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I'm sure many of you know that there is a high risk of becoming alcoholic after weight loss surgery, and I am one of those statistics.
I was taking Antabuse to help with my sobriety, along with therapy. After six months or so, one thing led to another and I started drinking again. I also found out that Antabuse was not working for me. I had NO reaction when I drank, even after as little as an hour or 2 after taking the pill.
I asked my doctor to raise the dose and found that didn't help. Still no reaction when I drank. My guess is that the part of my intestines where the drug is absorbed, has been bypassed in the surgery.
I will return to my doctor this week to discuss this and other options, but in the meantime, I wanted to ask others who have has GBP if they have any experience with antabuse?
I am so desperate to get and stay sober. Does Antabuse come in a sublingual or injectable form? I'm wondering if I dissolve the pill in water and drink it, if it would better absorb?
Has anyone here who had GBP used antabuse with luck?
Thanks for reading.
I was taking Antabuse to help with my sobriety, along with therapy. After six months or so, one thing led to another and I started drinking again. I also found out that Antabuse was not working for me. I had NO reaction when I drank, even after as little as an hour or 2 after taking the pill.
I asked my doctor to raise the dose and found that didn't help. Still no reaction when I drank. My guess is that the part of my intestines where the drug is absorbed, has been bypassed in the surgery.
I will return to my doctor this week to discuss this and other options, but in the meantime, I wanted to ask others who have has GBP if they have any experience with antabuse?
I am so desperate to get and stay sober. Does Antabuse come in a sublingual or injectable form? I'm wondering if I dissolve the pill in water and drink it, if it would better absorb?
Has anyone here who had GBP used antabuse with luck?
Thanks for reading.
I would suggest seeing the doctor again. I have on occasion drank a little with no ill effects.
Just wanting to throw in a note of support and prayers for success in your recovery.
What helped me was meditation, prayer and breathing exercises. I'd also recommend that you learn about "TAPPING" It also is called the Emotional Freedom Technique. (Just search on YouTube). It's a uesful quick method of decreasing emotional response to triggers. It works. It might help you.
Good luck.