Tonight was the 7th night of taking a quarter of a sertraline tablet; I have one more quarter left and then it's up to half a tablet - 25mg. I'm anxious about the increase. I've been extremely anxious the last week although I doubt I'm even taking enough of the sertraline for that to be the cause. I've hardly left my bedroom, hardly eating and feeling dizzy and off balance quite a lot. Surprisingly though, my sleeping has been great - I've been sleeping between 8 & 10 hours a night - very unlike me! On Tuesday I had the doctors so I had to leave the house for that. It was horrible. I had a long wait in the waiting room, it was absolutely boiling and I thought I was going to faint. I just wasn't in the right frame of mind for it. The doctor was great with me though and I left with a prescription for diazepam (valium).
I never in a million years thought I would ever touch valium for my anxiety; it was a route I just didn't want to go down but due to the anxiety I've been experiencing this week I had to take it to stop me losing it completely. I only take 2mg but I'm allowed to take 4mg 3 times a day. So I'm not relying on it too heavily and I haven't taken any in the last 2 days. I was terrified of meds like valium and I've surprised myself with taking it. I still have stupid 'what if?...' thoughts when I take it though but it's getting easier and I like the relief it brings. I imagine that I'll need it for every increase of the sertraline though. Even if the meds don't make me anxious - I know that I will - it's nice knowing that I have something that will take it away within 20 minutes.
I was given diazepam years ago, never ever wanted to 'go there' - i have no idea what i thought was going to happen.
ReplyDeleteThen when i went completely nuts they gave me 12 2mg pills on the 14th of Feb to take 3 a day, so basically i had 4 days worth... I took 1/2 a day then got brave and took 1 a day... They've all gone now and i haven't had any more since. I did ask for a repeat prescription to have (just in case) and the friggers refused me!!!!!!
The first one made me sleepy, after that, didn't do anything at all... :(
Can't believe they refused to give you more just to have in case anything happens. My doctor is quite good that way. She gave me 28 tablets and told me I could go back if I needed more.
ReplyDeleteTaking pills for my anxiety always seemed terrifying to me and I couldn't see how they would stop me from panicking & was also afraid that they would turn me into a zombie.
After taking just 1 a day for 3 days my body adjusted to them and nothing happened on the 3rd day. I was quite shocked at how quickly it happened. I realised how easily then it was for people to end up addicted to them