Posted by JohnX2 on April 16, 2002, at 19:00:05
In reply to ZOLOFT Increase, more anxiety? 3 beers, posted by geno on April 16, 2002, at 15:07:14
> 3 beers, well i just upped my dose from 25mg after 7 days, using 25mg of zoloft/.5mg of klonopin in the am. Not bad. felt pretty sleepy,or just ok. Today, was the first increase of zoloft. Dont forget i dropped the xanax .5mg in the am due to my doc 3 days ago. So today, i stayed the same on klonopin .5mg and have only .25 mg of xanax for 5pm, when the klonopin usuually wears off. (note: took zoloft/klonopin at 7am. By 3pm, im jumping out of my skin. Im panicy, muscles are really tight!!! Luckily i have more klonopin. My mood is terrible also.
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> Question is, should i up the dose to 1mg of klonopin in the am. then take remaining xanax in the evening. I believe its the combonation of a few things. Zoloft is activating more at 50mg for me, kloponin dose is too low, and xanax withdrawls.
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> any comments?
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> I only have 1mg of klonopin a day, along with .25 xanax a day.
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> OH maybe its time to ditch the desipramine 25mg????
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> genoHi Geno,
3be is still in detention , I believe.
Zoloft for *many* is quite an activating drug. Some people call it the "black coffee" effect.
As far as the benzos go, I really feel that you ought to be on Klonopin dosing 2x a day. Otherwise you may just be a yo-yo.
I'm not sure what is behind making zoloft activating (it causes insomnia for many), maybe via some indirect mechanism the medicine increases norepinephrine conductance.. who knows. You never know. Just looking at the direct reuptake properties/binding of the medicine at hand doesn't always tell the whole story. All these SSRIs have such varied side effects, you know.
So maybe not a bad idea to ditch the desipramine.
Of course, you want to make the medicine maneuvers one step at a time. i.e. take it slow. (default advice).
Good Luck,
John
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