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Suggest Treatment For Anxiety

Posted on Sat, 19 Apr 2014

Question: Have anxiety. Take 100mg zoloft and 1mg clonazopam as needed. I get anxiety day after drinking. Is it ok to have some drinkd and is day after anxiety XXXXXXX

Answered by Dr. Dr.Saatiish Jhuntrraa (12 minutes later)

Brief Answer: please take clonazepam as less as possible Detailed Answer: Hello Thanks for choosing wwwhealthcaremagic.com Please clarify do you drink to reduce anxiety ? if it is so, it is normal to have rebound anxiety next day. Taking 100 mg Zoloft daily is ok but avoid alcohol other anxiety may increase. Try not to take clonazepam frequently as it is habit forming. You may need to raise the dose of Zoloft in future to 250 mg. Generally, Zoloft is safe with alcohol and not XXXXXXX Anxiety after a day of taking alcohol is XXXXXXX because Itcan increase chances of alcohol dependence. Dr Saatiish Jhuntrraa

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Saatiish Jhuntrraa (11 minutes later)

No. I dont drink to reduce anxiety. I guess my question is...the shakiness and racing heart the next day after drinking...is that XXXXXXX tonmy body and is it a problem with the meds I take .

Answered by Dr. Dr.Saatiish Jhuntrraa (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: These are due to alcohol withdrawl Detailed Answer: Hello there are the withdrawal symptoms of alcohol . These are not XXXXXXX in the sense they don't pose immediate risk to life but indicate dependence on alcohol ,so indirectly point to a danger of alcohol dependence. DR SAATIISH JHUNTRRAA

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Vinay Bhardwaj