Can paxil and ativan be taken together safely?!
Question: Can paxil and ativan be taken together safely!?
I am a 23 yr old female!. I was diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder at age 7, and was put on Paxil at age 12!. Well about two years ago I went to see my doctor for a routine appointment!. While there I told him about my disorder and that I was taking 20 mg of Paxil for it daily!. He decided to ween me off because I had not had a panic attack in 8 years and thought I may have grown out of my disorder!. Well it turned out that I still very much suffered from my disorder, so he put me back on my paxil!. Well for some reason the paxil wasn't working so he upped my dose to 40mg everyday!. It seemed to work for a while!. About the same time all of this was happening my fiance and I were planning on traveling because he had got promoted and his job required that we travel!. Well I thought that everything was OK with me because of my dosage increase and it seemed to be working, so I quit my job and dropped my insurance, and we left Salem OR!. My paxil stopped working completely 2 months after we left, I am now pretty much home bound except for going to the grocery store and places 5 miles away anything further than that I have huge panic attacks!. I cant travel anymore and my fiance is taking home very soon, but the drive is going to seriously make me have a mental breakdown!. I have called my doctor in Oregon and he wont do anything for me until I am up there, so I am stuck!. My mother and I are very close and she is so worried about me!. Ok now to get to the point, sorry for the back story but it is kind of neccisary for the question!. My dad takes ativan for insomnia, and my mother is going to send me some!. But she wants both of us to do some studying and home work on taking these two meds together before I take it!. She wants me to be safe!. I know people should only take medications that are prescribed to them, but I dont know what else to do, I cant make this drive any other way! I need to know if there is any out there who take paxil and ativan together or if they know someone who does!. And how it works for them!? I am so thankful for your information, and please no rude comments, I am already going through enough!Www@Answer-Health@Com
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Unless you have some sort of allergy to it, you should be fine!. Make sure that you start with a very small dose, though!. Ask your mom to look at the Rx bottle and see how many mg's each pill is!. I suggest you take 0!.5mg to start with!. You may have to crack the pill in half!. Make sure you don't chew it up though!. You do not want it to enter your bloodstream too quickly!. I have Ativan for my anxiety and take 1mg to start with each episode!. I have a very high tolerance to medications though, and each person in different!. If you seem OK after the first dose, but still feel anxious, take a little bit more!.
Hang in there sweetie!. I know it is very difficult and frustrating to deal with anxiety!. Just be sure to be safe!. You'll be OK soon, promise!Www@Answer-Health@Com
Hang in there sweetie!. I know it is very difficult and frustrating to deal with anxiety!. Just be sure to be safe!. You'll be OK soon, promise!Www@Answer-Health@Com
OK the combination is common and used often but you need to get your own script because you're detracting from your father's care, and you're not getting proper care yourself!.
if you feel paxil isn't working any more why don't you visit a doctor to have it increased or transferred to another SSRI!? Or even a different type of antidepressant!?
Ativan WILL stop working quite quickly unless you keep bumping the dosage up!. It will just not do anything after a while!. This is because your body gets used to breaking down those types of drugs after a while, so does it faster and faster!. Taken on a daily basis can lead to withdrawals!.
I do not think it's the best idea in the world!. Not the taking of someone's prescription per se, just read very carefully about sedative hypnotics like Ativan!. Register with a temporary doctor in Houston and explain what's going on!. It only takes a couple hours!.
Couldn't you try valerian root or kava kava [the strongest herbal remedies]!? I have tried both, and they are quite good!.Www@Answer-Health@Com
if you feel paxil isn't working any more why don't you visit a doctor to have it increased or transferred to another SSRI!? Or even a different type of antidepressant!?
Ativan WILL stop working quite quickly unless you keep bumping the dosage up!. It will just not do anything after a while!. This is because your body gets used to breaking down those types of drugs after a while, so does it faster and faster!. Taken on a daily basis can lead to withdrawals!.
I do not think it's the best idea in the world!. Not the taking of someone's prescription per se, just read very carefully about sedative hypnotics like Ativan!. Register with a temporary doctor in Houston and explain what's going on!. It only takes a couple hours!.
Couldn't you try valerian root or kava kava [the strongest herbal remedies]!? I have tried both, and they are quite good!.Www@Answer-Health@Com