my psych doc put me on a med called clonidine for ptsd nightmares and anxiety im curious is it possible that this med can help some of the fibro symptoms? i tried looking it up but i didnt find anything much about it but i didnt find where an anxiety med, vicodin which im already on and naproxen which i am also on now can help. the problem is with the clonidine i already have natural low blood pressure it ranges anywhere from 100 over 49 to 100 over 79 and clonidine is used for high blood pressure and psych doc already said he wont raise it so im also curious which anxiety meds are best to talk with my doc about i cant take ativan and doc refuses to prescribe anything addictive which is nice. if anyone has any ideas please let me know so i can bring up options to my family doc or psych doc or both. thanks :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muscle_relaxant
This says it helps muscle spasms, so it sounds like it should be a hit! Hope it helps you on many levels!
ok cool sk i will check it out ty im gonna ask him about one they had me on before call flexril i was on it twice and had forgotten about it until a bit ago they had put me on it after my wreck and after my work injury
I have the same thing with BP and my psych has me on same med. unless your a lightweight it will calm you. But don’t count on a knock out ! You need a sleeping pill trazadone, is decent. Or go over the counter Melatonin or I’m having fibro fog. I know target carries it. You take 4 capsules it’s with the vitimans. And it’s knocked my fiancé out, when he’s run out of ambien
I realized just today that the reason this seems familiar to me is that my husband takes this, on the bottle is states it is for blood pressure, his is high, and strangely, the norm seems to be that when he is calm and there is no stress his readings are the highest, when the stress is thick, his pressure readings are almost normal.
He also has PTSD, from combat in Vietnam and Cambodia, that was surely always underlying but hit him like a train after nearly 40 years when the guys had their very first reunion. The war in Iraq was at it's height at the time as well, and always in the news. For this he is prescribed Clonazepam, and this knocks him DOWN. Should you ever be prescribed this, take it with caution.
Wishing you well, my friend,
SK
ty all :)