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Q: I take Zapiz 1mg for panic attack problem since 3years. I want to know the side effects of the drug.

I am 32 yrs old. And suffering from panic attack problem since I was in my second year of graduation. My family tried many medications taking me to best of doctors but of no use. Ultimately four years ago the doc i met last was a great blessing for me as i got out of my problem as per his medication. Now i have become addcted to Zapiz 1mg. I am not confident to go out without taking this medicine. I got married 2 yrs back and my husband knows about my situation very well. I get all his support.

I am really worried about the side effects of this tab Zapiz 1mg. I would like to know about the side effects.

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Answers (5)

Dr. Diana L Walcutt, Health Guide

7/29/08 10:16pm

Zapiz is a foreign name for a benzodiazepam derivitive (a triazolobenzodiazepine), Zapizolam. As far as I can determine, it's not sold in the US, but is essentially the same medication as alprazolam and should have the same side effect profile.

Dr. Diana Walcutt

The Stress Masters

*Dr. Walcutt is a Psychologist, not a Psychiatrist. Psychiatrists prescribe medications. Psychologists study them, but the majority of Psychologists are not authorized to prescribe meds or give you specific advice about them. Dr. Walcutt's answers are not intended to diagnose or treat any medical or mental disorder. Any information given in a post about medication is for educational purposes only, and primarily to aid you in having an informed discussion with your own Psychiatrist/Physician.

Siddhesh

6/21/09 12:44am

Hi,

I can understand ur problem . I think every medicine has side effects ,so dont worry about it, u keep this on but ,i would like to suggest u ur problem is related to ur mind ,so u must starts Meditation ,Yoga ,it definitely cures ur problem & after some time u should no need to take medicine so far.

Am not a docter but i went through this problem ,& one thing ur inner power need to be strong, may be u fall into negativity but always tell ur mind that u never loose. Afterall its fight between ur body & mind......

all Da best

U also try Yoga by Sri ravi Shankar [Sudarshan kriya ] its realy works........i feeel it...

And Always ..remember ...GOD WITH YOU....So dont worry of anything.......

Ajay

11/29/09 7:01am

Dear Bhai,

I am ajay,I have the same problem,can i get some advise from you.

Pl. write back as soons as possible

Rgds

Ajay

Siddhesh

11/29/09 11:24am

Hi Ajay,,,first of all stop thinking about side effect of drug which is ur taking. & start thinking positively.....initially u get some problem...but after practicing it no negative thouts enter in ur mind...i would like 2 sujjest u 2 start meditation ,breathing techniqs ...its really works.....dont worry of thoughts whenever they enters in ur mind take them as complementary....they automatically get disappiar......Allda Best .....

Ajay

12/ 4/09 12:37pm

hi, thanks for writting back

as mentioned in your mail about the Sudarshan kriya,can u elaborate that, i had leaarned that and doing it off an on,inititally i used to feel better,

I am not doing it regularly.and can u send me ur mail id

Can you guide me on this.

rgds

Siddhesh

12/ 4/09 1:51pm

hi,ajay, here is my mail id. siddheshc19@yahoo.com & keep it in ur mind dont stop sudarshan kriya ,do it atleast for 3 months regularly, after that u definitly see positive effects of this.

Shashikant

10/ 6/09 3:19am

Hello!

I understood u'r problem. Because I was suffering the same. Now I use to take 0.25 mg Zapiz insted of 1 mg. But its very safe and faster relif medicine. Sourse of this problem Anxiety disorder OR panic attack whatever, is dipression.

Do one exersize to stregthen u'r mind. Seat on the chair in silent room alone, close the eyes. And think that u are at that place where u face panic attac. (For Example I feel panic attack in traffic.) and imagine that u r facing this problem without medicine. Initially 2/3 days ur consious mind will not accept it but after some days u will fell that u can face this problem in ur imagination.

And 2 months later u will quit this problem in real life.

Remember whatever fear u feel in ur mind u just imagine revers in ur mind when u seated with closed eyes. All the Best.

Afaque Ahmed

10/22/10 1:20pm

Dear,

Me to was having zapiz 2mg,1 in the morning and 1 in the evening as per prescribed by my pschycatrist Dr snehal mehta mumbai,in my entire life i doesn,t come across any pschycatric prblm as soon as i came to know that i have to undergo a minor surgery of vericocole,i totally lost my mind and i was mentally disturbedand i started suffering from panic attacks,pulpitation,anxiety and scared of surgery,so i consulted a doctor and i started with zapiz .25 thrice a day,and it gaves me relief as soon as i came to knw the surgery date my prblm started occuring more than earlier,so i was having zapiz .5 twice a day during the surgery period,but i didnt got any relief,so doctor decided to admit me but i refused and i beg for heavy dose to my doctor and he suggested me 1mg and i was so addicted to zapiz that i have lost all my control and beg for more heavy dose as per my request doctor replied me in your entire life you was not a psyhcatric patient you started from .25 and now you are requesting for 2mg the company doesnt manufacture more than 2mg than wht will u do i kept the point in my mind and made my mind strong and to quit it slowly slowly the reason which help me out was i kept myself busy wholeday and now again after 1 year zapiz .25 twice a day, so it all depends upon our thinking and nothing else.

Regards

Afaque Khatri

Hari singh

11/ 6/11 10:25am

yes it seems very limited problem to start with, these mind problems but when we open up we then realize how everyone else too has experienced it in some way or the other. but the thing is that we all have experienced the pain and the terror. my suggestion and thoughts on this issue is - don't worry, we all have shared the same horror and i can tell you one thing, quit medicine, take to yoga and meditation - it was thoughts that was the cause of all the problems and it will be thoughts that will be the answer. medication can never help fully. i am talking from experience. all the best and know one thing for sure, you will come out of it right.

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