Antidepressants include Wellbutrin (bupropion), Asendin (amoxapine), Ludiomil (maprotiline), Remeron (mirtazapine), Effexor (venlafaxine), Serzone (nefazodone), and Desyrel (trazodone), and Zyban (buproprion). Wellbutrin might be difficult to tolerate since its unwanted effects include anxiety and insomnia, also it can produce a high rate of seizures and cause anxiety, nightmares, and manic psychoses. Asendin is converted to a neuroleptic within the body.
Neuroleptics are chemical lobotomies that blunt the highest functions of the brain and result in apathy, indifference, emotional blandness, conformity, and submissiveness, as well as reduction in all verbalizations, including complaints or protests. Based on Breggin and Cohen, these medicine is used in veterinary medicine to manage violent animals, but only for a short period of time because they are considered so dangerous.
Ludiomil may produce seizures and involuntary abnormal movements, and Remeron can induce sedation, dizziness, putting on weight, and low blood pressure. Heart and circulation system problems have been reported in reference to both drugs, as well as toxic psychoses, including mania and delirium.
Effexors potentially negative effects are similar to Prozacs and include anxiety, nervousness, insomnia, loss of appetite, and weight loss. Other effects of Effexor include agitation, mania, hostility, paranoid reactions, psychotic depression, toxic psychosis, and hypertension. Serzone is more likely to cause sleepiness than insomnia and may produce light-headedness, confusion, memory impairment, and low blood pressure level, as well as hostility, paranoid reactions, thoughts of suicide and suicide attempts, depersonalization, and hallucinations. Desyrel is apt to cause sedation, dizziness, and fainting, as well as heart disease if you already have a cardiac diagnosis, along with a kind of irreversible penile erection that may need surgical correction.
Drawbacks of antidepressants include bothersome side effects (at least for the first couple of weeks), which can be reduced by beginning with a very low dosage and gradually increasing the amount over 2 or 3 weeks. Other drawbacks are that antidepressants take two to four weeks to take effect, and panic and depressive symptoms can return after withdrawing from their store.
Found in this category are Ambien (zolpidem), Atarax or Vistaril (hydroxyzine), Amytal (amobarbital), Butisol (butabarbital), Mebaral (Mephobarbital), Nembutal (pentobarbital), phenobarbital (generic), Seconal (secobarbital), and beta-adrenergic blockers (or, beta blockers), including Inderal (propranolol) and Tenormin (atenolol), BuSpar (buspirone), Miltown (meprobamate), and Trancopel (chlormezanone). Ambien, a sleep aid, can cause drowsiness, confusion, awkward gait, headache, nausea, fatigue (including dizziness and insufficient coordination leading to falls), psychosis, hallucinations, nightmares, sensory disturbances, memory problems, and bizarre or dangerous behavior.
Atarax and Vistaril have antihistamine and sedative qualities. Barbiturates (Amytal, Butisol, Mebaral, Nembutal, phenobarbital and Seconal) are prescribed to induce sleep and reduce anxiety. They are highly addictive and can produce toxic symptoms comparable to alcohol, including sedation, dizziness or light-headedness, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle cramps, slurred speech, poor judgment, clumsiness, and hangovers. They are able to also produce the alternative of what is wanted, namely hallucination, depression, excitement, hyperactivity, and aggression. Research has shown that phenobarbital can reduce IQ measurably.
Beta blockers block muscular manifestations of anxiety, but might not reduce the internal connection with anxiety. They may be given in just one dose to relieve severe physical symptoms before a high-performance situation, for example public speaking, a job interview, final examinations, or perhaps a musical recital.
The downside of those drugs is that they can cause congestive heart failure, heart attacks, strokes and asthma, irregular heartbeats, and may worsen blood vessel problems, which reduce circulation towards the extremities, such as in diabetes. If you have asthma, avoid these drugs because they may trigger life-threatening airway spasms.
It is not known how BuSpar (buspirone) works, but it's prescribed for the treatment of anxiety. Possible unwanted effects include temporary or permanent harm to the nervous system, drug dependence, sedation, and withdrawal reactions. Side effects have included dizziness, drowsiness, restlessness, nervousness, insomnia, nausea, light-headedness, headaches, numbness, dream disturbances, fatigue, sore throat, tinnitus (ringing in ears), and nasal congestion. Mindell and Hopkins advise thinking before taking this drug because there are so many other safer alternatives.
Buspirone may raise levels or prolong the results of Haloperidol and MAO-inhibitors. An ordinary starting dose is 5 mg 2 to 3 times a day. It requires from two to three weeks before the effect of this medication is achieved. A lot of people get more anxious than they were prior to taking the drug. Miltown is addictive and susceptible to abuse and can cause most of the adverse effects evoked by the other sedative drugs. Trancopel can also provoke many adverse effects, including depression, confusion, and severe skin rashes.
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