Posted by cactus on July 3, 2007, at 20:28:08
In reply to Confused about Mirapex and Campral, posted by Flame on July 1, 2007, at 13:30:49
Wow interesting topic, I'm an alcoholic who is on ropinirole, similar to mirapex, for restless leg too. The thing that stands out to me the most is Efexor. While I was on efexor xr I craved alcohol more than anytime in my life and by the time I stopped taking it I keep drinking. Efexor DID NOT create my alcoholism, it just made it worse. There is also evidence that efexor should not be prescribed to patients with drug or alcohol problems/history and I don't know why this is.
I started ropinirole about 5 months ago and at first i drank more but people kept commenting on how good I was looking then something within in me gave me the courage to face my drinking problem. I might be wrong but I think that the ropinirole helped me achieve this. I have been sober for over 10 weeks now and yes it is very hard but it's not the craving for grog, it's the crazy thoughts that have been coming back which is why i drank in the first place. AA is good for some people, I have a love hate relationship with it at the moment but it is helping. I never took campral. If there is more I can help you with please feel free to babblemail me and I can explain my journey and what I went through. Don't forget that everyone is different with medication. I hope this helped you.
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