| PTSD info |
| DISCLAIMER: This info is not official, it is for conversational purposes only. The info comes from Google. Call your doctor or pharmacist for information re medication. |
| Many medications prescribed for PTSD are from 4 basic groups - SSRI (Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors) Benzodiazepine Tricyclic Antidepressant MAOI (Monoamine Oxidase Inhibitors) All of these affect serotonin and/or norepinephrine (chemicals in the brain). |
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| Questions about your prescription? Your pharmacist can really help, and is easy to contact. Go right ahead and call the pharmacy (phone # is on the prescription bottle). Ask to speak to the pharmacist. |
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| FOLLOW doctor's instructions FOR going on or coming off medication. |
| I stopped taking my meds abruptly. Two weeks later I was sick as a dog. I went to the clinic. They said the withdrawal would never end unless I went back on the drug and then tapered off slowly. It worked. Chris |
