r/BACLOFEN

Baclofen has a really strange effect on me and I’m wondering if anyone else experiences this.
It makes my body feel SUPER warm, and mentally I become way more emotional and energetic. I can get really hyperfocused on whatever I’m doing and almost feel stimulated rather than sedated. I also notice myself clenching my jaw more.
But at the exact same time, I’m clearly cognitively slower. My typing gets noticeably worse, I make more mistakes, and talking/formulating sentences becomes harder even though I feel energetic and focused.
It’s such a weird combination — physically warm + emotional + energetic/hyperfocused + jaw clenching, while simultaneously feeling mentally slowed/impaired.
Has anyone else had this kind of paradoxical reaction to baclofen?

hows it going everyone, i just got prescribed baclofen due to having a really bad tmj issue and clenching my jaw. Dr prescribed me 5mg 1 pill a night to see if it helps with the muscle tension in my jaw. im very big on not taking medication idk why, hell even with headaches/pain i dont take anything i usually white knuckle it. not looking for medical advice just personal experience of anyone taking it with jaw/muscle issues if it helped a lot.

I’m back here again sadly. (Yes I’m an idiot) about 3 months or so ago I successfully came off 5-6 months of high daily phenibut by using baclofen. I was 2 weeks off everything and felt great so figured I could still use occasionally. I ended up doing 3 days in a row cause first two days had no effect so I figured it’d be fine. Within 48 hours I was full blown withdrawals and I assume kindled myself so started using low dose baclofen again. Worked great but now 3 months later I’m really struggling to shake the baclofen.

My question is how do I know how much I can white knuckle it before it’s dangerous and seizure territory? I’m 5 days off completely and the withdrawals keep getting worse. Fasoracetam helped the withdrawals but made me feel super crappy in other ways.

My worst symptoms are bad insomnia obviously and the scary ones are the internal vibration shaking feelings that get really bad when attempting to go to sleep. Insane sweating and overheating and then also randomly super cold chills fever like. I can tough it out if it’s safe but idk how to tell. It’s worse than last time when I jumped ship and felt great 4 days later.

I’m really sorry I’m so confusing I feel pretty crappy and foggy but any advice would be appreciated. I just wish I could know how safe it is to keep pushing through. Thank you guys.

Prescribed 5mg baclofen at night for my back pain and I take Xanax prn usually .25 twice a week .

Took the baclofen twice this week and the Xanax twice and I'm feeling a lot more anxious . I also trialed Gabapentin one 300 dose Sunday night .

Does the days on Baclofen add extra gaba exposure and why I'm feeling way more tense and anxious the last few days?

Here's what the last 10 days looked like

8/3 .5 Xanax
8/5 .25 Xanax
8:6 Baclofen 5mg
8/9 Gabapentin 300mg
8/11 .25 Xanax morning
Baclofen 5mg 8/11 pm

I’ve been taking up to 3mg of klonopin, and Fioricet (which has the barbiturate in it) I need to come off Fioricet and baclofen, I’m also prescribed gabapentin. So when I go to rehab and they rip me off klonopin and put me on phenobarbital should I stay off benzos when I get out or would reinstating a benzo to taper down be encouraged or ill-advised? I’ve been on klonopin for 20 years. I just need to get off of this stuff and now family members are kind of forcing me. I want to get off klonopin I just want advice as to what will make me most successful. Like should I come out and ask my doctor for 0.5-1mg to taper down?