u/Holiday_Sun_2830

I’m currently on day 10 completely without sedatives.

I’m not doing great, which I honestly expected. I have a therapist supporting me, so I’m not alone with this. But I wanted to ask if anyone here has gone through something similar.

A few years ago I had pretty severe anxiety that at times even seemed to border on psychotic symptoms. Because of that, I was prescribed Seroquel, which I’ve been taking for almost 5 years at around 25 mg per day.

6 months ago I was prescribed Pregabalin (75mg) instead of Seroquel, because it became clearer that the anxiety had a specific cause and wasn’t actually psychosis-related. After those 6 months, I then took Diazepam/Valium for about 8 weeks, around 2,5 mg daily.

Now, except for a mood stabilizer I’ve been on for years (Lamictal/Lamotrigine), I no longer have any sedating medication in my system.

Right now I’m having depressive symptoms that I’d describe as moderate — not severely depressed and there are no anxiety symptoms at all, but I am definitely more than just feeling down. I’m hoping things will improve soon because this is really exhausting.

Did anyone else experience this around day 10 after stopping Diazepam or other sedatives, even after relatively short-term use? Did things start improving after the first couple of weeks?
Is there anything one can do about it?