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How to taper off prazosin, 5mg 3x/day? i'm worried about getting off this too quickly, although i'm taking it for ptsd which is "under control."
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Prazosin: Better method to treat nightmares is Planned Dream Intervention. I teach this in my No More Nightmares class and book. Learning this skill first allows the person to actually have the skill to be able to sleep through any dreams. My patients often just forget to take prazosin because they know they are going to be able to sleep through any dreams. Even in combat zone my patients slept peacefully t
Answered 9/30/2018
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