My Dog is on Prozac

[MyOneAndOnly]

..and Xanax

my 13 year old greyhound has been going down hill. In the last 6 months she lost 15 pounds. Her behavior has radically changed. It got to the point where half of her day and night is spent suffering from panic attacks. Hyperventilating, teeth chattering, pissing herself, etc. Before this she only freaked out like that during thunder storms. Now it's every day for no apparent reason. We were worried that it's some kind of dementia and that we'd have to put her down.

a couple of days ago we went to the vet. they ran a few tests and said that physiologically there's nothing wrong. So the vet suggested that we put her on Prozac. We also got a Xanax prescription to help with specific incidents of anxiety.

What shocked me, though, was that without insurance a 30 day supply of Prozac is $95! My monthly meds only cost me $4 (for generics cause insurance). But my old dog costs me 25 times more because Obama or whatever.

[slunken]

amazing

[hnibos]

Listen, he needs to try to be happy

[MyOneAndOnly]

good news is that after giving her a Xanax the past two days and mornings she seems to be leveling out

[MyOneAndOnly]

Naomi

[slunken]

good dogge

[The exploding boy]

Now i want to first say i would do it f i had the money and the vet said i should and i think it's great that you love your dog that much an all.


But that thread title is even more white than riding bikes in the snow.

[slunken]

[reprise85]

poor baby. glad to hear it seems to be helping. i had a cat on prozac before. she was obsessively licking herself to the point she was making her skin raw. it helped her.

[The exploding boy]

Originally Posted by reprise85

poor baby. glad to hear it seems to be helping. i had a cat on prozac before. she was obsessively licking herself to the point she was making her skin raw. it helped her.

one of M's cat does that. She needs medication but it can't be afforded. She puts a cone or this sort of pillow collar around her neck so she can't reach the spots she likes to tear. She has huge nasty scabs constantly on her body. On her neck or thigh. She makes herself bleed and actually gets off on it. She'll rub herself on things to scratch or open her wounds if she can. If you scratch her really hard like hard enough it must be hurting her, she actually loves it and will start licking her cone obsessively while you do it.

She acts like a happy cat otherwise.

[yo soy el mejor]

that's pretty white, dude.

[The exploding boy]

its true. It's kinda like cutting yourself. Which is totes white.

[noyen]

did you get consent from your dogs to disclose their medical and mental issues? poor dogs being humiliated and their doctor patient confidentiality ruined.

[Trotskilicious]

gooby pls

[Trotskilicious]

Originally Posted by yo soy el mejor

that's pretty white, dude.

i dunno mannn greyhounds are pretty fucked up because of rich white guys so maybe they do need prozac

[Trotskilicious]

it's like how you should probably put dalmatians on lithium

[ilikeplanets]

scotty if there are leftovers, i have dibs

[ilikeplanets]

on the xanax. you can keep your fucking prozac

[hnibos]

Originally Posted by The exploding boy

one of M's cat does that. She needs medication but it can't be afforded. She puts a cone or this sort of pillow collar around her neck so she can't reach the spots she likes to tear. She has huge nasty scabs constantly on her body. On her neck or thigh. She makes herself bleed and actually gets off on it. She'll rub herself on things to scratch or open her wounds if she can. If you scratch her really hard like hard enough it must be hurting her, she actually loves it and will start licking her cone obsessively while you do it.

She acts like a happy cat otherwise.

Are you all into any form of bdsm? Cats pick things up from their owners.

[MyOneAndOnly]

Originally Posted by ilikeplanets

on the xanax. you can keep your fucking prozac

but I think you need the prozac much more than the xanax

[ilikeplanets]

that's not what my veterinarian says