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October 22th
2008
7:41 AM
This medication literally might have saved my life. After a death of a close family member I literally feel like I went crazy. I would pace, be restless, feel dead, not be able to sleep, no appetite, weight loss, cry randomly, cry uncontrollably, feel like i was going to die and had urges to commit myself to a hospital I was so scared.
My doc prescribed me 0.5 to take as needed. Well, for me that as needed is every day for the last few weeks. I can't do without it, though I would like to eventually, hopefully soon.
The only side effect I notice is that it makes me even more tired than I already am, but that's why they sometimes say take it at bedtime. Well, if you have anxiety, you know that it doesn't just come at bedtime, so it can be difficult to really want to do anything if you take it in the morning or during the day, but I found that if you take half then it's not as bad, so take half during the day, and half before bed time.
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