Medications Q and A Thread ........Keeping it All In One Place Please

 I see at least 6 threads on  medications if we keep this one and use it just for that then no one will get lost and all will know where to post I am thinking and we can get  all the 411 on meds length of time to work ,side effects ect

'**Remember we are not doctors we are sufferers just like you are"

 BUT the people posting may have useful info for you to read

SO I am hoping this works

Please do post your med questions here and it will be checked very frequently

Thanks for you co operation 

I added the Q and A so peeps will know to come here

Thanks for those already doing so

Mods

THanks sis feel free to use over your forum it just keeps the meds in one place ya know I hope it will work out
LUVS YA

 Thanks my friend I was soooooooo hoping this would catch ya if not I was emailing you

This is kinda your Forte and I thought instead of meds all over board we could do it this way ........

                                                                              

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

Appreciate all climbing aboard here to discuss  meds or your question on meds

 

Will put it in Please Everyone Must Read Thread

Please do check with your doc before increasing or coming off meds make sure you are working with them on the page YOU want to be on...........

Also watch for any interactions between natral and pharmaceutical meds....some can cause a bit of problem
Keep all medicines up and away especially the benzo's so they do not disappear or a child gets ahold of them

HI ya Twiggy this is the place to ask hun and see what you are talking about hoping someone helps
There is Cafegot Ergomar and other pre migraine meds but I have no idea what you are looking for
Good to see you
LYN

Hi Sharann
I have read from the other Effexor takers that this will sometimes happen when you increase the med
I will add something to title to see if more get to this okay
Be well
Lyn

Hi Howly sorry my question was can a new seperate file be put in eg, depression, epilepsy, a link a guess is what i was looking at something so people will see it on the main page and click on it and the title would be called medication fourm or something i hope this clears up my question thanks Twiggy2

Okay....

I finally got up the nerve to take my Klonopin yesterday. It was at 3:45 in the afternoon, and I took a half dose (.25 mg).

As far as I could tell, it didn't do anything at all. I had a few little bouts of nausea, but they were pretty minor. I remained bloated the whole time. Never felt particularly relaxed at all. Out of boredom I went to bed at 11 pm.

Then, at 3:30 in the morning, I woke up WIDE awake. I got up to use the restroom and then started feeling very nauseated. It wouldn't go away. Eventually I took a Dramamine which didn't make me less nauseous but did put me to sleep. Went back to bed at around 5:00.

Woke up at 12:00 noon, feeling pretty good. Allergies had been a big problem for two days but they seem to be gone. I just took a .5 mg dose (the full dose) of Klonopin to see how it goes this time.

Question:

Is it possible that the nausea I experienced at 3:30 was due to the Klonopin? Am I going to experience it again roughly 12 hours from now? Or was it a coincidence? Even in my paranoid state I'm thinking coincidence...if I didn't think that I sure wouldn't have taken it again just now, I can tell you that.

I know it was a small dose, but I really did expect to feel SOMETHING from it within an hour of taking it. Felt nothing. Two hours later: nothing. Four hours later: nothing. If it did anything to me it was so subtle I didn't notice. I was actually kind of on the restless/bored side. It was like I couldn't tolerate sitting down.

Any ideas?

PS --

I kept a log of how I felt after taking it yesterday. It was in the interest of knowing how it affected me for driving purposes, etc. Here are the entries:

1. 3:47pm -- took .25 mg Klonopin
2. 4:09pm -- nauseated...prob not K related. sipped water and ate saltines
3. 4:18pm -- a little calmer mabye? stomach still bloated
4. 4:30pm -- still no sedation. stomach symptoms remain
5. 3:48pm -- one hour in. no change
6. 5:04pm -- anxious spell
7. 6:02pm -- no sedation stomach still bloated and uncomfortable
8. 6:53pm -- feeling quite ill
9. 8:18pm -- not ill but not well; stomach still bloated.
10. 11:00pm -- bloated, fairly relaxed but i don't know if it's the K
11. 11:09pm -- going to bed. Not sedated, bloated but not nauseated
12. 3:35am -- woke up and became very, very nauseated

KLONOPIN II

1. 1:30pm -- took .5 mg Klonopin as experiment. Not anxious. Still slightly bloated but no nausea. Allergies are better, body temp back to normal.
2. 2:05pm -- Feeling very weird. Somewhat anxious. Not "bad" but not "good". Not sure what to make of this.
3. 2:20pm -- Still weird, but anxiousness has decreased somewhat. Feel compelled to move around. Feel hungry?

Post Edited (debaser) : 3/19/2007 1:22:19 PM (GMT-6)

I didn't feel panicked until I got nauseous. I'm editing my comment above to provide more info.

You're probably right. I'm very "data oriented". Very observational. Perhaps I should've been a scientist.

edit:

The Klonopin I took today is definitely having an effect. "Unsteady gait" is the most pronounced effect...it feels as if I've slammed a few doubles at the bar, without the euphoria. I still don't feel calm, though. Isn't that what it's supposed to do? Maybe it'll take a little longer for that feeling to kick in. I'd love to hear from any experienced users.

edit: definitely feeling calmer now. stomach's not as bloated. I just ate something about .5 hour ago and my stomach's making some crazy noise, but I don't think it's anything.

Post Edited (debaser) : 3/19/2007 2:59:47 PM (GMT-6)

Klonopin takes a day or two to build up and reach steady state in your body. After that, you should feel significantly better and see improvement in your symptoms.

Let us know how you do!

My bottle says I can take it twice a day. I took the first one at 1:30 and it is currently 7:40.

Is it too early to take another?

Sorry, I'm confused. You said NO, but then you said it would be okay if I need it.

I'm not sure what "BID" stands for.

Do you think 1:30 and 8:30 are too close together? Given what I felt today, I think two a day would be plenty. I'll take them in the morning and then late in the afternoon, and that should probably do it. Once I have it in my system like Geebs says, I think I might do even better.

The nurse at the Dr.'s office says I should take them as needed, but the bottle says 2x a day. I don't see how these could work as needed because they take a while to take effect. If I get a refill I think I'm going to ask for those sublingual wafers or whatever.