Posted by JohnX2 on March 2, 2002, at 19:21:14
In reply to Serzone = INCREASED anxiety???, posted by Waterlily on March 2, 2002, at 10:39:15
There may be some start up anxiety, you can
go slower to alleviate this. After a week or 2
you hopefully should notice a reduction in anxiety and
improved sleep.I have been on Serzone for 8 days. I started with
a pretty strong dose because I tolerated it. For the first
5 days, It made me feel strung out and I actually had a bit of insomnia.
But then I started to have nice dreams and my sleep
improved substantially. Yesterday my anxiety dropped
substantially. I have taken the medicine twice with
the same results. The last time I took it, I stopped
taking Klonopin almost cold turkey because I was so at ease
on Serzone.The medicine takes a little time to "down regulate"
i.e. tweak some brain receptors that will help you to
feel less anxious and sleep better.Take it slow and you'll do well. Keep in touch with
your doctor.Best wishes.
John> I have been on Wellbutrin for several years and have tried several meds to offset the generalized anxiety. Yesterday my pdoc prescribed Serzone to decrease the anxiety and I took 100 mg. last night, as prescribed. I had a very hard time getting to sleep and had anxiety. I woke up this morning with sweaty hands and feet and very nervous (this is markedly more than my normal level of anxiety). I am also feeling a bit weird and light-headed. Luckily it's Saturday because there's no way I'd drive feeling this way. I called my pharmacist because I wanted to take Ativan but noticed the warning against taking Xanax while on Serzone. He said it would be okay to take a low dose, so I took .5 mg. about 15 minutes ago. Hopefully it will help.
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> Has anyone else had this experience? If you did, did it go away after a few days of being on it or did you stop taking it? I'm wondering if maybe tonight I should take only 50 mg of the Serzone and go up on the dose more slowly than my doctor recommended. He said that it's okay to go up more slowly, but not any faster than 100 mg x 3 days, followed by 200 mg x 3 days and then up to the maximum dose of 300 mg until I see him again in three weeks. I just hate feeling this way. I'm not sure if the anxiety is a direct result of the Serzone or if it is a psychological response to the feeling of lightheadedness and inability to function normally. I just know that I will not be able to go to work on Monday if I'm still feeling this way. I want to stick with Serzone for long enough to see if it works, yet at the same time I do not want to endure this anxiety for days/weeks.
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