Posted by ace on May 19, 2003, at 23:37:13
In reply to Re: Please answer ASAP !!! Experts or non-experts! ?Dragonslayer, posted by Janelle on May 19, 2003, at 13:38:52
> I'm also a non-expert, just wanted to lend some support. I recently *experimented* with going off one of my anti-anxiety meds (Buspar, which it turned out, at least for me, DOES WORK!) because my pdoc feels I'm on "low doses of a lot of meds" and wants to reduce them. Well, just a day or so with no Buspar I began to become a wreck. Called pdoc and insisted on getting it back. Started it right away and feel a lot better. Will work on tapering/getting rid of KLONOPIN, which I've taken for so long I think I'm habituated to it. Actually, I'm not sure it ever did much for me in the first place - never made me the least bit sedated or anything.
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> In fact, one night months ago in the hospital they gave me like 5 or 6 mg of Klonopin for sleep and it didn't do a thing; I was up at 2:30am with permission from the nurses to watch a video! So I was up till like 4:30-5 in the morning on 6 mg of Klonopin. When I told the pdoc next time I saw him he was shocked and said he'd have been out cold on the floor on that dose! That was when we discovered that Seroquel is my sleep inducer.
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> I would say to YOU, to do just as you PLAN, stay at 30mg of Nardil for awhile yet and eventually get up to the dose you did well on. I hope it will work again for you. I'm rooting for you!Thankyou so much. My world has really turned black...
> What's Periactin (spelling)?
Periactin is an antihistamine. It has potent serotonin antagonistic properties ie- it brings down the levels of serotonin in your brain. Serotonin syndrome happens when there is too much serotonin up their - using Periactin quickly and efficiently brings down levels. BUT - it can also cause depression, or anxiety, or insomnia. It can cause (and does a lot of the time) sedation.
I used it once due to my Nardil anorgasmia (it is also used for sexual probs) - it caused insomnia and terrible anxiety.
Thankyou for your support!
Ace.
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