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[Homicidalheathen]

http://www.rxlist.com/drugs/alpha_a.htm

You should research what you take before you take it...don't just trust a doctor

He is busy and may not know or remember everything about you

example:

side effects and interreactions

withdrawal reactions may occur. Such reactions can include seizures, trouble sleeping, mental/mood changes, increased reactions to noise/touch/light, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite, stomach pain, hallucinations, numbness/tingling of arms and legs, muscle pain, fast heartbeat, short-term memory loss, and very high fever. Report any such reactions to your doctor immediately. When stopping extended, regular treatment with this drug, gradually reducing the dosage as directed will help prevent withdrawal reactions. Consult your doctor or pharmacist for more details.

Though it is very unlikely to occur, this medication can also result in abnormal drug-seeking behavior (addiction/habit forming). Do not increase your dose, take it more frequently, or use it for a longer time than prescribed. Properly stop the medication when so directed. This will lessen the chances of becoming addicted.

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(this was prescribed to someone with an addictive personality for Anxiety)

[ManicQueen]

Sounds like Xanax. I took that for years and became addicted, heavily addicted. It took a good month or more for me to feel normal after I stopped taking it. Bad stuff that Xanax is.

[Homicidalheathen]

No actually it was something else but I wont post it here for privacy reasons.

One other thing prescribed same patient

something for depression that MAY MAKE YOU more suicidal at first while your adjusting to it if YOUR ALREADY suicidal which he was...

And they send him home with two bottles of stuff, he lives alone...no follow up call or ANYTHING

Yup he tried to off himself. And they gave him the means to do it! Cause he doesn't own a guy or have the guts for that, more of a pill popper.