[adel34]

Hi,

I've been taking 1 mg of tenex, (half in the morning and half at night) since Aprel. My psychiatrist put me on it to help with twitching in my shoulders that she thought was from anxiety. I guess though it's advertised for high blood pressure and ADHD it also helps with anxiety. It has been working for me.
Over the past few months though it's seemed less effective. I have had so much going on with moving to a new place and getting ready for that.
Saw my new psychiatrest (the one all residents see at this facility) and he, first of all, had never heard of this medicine. He also hadn't contacted my former psychiatrest like he should of. He said he will now so hopefully he will.
Anyway, since the med was helping me, he figured he'd increase it. Now I'm taking 1 mg twice a day, so double the dose. Is anyone else on this med? Does this seem like a big increase to you? I know with my zoloft I always go up by half. Once when my primary care provider was doing my psych meds and she had me double the dose I got totally anxious. I just don't want something like this to happen here. Just wanted to know your thoughts. Thanks.

[Lexi232]

i was on it for a few weeks, but back then i was told tenex and intuniv are related but not the same pill. tenex has guafacine (or something like that) in it, which is the same thing that's in inunitiv. but the other ingredients are diffrent.
my personal experience: tenex didn't help my adhd/add but it did help the physical symptoms i had caused by anxiety. and they never tried inunitiv due to them saying it wasn't approved for adults (at that time).

[Twisti]

I take 1mg at bedtime for night terrors...it works well for that.

[adel34]

Thanks both of you! I've never heard of the pill you mentioned Lexy. The psychiatrist who first prescribed it said it's very similar to clonodeen, but I've never heard of that either. Twisty, thankfully I don't have night terrors, but I'm glad it helps with that.
It's been about a month since I was on the increased dose. I'd say the twitching is better but still there. It's so weird, it just showed up one day, after a particularly stressful set of events happened. Now everytime I'm upset or sometimes even when I'm not it happens. The tenex I think is helping some. Now I think my zoloft needs to be increased, because my depression is becoming more the issue.
This new o ocupational therapist I'm seeing, who also specializes in mental health, thinks that the twitching might be neurological. I said the doctors wanted an MRI but just the thought of that scared me so much. I hate loud noises and I've heard they're really loud! This guy, the OT also said in an e-mail to me that he has medication recommendations for the Pdoc I'm seeing now, which might be good since I think the guy's pritty hopeless.
Thanks again.