Re: SLS/Scott what med for nightmares do u take? » JayOriginal2nd

Posted by SLS on January 20, 2015, at 11:18:53

In reply to SLS/Scott what med for nightmares do u take?, posted by JayOriginal2nd on January 20, 2015, at 10:52:13

> Hey SLS:
>
> I was wondering if you could please tell me the medication you take for PTSD/Nightmares. I believe it is a blood pressure med. I take clonidine, but it has stopped working.
>
> Thanks a million...
> Jay
Prazosin (Minipress). Don't be afraid to titrate gradually to dosages up to 15 mg/day. At these higher dosages, prazosin can help with daytime anxiety and depression in addition to PTSD nightmares. I need 30 mg/day to produce a maximal antidepressant response. I like dividing my dose into three times a day.
It is critical that you begin treatment with a single 1 mg dose to be taken immediately before going to bed. Otherwise, fainting (syncope) becomes a real possibility.

- Scott
Some see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.
- George Bernard Shaw

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