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Originally Posted by bluebicycle
Woke up at 3:47am. It's now 4:50am ish and I'm at work now.
I brought an easy book for me to read while I am here and waiting for my Ritalin to kick in. I hope it keeps me distracted for a bit. 
My mood is okay, but I feel more restless than before, since starting the new dose of propranolol. I don't know why that is???
I hope we come to a solution with the akathisia or whatever the f*** it is. I want cogentin!! Everyone seems to say it's the gold standard!! |
Morning Blue
Maybe the new dose has dropped your blood pressure to low ? Normally a lower blood pressure has a calming effect. I was put on Minipress it’s another lowdose blood pressure med to help me sleep but it’s also shown to decrease ptsd nightmares. Well it dropped my blood pressure too low and my body reacted by keeping me up and moving,on high alert “ fight or flight mode” not nearly as awful as what your going through.... but maybe the increase is having an opposite reaction too?
Honestly I have no idea why you are unable to get freaking Cogentin ! It’s not a benzo, it’s not a scheduled drug, it’s a freaking Med for tremors from Parkinson’s disease etc and it is very often a needed Med if a person is on old school Haldol , Thorazine and practically all APs going.
Pdoc 101 is give Inderal and if no help add Cogentin if that doesn’t help then the offending Med just isn’t doable.
I have personally never heard of a bad reaction to Cogentin I’m sure it could cause something of course but it’s honestly in general a Med that will either help or do nothing at all.
I hate seeing you suffer this way for so long
I’d like to slap your Pdoc