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04-19-2008, 09:07 AM | #1 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fayetteville, NC
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| Seperation Anxiety & Medication??? Hello All - Does anyone have their yorkie on medication for seperation anxiety. For the past year I have been trying to get sebastian's anxiety under control. I took him to the vet yesterday for his wellness visit and after a long conversation and observation of seb's actions, the vet gave me a medication to try for a week. It is called Amitriptyline. I plan to do my own research on the medication but I just wanted to know if anyone has tried this medicine or does anyone have any suggestions as to what worked for their yorkie's anxiety? I would greatly appreciate the input. Thanks.
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04-19-2008, 09:16 AM | #2 |
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| Amitriptyline is known by the brand name of Elavil. In humans it is used for depression and anxiety. In humans there isn't an immediate effect-most patients begin to notice effects after several weeks so don't stop when you don't see immediate results. Also, this is not a drug that you can just stop. We generally taper our patients off slowly. I hope it works for him
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04-19-2008, 10:04 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | Oh...my. I'm just beside myself right now, so let me crawl back inside. Okay! I'm always shocked when some vets take such a radical first step in treating our pets. I mean, amitriptilyne right off the bat? If it were me, I would use DAP - which has been all over the pet community (and the vet community) as being a miracle for dogs who have, especially, separation anxiety. I just did a yahoo search - and here is just one store who has a few things you could read about: D.A.P. From my nursing days, I was not a big fan of Amitript., for many reasons - so, it just kind of surprises me to see a vet put a dog on this drug so quickly before exhausting other things, ya know?
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04-19-2008, 10:37 AM | #4 | |
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Can you smell it? For me I leave on a radio and open the blinds and I put the stair step we made in front of the couch. Sadie used to shake really bad when I left in the am for work and now since I leave the radio on for her, she never shakes at all. The radio is not loud at all. It's so low you can barely hear it. It's enough to drown out the complete silence in the house. I have a friend who's mom used to play dog videos on a small tv she left on for her dog. that's funny! My dogs are fine with the radio. And I am almost positive that they are big country music fans by now :-) | |
04-26-2008, 11:21 AM | #5 | |
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I also, am surprised a vet would prescribe Elavil for a dog. I took it for Migraines once and the side effects were awful. It made me SO VERY THIRTSY, I was unable to go 10 minutes without a drink of water or a sucking candy. It was so uncomfortable. I stopped it after 2 weeks. Check with your vet why he was going to let you sedate your dog like that. I do not know about D.A.P. but I would research anything before putting it in my dog's mouth OR my mouth for that matter. Good luck with the separation anxiety issue.
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04-26-2008, 12:46 PM | #6 |
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| D.A.P. was recommended to me by my 1st vet to help in potty training my pup. I believe it is a phermones (sp) that the dogs can smell to alleviate anxieties. I was fortunate and didn't have to use because the puppy caught on to the pads. I used to use a Feliway for my cats-this is the feline version of D.A.P. One of them had a potty issue and I can say it helped with that.
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04-26-2008, 01:33 PM | #7 |
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| Seperation anxiety is curable without medication. It's just in the training. If you can't get the information on the net., there are a lot of books on this. |
04-26-2008, 02:58 PM | #8 |
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| Honestly I posted this before- My dogs shaking stopped as soon as I left a radio on for her. And an open window she could stare outside all day. The radio or tv must be in the same room as they are. A little portable alarm/radio clock is all you need to play music. Have you tried this? Otherwise I would try the D.A.P. It sounds like a really good idea and I strongly believe that no one but YT knows best when dealing with specific issues first hand such as this. |
04-26-2008, 03:15 PM | #9 |
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| I take Amitriptyline at night as a muscle relaxant. When I first started taking it I felt awful, and I've taken it in the morning, mistakenly for my water pill. It's like walking around in a daze. I don't think I'd like Max to take it. |
04-29-2008, 10:37 AM | #10 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: May 2006 Location: Fayetteville, NC
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| I decided not to give him the medication the vet prescribed to him. I'm researching the D.A.P. to see if I want to try that. I still leave the T.V. on for him everyday among the other million things I have tried to do to help him. Everything bothers him. I don't care what it is. I have hit a wall with the situation. He is so nervous, hyper, scared all at the same time. I have even tried to expose him to different situations. I have tried to take him with me everywhere I go but it usually is just a big embarrasement for me. I don't like to have company anymore because it has gotten so bad. I'm afraid the neighbors will start to complain because of the constant barking. I'm at a loss. I want to help him but at the same time I don't want to drug him up and sedate him.
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