05-22-2016, 09:40 PM
(05-22-2016, 07:06 PM)Harley Wrote:(05-22-2016, 06:13 PM)Bowser Wrote: Ah well good you you then! If, however you do end up with rebound symptoms, none of the things I listed are habit forming. Totally understand the apprehension though, I have a slew of troubles due to an autoimmune disease and every time I'm told to add another pill to my day to day life I cringe a bit.
Bowser, Trazadone is 100% habit forming and one has to withdraw off of it. The same goes with nortriptyline.
It should not be taken unless scripted by a Dr. Nor should suggestions for use of anti-depressants to counteract stimulants.
I think youou should check your Pharmacology Manuals.
I don't think I need to bother. Habit forming was the wrong wording I suppose since it is non addictive with the exception of mental dependence, however if bio had asked to know more i would have gladly explained that. I also hardly think that a 3x weekly 12.5-25mg dose of trazodone would require tapering. I battled paxil for 15 years and still have trouble with it so I wouldn't recommend that kind of hell to someone if I thought there was any form of risk involved. Trazodone, on the other hand, I take regularly for long periods and just stop for long periods with no adverse reactions.
The field in which I work is rooted in what's best described as the repurposing of old or approaching-obsolete medications. Tricyclics (low dose) utilized as a partial treatment of stimulant addiction and withdrawal was a subject of study very recently and we had a notable amount of success with it. I don't wish to plaster my identity all over this forum (or anywhere else online for that matter) but if you search the topic you'll find the study in .PDF form from early this year.
But you are correct, as I said above and in my benzo thread, I am not a doctor and my advice generally ends with some form of "talk with your doctor about it" because I'm here to try to help a bit and make up for some of the things I've done in my life; anyone wholly following my advice and having adverse reactions is not something I need on my conscience
