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Is Chest Pain A Matter Of Concern While On Abilify, Propranolol And Klonopin?

Posted on Tue, 20 Apr 2021

Question: Hello, I am taking 20 mg of abilify once a day, 20 mg of propranolol three times a day, 15 mg of buspar three times a day, and 0.5 mg of klonopin three times a day. I also took 1400 mg of fish oil (900 mg of omega 3) today and a multivitamin. I don't feel like any of this is helping. I am still having a lot of anxiety and paranoia. So what do you think might help? Do you think switching to stelazine might help because I've heard that's a good medication and what about adding gabapentin? Please tell me what you think I should do. Also, after I took the fish oil, I had some chest pain and it said online that fish oil can cause an irregular heartbeat. So do you think this chest pain is anything to worry about?

Answered by Dr. Alexander H. Sheppe (4 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Consultation

Detailed Answer:
Hello, and thanks for your question.

For paranoia, the Abilify you are taking is at a low dose, so it should be increased slowly up to a maximum of 45mg daily.

For anxiety, Buspar is not a very good medication, so you should try an SSRI medication like Zoloft or Lexapro.

Fish oil does not cause chest pain. It is likely coincidental.

Let me know if I can assist you further.
Dr. Sheppe

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee