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Posted 5/29/2015 6:13 PM (GMT 0)
For the past month or so, I've had to take diazepam nearly every day (up to 3 5mg tablets a day as required). It's no more than my prescribed dose, but since the sertraline switch and not feeling the need to take it as much, I have had the odd moment of edginess. Whether that's because I've grown accustomed to feeling on edge that I expect it or because I've physically got used to taking it so much, I'm not sure.

Has anyone experienced this before? I've got an appointment on Tuesday because I'm almost out of them.
Posted 5/29/2015 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
I do not take diazepam but take xanax and have also recently started zoloft. I found that I was trying to take my xanax less because I was feeling a little less need for it, but then would get a sort of edgy, almost anxious feeling too.

I was on .5mg 3x a day. Until I speak to my doctor, I am now taking .25mg 3x a day in an effort to get my body used to a smaller dose, but it's still a tool to help me adjust to the zoloft. After a couple more weeks I will speak to my doctor about how to appropriately go off the Xanax and go back to using it as a rescue drug.

That may not help you, but I thought I would share a similar experience.
Posted 5/29/2015 6:53 PM (GMT 0)
That's fine, it's certainly helpful. I think it was the only thing that kept me going during my time on fluoxetine. Since starting the sertraline, I'm finding it hard to remember when exactly I last had a panic attack - I wanna say last Tuesday?

One thing I noticed last night when I took 2.5mg, I felt quite spaced out. Which didn't really happen to me previously.
Posted 5/29/2015 7:17 PM (GMT 0)
Hopefully you'll find the need for your benzo less and less, it sounds like you already do. A talk about your how to wean off them and take only as needed is in order. Wishing you the best. You are doing great.
Posted 5/29/2015 7:59 PM (GMT 0)
Just had a nice chat with my mum. She says she's noticed a massive improvement (even if I am still a bit of a hermit) and that I'm probably overthinking the whole feeling good thing because I'm not quite used to it. It makes sense, I was all over the place on fluoxetine, which I was taking for so long, so any good feelings I had weren't long lasting, while on sertraline, it's been mostly all up. :)
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