Dr. Won't Refill Prazosin Because It's A Controlled Substance?

[Ellabella44]

I'm wondering what this guy prescribes to treat THAT?

Gummi bears and strawbery Twizlers of course! :rolleyes: :facepalm:

 

[Ocean5]

@Fadeaway where you able to get Prazosin? Finally?

 

[Fadeaway]

Yes thank you I was, I am seeing a new Dr.

 

[Erin Barrie Lynn]

So my GP moved/retired and a new Dr took his place. The new Dr is refusing to prescribe me anyone prazo...

May I suggest marijuana? I do not know for certain whether or not CBD only marijuana or low THC marijuana, or another type would be appropriate for nightmares, as I am doing my own research. But I see that I take ACDC. It is %1 THC and %20 CBD. THC is psychoactive. ACDC is the strain. I don't know if you already use weed but if not then you could consider it. I have smoked %5 THC weed with oxycodone, up to 5mg before with no ill effects, but I hear this is dangerous, and combining it with Prozasin would be dangerous as it could cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. I don't combine it with alcohol, because it makes me feel really weird. Caffeine probably gives me nightmares but I love it so much! Lorazepam (Ativan) made me have a vidid dream or hallucination, that feet were poking out of the doorway, kicking once! So benzodiazepines, which can cause alzchiemer's I might add, (they are finding out 5mg lorazapem, a short acting benzodiazepine, causes Alzcheimer's in %80 of patients, or so it seems. And it is likely attributed directly to use of this drug!) can cause nightmares. I think.

Prozasin helps me not have nightmares, but tonight once I'm alone, if I'm not self-conscious, I am going to use the low THC weed. Hopefully its high CBD content will not keep me awake. I want to sleep without nightmares. So I imaging less caffeine is really the way to go.

 

[Fadeaway]

I dumped that Dr. right after I wrote this.

I don't use Marijuana for 1 main reason. It's a trigger for me. My abusers used it heavy and the room always smelled heavily of marijuana during my abuse. I tried it once when I was about 15 and it sent me into severe panic and paranoia. I personally have no interest in trying it ever again, as I freak out if I even smell it. If it works for others though, great.

 

[joeylittle]

This is just compounded by the fact that typing is so painful for me nowadays due too the joint pain

Just wanted to share - I'm having some good success with gabapentin (neurontin) - The quality of sleep is good, and it's doing double duty by also calming down what I think is restless leg syndrome.

Gabapentin is often used for neuralgic pain of all varieties - I don't recall what your joint pain is from, but it made me think that gabapentin might be worth a try. For sleep it's quite a low dose - I'm only taking 300mg at bedtime. Prazosin got tough for me because my blood pressure is already on the low side, and I've been through most of the other usual suspects. I was skeptical about the gabapentin, but am pleased with how it's working out.

Just a thought.

 

[Fadeaway]

Interesting. My joint issues are a result of autoimmune and damage caused from severe vitamin deficiencies, I wonder if it would help with that? I will ask my Dr. Low blood pressure is the biggest issue I have with Prazosin.

 

[joeylittle]

Definitely talk to your doctor. Gabapentin is used for some autoimmune disorders. It's one of those 'no-one really knows how it works, but it works in lots of different circumstances' drugs - so who knows what your doc will say. But it's for sure prescribed for sleep, for pain, and for a handful of other things.

 

[Neverthesame]

Glad you got a new doctor, cracker jack quacks are such a pain in the ass.

Takes literally two seconds to search for the drug in the physicians med net service. 8+ years of med school doesn't mean you get to be stubborn and lazy.

Wonder what else this doctor gets mixed up? .......

• Sir, you are having nausea in the morning? Well according to your waist line, I believe you are about 4 months pregnant.
• I inspected your urine sample under the light, I believe the cause of your malaise to be from an imbalance of the humours. Turn from side to side every 2 hours while sleeping, this will balance the heat of the liver.
• What the hell is that!??....... oh... you're a woman.... Huh... that's the first one of those I've ever seen, and I've been married for 12 years. Guess you really can't learn everything fumbling around in the dark, huh?
• What the hell is that!!?? Oh yeah. Women have two of those don't they?...
• Sir, next time you feel a heart attack coming on, take a... what was it called again? Oh yeah, a Viagra. What do you mean I'm wrong? I'm a doctor.... What do you mean Aspirin? That's nonsense, those are for headaches, not heart attacks. Good thing you don't have a doctorate.
• What do you mean it's turned black and smells bad? I keep telling you. Wash it, with soap. It can't be gangrene, you said yourself that it's black, not green.
• Ok, now let's deliver this baby.... What is it nurse?.... What do you mean they don't come out of there?

Glad you got a new doctor, hopefully a competent one.

 

[Fadeaway]

@Neverthesame :hilarious: That actually sounds a lot like him. At the time, my car (now nonoperational) had a power steering fluid leak. I ended up spilling power steering fluid all over myself. Within the first few minutes of meeting, he told me I smelled like cat piss. Hey, maybe I did, but I certainly couldn't smell it over the fumes from the power steering fluid covering my cloths. Yes, that went into the official complaint I filled against him. As well as giving me a placebo for pain.

 

[Neverthesame]

Having worked on cars for years, I can tell you power steering fluid, smells nothing like cat urine.

Good thing he didn't try to get you set up for an IV of 5W30.

Good job, reporting him.

I miss the days when you didn't have to follow up with fact checking your physician after each visit.