Posted by softheprairie on April 7, 2009, at 4:38:23
In reply to Re: anyone ever want a dose of haldol prn?? » yxibow, posted by obsidian on April 3, 2009, at 19:07:46
> yeah, I take seroquel, a little dose-50mgs
> but when I felt like I needed to just mellow out for a while I'd take just a wee bit more
>
> I'm not sure it made a difference
>
> I don't really want to take haldol
>
> what I do want sometimes is something that just hammers the anxiety down
>
>
Zyprexa Zydis dissolves in one's mouth and is an expensive prn med that decreases anxiety/agitated depression quickly. I take a cheaper old antipsychotic, perphenazine, at night plus prn. My prn use of it is mostly during crying spells. I think the Zyprexa Zydis would give you more of a HAMMER hit to the anxiety, but I have type 2 diabetes and am poor, and take the perphenazine anyways, so I'm content enough for now with the perphenazine. Oh, I also have the aid of a beta blocker, nebivolol, which helps anxiety, and I've gotten approval (after specifically asking) from my dr. to take it occasionally prn, although haven't yet. (I am thinking of it especially for when I have a racing heartbeat or heart palpitations.)
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