Re: Promazine ... can't live on it, can't live without it
Originally Posted by
WiredIncorrectly
The doctor only gives me 2 bottles a week, rather than the 8 bottles a month. It's not a fear of overdose, it's a mess up with doctor, prescriptions department and pharmacy.
Then one or more of them need to extract their digits and fix the supply issue, James. That is their job. I'd be leaning on the pharmacy in particular.
Every time I go without, even if it's a missed dose, the side effects quickly come on.
Vomiting is 100% certain. Constant nausea. Feeling absolutely awful. I itch so much when I have non, so much so my leg swelled up Saturday after 20 minutes constant itching.
Promazine is sometimes prescribed as an anti-emetic, i.e. to stop nausea and vomiting so I assume this is some type of rebound effect, however, as per below I'm puzzled by how quickly such withdrawal effects seem to begin and wonder if there might be something else going on which promazine is masking.
I missed a dose today by 2 hours because I overslept and the nausea came on rapidly. Any longer and it would have turned into vomitting.
Promazine has a fairly long half-life, 20-40 hours so there shouldn't be such a quick reaction to a missed dose. Have you discussed this with your GP? It might require further investigation.
And the thing is, if I do push through the symptoms and try to come off it (as I have), I end up agitated, angry, "fk everyone" type of attitude. The reason why I was given promazine was to control those moods so I need it really.
So I'm like ... stuck.
You may really need it, or it could be that what you're experiencing when you stop taking it is withdrawal and once weaned off you'd be fine. I don't know enough about your history to judge which is the more likely. That is something you should discuss with your doctors. Another possibility is switching to another antipsychotic with no supply issues.
The best, probably only way of successfully quitting is by slowly tapering off it is small step over a month, or more. Just stopping is very unlikely to work and will likely cause far worse issues, mate.
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