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Default Nov 19, 2019 at 11:24 AM
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Hello, I have recently been prescribed Zoloft for Panic attacks and generalized anxiety. I am currently taking 25 mg per day in the morning and was told to increase to 50 mg after two weeks. Today is the 7th day at 25 mg. I have felt Ok so far, but the last few nights I've had trouble falling asleep and staying asleep and have felt very anxious in the evenings. I take 0.5 mg Klonopin at night to help with sleep, and have been taking it for several years, but it seems it is not working as well since starting the Zoloft. Last night I really had trouble falling asleep even though I was definitely tired. I started to feel a sort of nervous energy that I just couldn't turn off, so then of course my heart started racing and I convinced myself that something was seriously wrong and I needed to go to the ER. I was pretty close to waking my wife up and telling her to take me to the hospital, but I eventually was able to calm down and get at least maybe 2-3 hours of sleep. So today of course, I'm quite tired and feel overall very anxious. I also suffer from Tinnitus and have for about 3 years. Some days are worse than others, but I feel like the tinnitus is more noticeable since I started the Zoloft. I was just wondering if anyone else had experienced side effects like these and if they eventually leveled out and weren't as bad. I am just worried that I'll keep having bad nights, that will lead to more bad days like today. Sorry for rambling, just a bit frustrated.

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I can't comment on your concerns specifically. But I noticed you had yet to receive replies to this post. So I thought I would write one.

I recall during my first hospitalization I was put on Effexor. And the very first night I was on it, it made me so nervous I was awake all that night. The next day I was switched to Effexor XR & that made the difference. Most of the time, when I was on antidepressants I usually took trazadone for sleep.

I also have tinnitus by the way. At one point, when mine was particularly difficult, my psychiatrist gave me a prescription for Klonopin & that brought the volume back down to a tolerable level. Later on I was able to get back off of it & now I no longer take any psych med's at all (other any other med's either for that matter.)

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Default Nov 20, 2019 at 08:23 PM
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Thank you very much for the response! That's amazing that you no longer need any meds. That's my long term goal for sure, but I just want to get back to feeling like my old self right now and I'm hoping the new meds will help with that, along with weekly therapy sessions. Thanks again for responding

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