Xanax at night

[dgb115]

Can you become addicted to xanax only taking it at night for  8 months that could cause daytime anxiety?? Also on 25mg of zoloft. Could it be that the zoloft dose needs to be raised after 3 months???

[cj29]

You can build up a tolerance to benzos over time.  Benzos with short half lives like xanax are usually prescribed short term (others with long half lives like Klonopin are prescribed long term).  You are on a fairly low dose of Zoloft in my opinion, but I am not a doctor...what does/he she say?

[Marks470]

My understanding is that you can become addicted to xanax no matter when you take it.  What causes it addiction is how much and how long you take it.  My psychiatrist says that if you are taking less than 1mg per day you most likely will not become addicted.  You may still want to taper off when you stop.

I have taken zoloft in the past and it was good for depression and is supposed to work for anxiety too.  25mg is a small dose.  I've been on 50mg when times are good and as high as 150mg when times aren't so good.  You might ask to go higher.  It may help your daytime anxiety.  I wish you all the best as I am currently in one of those not so good times myself and trying to work through it.  It is not fun.

[dgb115]

I have thought of upping my zoloft and the doc says its up to me but will I get the same side effects as I gid when starting? If I go from 25mg to 50mgs. Or should I go up to 37.5 first?? Any suggestions??

[dgb115]

Sorry to hear of your bad time right now. How are you trying to work through it?? Are these good times and bad times to be expected when suffering the anxiety route?? I was upbeat for about a month that it really bums me out that now I feel like I did before I started my zoloft!! Thanks for your reply!! It's so hard to talk to people who have no idea and god bless them that they never have to feel it!!

[Marks470]

In my case, everything in life was very good, great job, great family, no reason to be on antidepressants  I guess I never really believed that I needed ADs.  So, since everything was so good, like a dummy, I decided to quit zoloft 100mg cold turkey.  No problem, just a few brain zaps for a month or so. Life went okay for about four months. Then, the economy went south far enough to make my job very insecure, my wife got mad at me, my kids in college became confused, and the next thing you know, anxiety attacks and depression hit again.  I should never have stopped taking it.  I'm dealing with now by taking medication again (100mg zoloft and xanax as needed) and seeing a counselor to help me through the anxiety while I wait for the zoloft to take effect again.  

Another story.  About five years ago, everything was fine in my life. Then things went bad at work and I ended up having to uproot my family and move them to a new state where my new job was.  They were in middle school and high school at the time.  This was a very stressful time in my/our lives.  This is when the doctors upped my dose from 50mg to 100mg to 150mg to help me cope.  I dropped back down to 100mg when we settled into our new lives.  

I don't believe that good times and bad times are to be expected through the anxiety route.  I believe that if I hadn't stopped taking zoloft, I would never have had this latest bout with anxiety and depression.  I now believe that depression for me is a brain chemistry issue and that I will be taking zoloft for ever.  It has been a very good drug for me and it will be again, after a few more weeks.   I hope this explains better my earlier post.  I also hope things are getting better for you.  By the way, as my zoloft begins to work, I'm finding myself using less and less xanax.  None today.  Only .25mg yesterday.  All will get better.

[abby10]

You can get addicted to Xanax once a day. The shrink that said you can't is just more of the same.

abby

[dgb115]

I feel that the anxiety depression disease is just that a disease. No different than if you had a heart attack. I think that we sometimes just feel weak because we have to take these meds,but if we had a heart attack we would have no problem taking the meds. It;s just our brain chemistry as opposed to someone elses who does not have an anxiety depression disease. Take your meds and hopefully you will be feeling well again. I know getting on zoloft is not easy. I will pray for you!! God Bless!!