Here's what I've learned about Antabuse: it doesn't work if it just sits on my counter and I don't take it. :( I had hoped that just having it would be enough to keep me from drinking, but alas, it wasn't. So I just (gulp!) took my first pill-----only half of one b/c I'm really scared of it.
I am so grateful that I have such a wonderful doctor. I was seeing her earlier this week b/c of very high blood pressure and headaches (hmmm.....wonder what caused that!) and she prescribed some blood pressure medication. I decided to bite the bullet and ask her if I could safely take it w/ Antebuse. I told her that I had a prescription, even though I hadn't yet taken any. She told me that she hardly ever prescribed it b/c it could make people so sick. I said, "Only if I drink." She asked if I would consider something like AA rather than Antabuse, and I told her that I wouldn't go....it's a shame thing for me. So she left to make sure I could take the meds together, returned and told me that I could, and that was that. Thank God for such doctors!
Another one I had once when I asked for a prescription for topomax made me feel like the scum of the earth.
Thank you, thank you, thank you to everyone on this thread that has shared stories and been so supportive!
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