Poll Does Prescription Medication Help Your PTSD?

[batgirl]

Bec, do you know what the half life of paxil is? I know when I was on a huge dose (100 mg daily) of prozac I had no withdrawal symptoms even though I quit it cold turkey, because prozac stays in your body for so long. It left my body gradually.

If it doesn't have a long half life then that really sucks for you, in fact that can be dangerous, I think you could even get suicidal ideation from going off too quickly. Friday seems really far away, close to a week. Can you call the pharmacy and get them to call in a prescription to your doc? I've done that before. If not, yeah definitely have someone check on you if you can. I hope you will be all right.

 

[becvan]

I'm on Zoloft, low dose, only 25 mg a day and no you can't call in prescriptions like that unless you have one to begin with! my doc only gives me two months at a time so, i need a new one as my refills are done. Yeah this might be fun.. not. And I have no idea what the half life of this stuff is

bec

 

[Deleted member 93]

Hell, just being weaned off the Zoloft was ugly. It was cut 25 mg at a time. Last step off of the last 25 mg was when the baseball bat met the walls (Would love to forget that). Having someone keep check may be a very good idea. But after a month of being off I finally was getting my head back straight. Bad bad doctor on that call bec!

 

[batgirl]

And I have no idea what the half life of this stuff is

I looked up Zoloft. It has a 26 hour half life, which means it takes about 5-6 days to get out of your system. So, it might not be so bad for you in that case, bec. It's about 5 days now until you can see the doctor. So you might be able to manage, although it's obviously not an ideal situation!

Can you call the doctor for a new prescription and then get him/her to send it to the pharmacy? Again, my doctor will do this. Your doctor must suck, god...

Paxil on the other hand has a significantly shorter half life by comparison, which is probably why it feels worse for people coming off of that drug.

 

[Desiderata]

Meds only made things worse for me

Many years .... many meds ... found out there was no such thing as the magic pill ... But if others are getting a benefit then how can I judge their value on my experience alone. ... There is currently a lot of study being done right now on a drug called propranalol ... it's been in use for years for heart medication but they are seriously looking at the properties it has to suppress memory ... please google it ... and read what seems to be a miracle drug for PTSD .... maybe it really is a magic pill .... but I am understandably cynical after all the meds I've tried ... Meds only ended up being a great danger to my existance , which is proof enough how benificial they were in my case ... Thanks for welcome , Thanks for the Forum .... It's a good thing ... Mate

 

[Deleted member 93]

Hey Desi, we had chatted a little on this a while back, may be worth a read if you like. [DLMURL]http://www.ptsdforum.org/thread1048.html?highlight=propranalol[/DLMURL]

 

[becvan]

No I am not allowed to call the doctor. It's severly screwed up here because the one clinic is privately owned, which I don't go to, so they won't allow my calls to go through and the clinic I go to, I see the doc on the day he is in. So yeah screwed..

However, I have pills to knock myself out so if I start freaking I will do that. if I have to really resort. LOL I'll go find a pot head and ask for a drag.. that'd knock me loopy for about 18 hours..

gotta love sensitivity to drugs...heheh

bec

 

[batgirl]

Blah that really sucks... I hope you get through it all okay.

 

[TScorpio1]

I finally went to the hospital after two days of not catching my breath. . . Was trying for a long time to ease my anxiety naturally, but apparently was not working. Got shot in the hip with some Ativan and that helped me breath normally and relax. Have a few pills left, but have been cutting them in 1/2 and using them with my panic/anxiety has been kicking in again. . . don't want to be dependant on these babies tho. But they sure are nice to me for now :dont-know Just know, I've never gone thru that before. Funny (Not ha ha) thing is I had a pretty severe session when all this started. Maybe going to look into Yogic Breathing Excercises. Who knows. . . . But I am appreciating the quick relief for now.

 

[Nam]

When symptoms first began I was on Prozac, Seroquel, Ambien, and Xanax. Then I quit the seroquel and was put on Wellbutrin along with the Prozac. The prozac made my sucidal ideation worse and I really didn't feel it worked well (besides the absolute inability to orgasm). The Xanax worked great for anxiety, but is highly addictive. Eventually, I was only prescribed Wellbutrin at 300mgs and I take Melatonin at night for sleep. For now, that is where I am at. I tried to quit the Wellbutrin and slid back into depression and I have no adverse side effects from taking it, so I will continue to do so until doctor says to get off. For right now, it works for me.

 

[becvan]

I would like to change my answer to this poll to NO!

Freaking stupid meds were almost the end of me.. I will NOT take any more from any doctor, under any circumstances!

bec

 

[Kathy]

I agree with you bec. I've never believed meds were a long term solution for emotional problems. It seems from my reading here, that they aren't a good short term solution in a lot of cases, either. I am glad you are off zoloft, just as I am glad Evie is off prozac. I hope you continue to do well.