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Suggest Remedy For Sleep Paralysis And Frequent Panic Attacks
Question: How can one get out of parallysis sleep? Also panic attacks? Get off Zyprexa?
Brief Answer:
clarifications
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in defail and I can understand what you are going through.
Howeve I would to get a few clarifications before i help you further.
1.,what is the frequency of panic attacks and sleep paralysis?
2.,why did you come off zyprexa?
3.,Do you have any medical issues?
Hope to hear from you
..kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
clarifications
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for using health care magic for posting your query. I have gone through your question in defail and I can understand what you are going through.
Howeve I would to get a few clarifications before i help you further.
1.,what is the frequency of panic attacks and sleep paralysis?
2.,why did you come off zyprexa?
3.,Do you have any medical issues?
Hope to hear from you
..kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
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Dr. Shanthi.E
I have daily panic attacks
The sleep Paralysis is almost daily
I still take 1 mg. of dyprexa
I have had fibro for22 years but got the pain under control
I have a lot of fear and have talked to a counselor for 4 years
I have not ever been able to take medicines a swab showed I would have a hard time taking meds.
When I wake up at night it's like I have a severe panic attack on these meds
Thank you
The sleep Paralysis is almost daily
I still take 1 mg. of dyprexa
I have had fibro for22 years but got the pain under control
I have a lot of fear and have talked to a counselor for 4 years
I have not ever been able to take medicines a swab showed I would have a hard time taking meds.
When I wake up at night it's like I have a severe panic attack on these meds
Thank you
Brief Answer:
They are different illness
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the follow-up information.
Both sleep paralysis and panic attacks are different illnesses.
Panic is a disorder of anxiety and occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear. It is not very difficult to gain control over panic attacks.
Sleep paralysis is a bit difficult to treat as there are no specific solutions. Some benefit with clonazepam while some benefit with an SSRI like escitalopram. YOu may benefit with these drugs or by relaxation therapy. More-so, sleep paralysis is not harmful and you need to understand about the illness. Itsnot going to do any damage.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
They are different illness
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Thanks for the follow-up information.
Both sleep paralysis and panic attacks are different illnesses.
Panic is a disorder of anxiety and occurs cause of imbalance of certain neurotransmitters in the brain. especially serotonin, nor adrenaline, and dopamine to some extent. Medicines are the best options to take care of these symptoms. Paroxetine is the the most popular medicine and my drug of choice. I generally prescribe my patients 12.5 mg per day at night which takes care of anxiety symptoms. Also certain medicines like propranolol and clonazepam can be give as required when there is a panic episode or expected situation where panic attack can appear. It is not very difficult to gain control over panic attacks.
Sleep paralysis is a bit difficult to treat as there are no specific solutions. Some benefit with clonazepam while some benefit with an SSRI like escitalopram. YOu may benefit with these drugs or by relaxation therapy. More-so, sleep paralysis is not harmful and you need to understand about the illness. Itsnot going to do any damage.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy MD
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
Brief Answer:
Not very common
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Paxil has some known side-effects but they are not very common. The only common one noted is sedation. Otherwise it is quite safe and I very frequently use it among my patients.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
Not very common
Detailed Answer:
Hello
Paxil has some known side-effects but they are not very common. The only common one noted is sedation. Otherwise it is quite safe and I very frequently use it among my patients.
Kind regards
Dr. Srikanth Reddy
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