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Weaning off 15mg mirtazapine over next 7 days and have started 50mg sertraline am feeling anxious would it be ok to take 5mg dizapan to calm me down?

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Dr. Ravi Srivastava answered

Specializes in Addiction Medicine

Not necessary: Transition from mirtazepine to sertraline is not a difficult process. Be patient. If you are anxious about the process then you can contiue taking both medications together for a fOr a few weeks. It takes a few weeks for sertraline to build up. Thee is no need to take diazepam

Answered 6/14/2021

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