Arj72 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 Title says it all. Been taking diazepam for sleep since stopping seroquel and have been feeling mildly dysphoric since then. Anyone else have that issue? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 10 minutes ago, BusuB said: Title says it all. Been taking diazepam for sleep since stopping seroquel and have been feeling mildly dysphoric since then. Anyone else have that issue? Higher dose ativan was a bit rough for me... but could it be that your missing the seroquel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
confused Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 I got depressed when I started a high dose of Ativan. I took klonopin 1 mg long term with no issues Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj72 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 @Iceberg not sure to be honest. It’s been replaced by vraylar. Seroquel was agitating for me all of a sudden. Doc thinks I was a bit mixed on it. At least at therapeutic levels. @confused glad I’m not the only one who may be having this reaction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 7 minutes ago, BusuB said: @Iceberg not sure to be honest. It’s been replaced by vraylar. Seroquel was agitating for me all of a sudden. Doc thinks I was a bit mixed on it. At least at therapeutic levels. @confused glad I’m not the only one who may be having this reaction. Was the Vraylar switch recent? Vraylar is relatively slow, I might give it more time to hit full effect before evaluating other meds - especially since Vraylar can help both depression and dysphoria. You might just need to plug the hole from the seroquel 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arj72 Posted July 29, 2019 Author Share Posted July 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Iceberg said: Was the Vraylar switch recent? Vraylar is relatively slow, I might give it more time to hit full effect before evaluating other meds - especially since Vraylar can help both depression and dysphoria. You might just need to plug the hole from the seroquel Yeah, about 2 weeks ago. I’ll just have to be patient I suppose. It squashed my hypo pretty good but dealing with insomnia and the low mood now. Will have to wait. Gonna ask my doc about an alternative to the diazepam though. Maybe back to trazodone but at a high dose. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iceberg Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 2 hours ago, BusuB said: Yeah, about 2 weeks ago. I’ll just have to be patient I suppose. It squashed my hypo pretty good but dealing with insomnia and the low mood now. Will have to wait. Gonna ask my doc about an alternative to the diazepam though. Maybe back to trazodone but at a high dose. Ever tried the z drugs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit37 Posted July 29, 2019 Share Posted July 29, 2019 This is exactly why my pdoc keeps a tight rein on benzos, he says they can and do contribute to depression, and that’s a mood cycle I’m prone to. Can you just lower the dose and see if it helps? Or try a non-benzo sleep aid? I recently had to stop seroquel, while I still wasn’t having good sleep on it, after I stopped it the sleep stopped too. It’ll get better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 It's hard to say for me, because I was deeply depressed even before I started on Klonopin...... Still very depressed, but can't say for sure it's the benzo causing it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
browri Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 On 7/28/2019 at 11:31 PM, BusuB said: Title says it all. Been taking diazepam for sleep since stopping seroquel and have been feeling mildly dysphoric since then. Anyone else have that issue? Happens to me after chronic use of clonazepam. So I have to increase my antidepressant to compensate. Benzo induced dysphoria is quite real. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikl_pls Posted July 30, 2019 Share Posted July 30, 2019 7 hours ago, browri said: Happens to me after chronic use of clonazepam. So I have to increase my antidepressant to compensate. Benzo induced dysphoria is quite real. Same here for clonazepam... ugh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DammitJanet Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Anything that lasts longer than 5-6 hours invariably depresses the shit out of me. So my only option is xanax—just very lucky my pdoc will prescribe it! Even Xanax XR depressed me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyRedhead Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 (edited) As I mentioned before, I don't really know how much the klonopin actually affects my depression, since I was very depressed, even before I took it............I do know that klonopin is one of my foundation meds.....It helps me sleep, and I know everything would get worse with no sleep. Edited July 31, 2019 by CrazyRedhead Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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