what drives the addiction. He 'cured' himself of alcoholism using it in his view.
There have been a few very encouraging studies and projects which confirm this, but it is early days and so far baclofen has not been taken up as the 'cure' many people seem to think it has the potential to be.
Hope that helps.
Baclofen. Please look into The End of My Addiction by Dr. Olivier Ameisen.
https://www.amazon.com/End-My-Addiction-Himself-Alcoholism/dp/0749942207#customerReviews
https://www.amazon.co.uk/End-My-Addiction-himself-alcoholism/dp/0749942207
Baclofen treatment worked for me!