Is mellaril ok to use for my awful anxiety instead of chlorpromazine?

Question

Switching to mellaril want to make sure its ok

Answer 1

I am not a medical doctor but have taken both Mellaril and Chlorpromazine for psychosis. They are extremely old medications. If you have anxiety there are much more current medications for this. You might look up "Medications for anxiety disorders" under Yahoo! search to find out what is available and discuss them with your doctor. There is also a natural medication for anxiety, Melatonin, which is available without prescription.

Both Mellaril and chlorpromazine have bad side effects, chlorpromazine being the worst. Tardive diskonesia sometimes develops which is a parkinsonism like tremor due to nerve damage. I developed it after years of taking the medication trifluoperazine, which is a related drug.

Good health, good luck, peace and love!