HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted October 13, 2007 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted October 13, 2007 Paxil is good for anxiety. It takes a few weeks for it to start working. You can use it and something like clonazepam. I take clonazepam and I like it. You have to come off slowly if you start to build a tolerance. You know I have been taking narcotics for about 8 or nine years so I know about tolerance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
s1chmoe Posted April 30, 2008 Share Posted April 30, 2008 stay far away from seroquil, quitapane, bad stuff, research it Has anyone been given any medication that they can say works good on PTSD with little or no side effects. One that works as good as Alpralasom. Danang_1969 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted April 30, 2008 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted April 30, 2008 xanax can build a pretty bad addiction if you abuse it. It is fast acting unlike some of the others. I am weaning myself off oxycodone and that is hard because I have pain, and I have been taking the stuff for so long I don't feel normal without it in my system. I find the VA and private pain management doctors unhelpful in general. The private doctors want to do operations and nerve blocks because that is where the money is, and the VA just wants to give me a bottle of morphine. In this day and age you would think that they could do better with pain and anxiety disorders. Let's hope the VA does not decide that lobotomy is a cure for PTSD, or there will be a lot of guys drooling and staring at the wall. All the drugs for PTSD and pain have side effects. Most are addictive in some way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffcreek Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 I was just taken off of Trazodone because it wasn't having any effect. Received a supply of Zolpidem Tartrate (Ambein) today. Anyone tried it? Ruffcreek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HadIt.com Elder john999 Posted May 1, 2008 HadIt.com Elder Share Posted May 1, 2008 Yes, Ambien is pretty good stuff. Just be aware that it can cause amnesia sometimes. Don't take it unless you have at least 8 hours to sleep. It works fast, and you may just pass out sitting in a chair 30 minutes after you take it. No warning but you just wake up a few hours later wondering what happened. Also, rebound insomnia is a problem if you take it more than a few days. If you want to go to sleep at 10pm take it at 9:30 and you will be out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffcreek Posted May 1, 2008 Share Posted May 1, 2008 WOW...Sounds kind of scary to me. I have been sleeping very irregular hours with the nightmares and such as many others with PTSD can testify to also. I have just gotten used to my CPAP to where it dosen't interupt my sleep. Only the nightmares, etc. Guess this should knock me out but the side effects kind of worry me. I'm going to have to do more research and talk to my non-VA Dr at my appointment on Friday. Thanks for your comment 999. Ruffcreek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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