Don't Notice A Difference With Meds

[SassySissy101]

My psychiatrist prescribed me prazosin and Prozac but I haven't noticed any difference with them. I've been taking Prozac for a couple of months. My mom noticed a change with those. But I still have bad anxiety and nightmares even with prazosin. Am I doing something wrong?

 

[EveHarrington]

Sometimes it can take awhile before finding medication that works. I know that doctors oftentimes like to start patients out on medications that have been helpful to other family members due to similar body chemistry, but that's not a guarantee that the medication will work for you. None of the medications that work(ed) for my family members ever really worked for me.

The other possibility is that you're not on the correct therapeutic dose. Are you giving feedback to your doctor and is your doctor making adjustments to your doses?

I don't think you're doing anything wrong. I think that medication is very much a guessing game and if something doesn't work, it doesn't mean that you're doing something wrong.

 

[Fadeaway]

When are you taking the prazosin, I know I have to take right before I go to sleep. If I take it too soon it doesn't seem to work.

 

[Friday]

Our neurochemistry is all unique. Even within the same disorder, much less in dealing with something like PTSD which -to the best of my knowledge- can hit anyone. Neurotypical or Comorbid. (Anxiety, Autism, ADHD, Bipolar Disorder, <insert rest of DSM here ;)>, most of which have their own unique quirks to how the brain reacts to chemicals that are different from neurotyoical people and different for people who have different disorders.)

Add in that what a drug is "labeled" for (a highly political & extremely expensive process; hundreds of millions of dollars) is very often not what it's best use is for? It's not as simple as depressed = antidepressant.

So when starting any course of medication? Know that it's a very collaborative process... Since we don't have a way to scan your unique brain & determine what will work, work best, or work badly for you... The only way to find out is to try.