Can you take zoloft with xanax

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Avatar f tn t work now Im on xanax and elavil50mgs they both work the elavil is to help me sleep I dont sleep.tell your doctor to take you off zoloft there giving bad reaction to it.
Avatar m tn I was on 200Mgs of Zoloft at one time. 150 a day is not unusual. If anxiety is also an issue for you then may I suggest a mood stabilizer such as Lithium to help balance that out. There are others, but I find Lithium to be the most effective. As for the Xanax... Yes it can be addicting. I am actually addicted to Xanax and it isn't any fun at all. I take 3Mgs a day. Once you go past the 1.50Mg per day on Xanax then you risk addiction. Just try not to go past 1.
Avatar n tn You can take both meds together. I'm a little confused. You say you've been on Zoloft for 3 years? Your first post says your Dr wants to put you on Zoloft to get you off Xanax.
Avatar m tn During one of my hospital visit doc gave me xanax and that helped me calm down. therefore, i took xanax and my GP gave me zoloft. one first night of zoloft i went nutts, got up in middle of night with fear of taking my own life. anyways, my wife assured me its just a bad dream. then on fourth day of zoloft i was having suicidal thoughts of huring myself and family with sever anxiety. told me wife to take me to hspital and they gave me xanax/atavan and it took the symtoms away.
Avatar f tn it might be the med for you. If not, you can try out another one until you find the right you for you! Remeber, you have to give the med 6 weeks to fully kick in.
Avatar f tn Unlike Zoloft, the longer you take Xanax the more you will need to get the same effect. In just a few months a person can find themselves at 4Mgs a day. Once you reach that high of a dosage then your addicted. Take it from a former Xanax addict like me. You can get hooked on it. IMO your doctor should have been MUCH smarter and put you on the sister drug of Xanax called Klonipin.
Avatar m tn I have high anxiety and have a problem sleeping. What other meds can i take in combination with the norcos (valium, xanex?) (somas, ambien?) I see my MD next week and want to be prrpared.
Avatar f tn 5 mg xanax. As you can imagine I am very nervous about starting the paxil because of what the zoloft did to me. The last several nights I have taken the .5 mg xanax but only at bedtime. During day as the zoloft was leaving my system I'd drink chamomile tea because I don't want to get into habit of taking the xanax as the dr prescribed which was every 6 hours, seems a bit excessive and I am terrified of becoming dependent on it.
Avatar f tn Background: Diagnosed w/ OCD (health obsessions, not compulsions), PTSD, PMDD, panic attacks So after 5 very unsuccessful attempts at managing my extreme anxiety w/ medication (psychiatrist & PCP), my [new] PCP & I may have had a breakthrough w/ Zoloft. I'm currently taking 25 mg (we started low due to my intolerance of other SSRI's), but this time we combined it w/ .5mg of Xanax (.25mg 2x/day).
Avatar m tn I have had anxiety for a long time, and I currently take Xanax. The only reason there is a warning of addiction to Xanax is because if you take it for an extended period of time, your body builds a tolerance to it, making it not as effective. In return, you may need to increase your dose and again, over another long period of time, you may build intolerance to it... hense, become addicted. I have taken Xanax for anxiety for about 2 years now. I am not addicted to it, sometimes I take a .
Avatar f tn Hi I have been having some nasty anxiety for about the last month and a half. I have started taking Zoloft-today I raised my dose to 50mg. However I am still feeling very anxious - I become very, very shakey & dizzy etc in fact shakey nearly all day and night. I have been on the Zoloft for 26 days and 21 of them I have taken a 1/2 of a .5mg of Xanax. I don't feel the need to take more than that but I am sooooooo scared of becoming addicted.
784382 tn?1376931040 eventually you will come off the meds and with therapy you can make sure you know how to never get back to what you got you here in the first place..... thats what I'm shootin for and I'm ok to get a little help from modern science....
Avatar n tn Perhaps if your anxiety gets really bad while you wait for the Zoloft to kick in, your doctor could perhaps give you a script for Ativan or Valium to take AS NEEDED for times your anxiety was really bad. You could discuss that with her. Sometimes just knowing you have something to take if it really gets out of control is enough. You WILL get out of this cycle............changes are difficult with these types of meds.
4981427 tn?1371670469 If you are still strugglying with anxiety issues, there are other medications you can try and you and your doctor can work on finding the right one for you. You may want to think about getting into therapy to get to the root cause of your anxiety. Often the combination of medication to control the symptoms and talk therapy work miracles. Please don't be "petrified" that nothing will help you..........you and your doctor WILL find the answer. I promise.
600041 tn?1356160129 I'm currently on .5mg clonazepam three times a day, 14 100mg of neurontin, and .5 xanax a day. (I am very slowly weaning off the xanax entirely so I can take it purely on an 'as needed' basis. My body currently hates me for this and is showing every addiction sign it can.) My doctor recently prescribed zoloft to help with my 'depression'. Firstly, I don't feel like depression is a major issue for me except on days when the anxiety gets overwhelming.
Avatar f tn I followed up with my regular Dr and he prescribe 50mg of Zoloft and told me if need be I can take the Xanax if I have a panic attack while the Zoloft kicks in well I took my 1st Zoloft on June 9th and that night I also took a Xanax, I ended up back in the ER with my blood pressure tho the roof and a panic attack x10!!!!! I immediately discontinued the Zoloft but continued to take the Xanax, well I stopped taking the Xanax all together about 3 days ago!! Giant mistake!!!!!
Avatar f tn just increased my dose to half a pill tonight and feeling anxious cant sleep. i have xanax as well but am scared to take it afraid it will make me feel weird.Does any one have any answers to help me.
Avatar m tn Do not underestimate the power of Xanax to make you an addict. It can do so in just a couple months and I tell you that the withdrawl is hell.
Avatar f tn Prozac is thought to be stimulating as well but everyone can react differently on drugs. You can talk to you doctor about Zoloft or the tetracyclic mirtazapine since it's sedating and the side-effects are most of the time almost absent, weight gain and constipation is very probable with mirtazapine while Zoloft is not associated with weight gain that much and you take mirtazapine before bedtime. Zoloft is a rather safe bet for someone with anxiety and a rather smooth AD.
Avatar m tn not understanding your statement you take xanax every night , and you want to know if symptoms could be xanax withdrawl you dont mention stopping or tappering down on the xanax, in either case I first would recommend you not stop xanax with out drs advice on how to tapped down, its rare or sometimes dangerous to stop cold turkey, and I stand by advice to see a neurologist. could be that I am wrong but I firmly believe in ruling out the physical before assuming the psychological.
Avatar m tn It will take 4-6 weeks for zoloft to take full effect. I wouldn't worry about xanax withdrawal. People tend to develop a resistance to it within the first month which is why they are not prescribed long term. At the most you will feel slightly depressed for a day or two max. Hang in there!
Avatar m tn PS, be VERY careful with Xanax. Do not take it often (even in small doses), if you can help it. It's extremely addictive. I'm speaking from experience.