Originally Posted by
panic_down_under
Procyclidine is prescribed for Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders. I'm surprised it was prescribed for what sounds like agitation to me.
They prescribed this as I was trembling and couldn’t even sit down,I was rushed into hospital 3 times as the doctors couldn’t understand why the injection had given me these side effects, it was a lot more than agitation I’m agitated most of the time,my heartrate was all all over the place and my blood pressure was high for me, they said I had a very bad reaction to the fluanxol injection....
Promethazine is a sedating antihistamine with anti nausea properties.
yes I couldn’t sleep whilst feeling like that so she prescribed them hoping I’d sleep, and wouldn’t feel sick from the injection. It’s used a lot here instead of sleeping tablets.
How long have you been taking Valium (diazepam) and what is your current dose?
ive took Valium on and off for years but this time for about 4 years 15mg a day 1 3 times a day...
Were you still on procyclidine, promethazine and the higher dose of Valium at this point? All three can be sedating so I'm wondering if the "depression" is in fact simply that you're over sedated. Are you on any other meds?
No I had stopped the meds and then the depression hit, I’m agoraphobic before the injection I had took years of work to go out locally, and after the injection I didn’t step outside apart from when the ambulance took me hospital 3 times, for 10 weeks, yes I take ompeprazole, bisoprolol , atorvastatin , co codamol folic acid opti-fibre I have a gut transit disorder,
What was the maximum imipramine dose you took and how long were you on that dose?
i think the highest I went to was 200mg. For 5 months. And I’ve taken it before for over a year when a gp prescribed it.
ADs can trigger nausea and detachment in the first few weeks, or for a while after dose increases, but these side-effects almost always soon diminish.
Yes even on the lowest dose after taking anti sickness tablets I was still sick and I have to be careful due to my stomach problems,the higher I went just made me very ill on duloxetine so my gastroenterologist said it wasn’t good for my other problems,I also have fibromyalgia,narcolepsy,irregular heartbeat seizures and as I mentioned my stomach problems. Panic disorder with agoraphobia,GAD,EUPD,depression
It sounds like your psychiatrist has run out of ideas and I'm puzzled by some of her med choices, not least by why she would prescribe mianserin and not the newer mirtazapine. I'd give the others a shot as she's is no longer earning her keep, imho.