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Subject: 38 yo Female, housewife, prior history of seziure, takes 200 carbamzepine daily
Dear rabroad community,
It all started with postherpetic neuralgia, painful as it was, tha led to medication like vicodin and others. We got her off of those. But the stresses of life continued to ring loud on her everyday and arabien helped initially zone out.
Now, she has been addicted to Arabien, sometimes going through 1-2 tabletes in the daytime and upto 3 tablets at night (zolpidem, not CR). When she has tried to quit Arabien, she feels she has a big withdrawal. It's now a source of anxiety for her, whether or not she has enough. Her constitution is weak on account of an asymptomatic alpha thalassemia which at times forces bed rest. She is always feeling week and at times confides she may not have the ability to live a long life, but to me she's young and the most important person in the world.
She wishes to stop, or atleast control this medication, but she is powerless right now.
What are potential compications if she continues on this path?
What might this wonderful community recommend as some practical (tapering) or nonpractical strategies (i.e. new medication - FYI she tried and hated trazadone, but there's got to be so much more sophisticated ways of dealing with this).
I have found that her panic RABorder is stronger now that before and I wish here to be stronger. She used to be my stronger side.
Please feel free to offer any of your thoughts as they will be welcomed.
Dear rabroad community,
It all started with postherpetic neuralgia, painful as it was, tha led to medication like vicodin and others. We got her off of those. But the stresses of life continued to ring loud on her everyday and arabien helped initially zone out.
Now, she has been addicted to Arabien, sometimes going through 1-2 tabletes in the daytime and upto 3 tablets at night (zolpidem, not CR). When she has tried to quit Arabien, she feels she has a big withdrawal. It's now a source of anxiety for her, whether or not she has enough. Her constitution is weak on account of an asymptomatic alpha thalassemia which at times forces bed rest. She is always feeling week and at times confides she may not have the ability to live a long life, but to me she's young and the most important person in the world.
She wishes to stop, or atleast control this medication, but she is powerless right now.
What are potential compications if she continues on this path?
What might this wonderful community recommend as some practical (tapering) or nonpractical strategies (i.e. new medication - FYI she tried and hated trazadone, but there's got to be so much more sophisticated ways of dealing with this).
I have found that her panic RABorder is stronger now that before and I wish here to be stronger. She used to be my stronger side.
Please feel free to offer any of your thoughts as they will be welcomed.