I'm asking due to me suffering with anxiety attacks mainly at night.Thats when the dr said i should take the skelaxin,only thing is with reading all the side effects of ibprofen and the skelaxin i am very scared of what it might do to me..esp(rapid heart beat).I get that if i eat to much sugar,taking tylenol or coffee and thats not the half of it.
Is it safe to take with ibprofen and how far apart from each other?
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- 10 Nov 2009 by lightlydusted
- Topics:
- skelaxin, anxiety, muscle spasm, generalized anxiety disorder
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subuser3111 Nov 2009
My brother in law takes it and ibuprofen and he sleeps better than if he takes the skelaxin alone. It is perfectly safe, just only take the skelaxin and then an hour or two later take the profin. Hope I have been helpful, and wishing you a life free from anxiety, it is the worse feeling ever.Best of luck
silmarien15 Nov 2009
I'm kind of surprised your doctor prescribed a muscle relaxer for anxiety attacks. Maybe you should consider getting a second opinion? The first-line treatment would be something like Restoril, Klonopin, Ativan, which are anti-anxiety medications (benzodiazepines), as well as an anti-depressant in the SSRI/SSNRI class, which can also help with anxiety.
To answer your question, you can take Ibuprofen and Skelaxin together, it's not going to hurt you. Skelaxin usually causes sedation, not rapid heart rate. Don't worry too much about ALL possible side effects, because most are rare and you'll drive yourself nuts worrying about the rare scary side-effects. You can always just try it once, if it doesn't work, stop it.
Skelaxin and other muscle relaxers are only recommended to be taken for 3 weeks... so that is why I'm puzzled by this choice.
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Thank you so much for your feedback..You know my doc wanted to prescribe some of the antidepressents for the anxiety but i backed away do to the side effects.I know that skelaxin is not for anxiety but for the spasms.I tried it for two days straight..Still it had the same effect as any other other counter drug, it made my heart beat really fast,I felt dizzy upon rising,mainly in the morning and not to mention,I felt cross eyed for some reason the whole time i used it.Now the profen made me feel as if i was on something..I don't know I guess my system is just to sensetive for drugs period..Maybe I will try a holistic approach..
If you want a natural anxiety remedy I'd try Kava Kava (many chains carry this supplement, including Whole Foods), or Valerian Root.
Just out of curiousity did your doc mention benzodiazepines? Those would usually be first line treatment including an SSRI/SSNRI. I totally understand you not wanting the anti-depressants... I tried ALL of them in the above mentioned class, none worked.
bc ativan is in the valume family and is only to be taken on an as needed basis bc your body can become physically addicted to it... it is a narcotic after all... the skelaxin is a daytime muscle relaxer that also helps with people whose minds race at night and cannot go past REM and into a deep sleep. amitryptilene will make your ass pass out and cannot be taken during the day. i'm sure his problems are not only happening at night it just feels worse then bc thats when you are left alone with your thoughts and you have to try and sleep... sleeping pills do not help with anxiety they can actually intensify them if you are like me tylenonl PM's make me halucinate, I can't take them. The skelaxin doesn't make you really drowsy and can be taken with other meds or herbal supplements to help you sleep. A lot of the antidepressants also take 2 weeks to start working and most of the time its not the right drug...
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its all trial and error process and it makes the patient so frusterated at times that they give up entirely and just deal with it... personally i use other "medicinal" remedies to help me sleep ;)