Saw my doc Wednesday and finally we went for a dose REDUCTION, as my blood pressure was getting too high (diastolic bloid pressure at 95, taken many times during the day, instead of my usual 75).

48 hours after the dose reduction (75 mg of sertraline instead of 100 mg) and my diastolic blood pressure and pulse rate are already closer to my normal numbers (75 Dbp instead of 95, 70 ppm instead of 80).
I also feel a bit calmer as my heart doesn't want to get out of my chest all day long as it did in the last weeks.
I'm trying to exercice as much as possible during the transition, which also seems to help.

Now I only hope the AD effect will continue to improve my mood/anxiety. Pharmacist says to watch out for anxiety/depression creeping back in the next 2 weeks... as I was only very slowly improving, it's not gonna be easy to monitor. Any specific sign I should be on the lookout for that the dose reduction is getting me below the therapeutic level?

+ I suppose I could also feel some sertraline withdrawal side-effect after 6 weeks at 100 mg..?
+ the ongoing slow tapering of clonazepam (now at .125 mg daily dinner treat)

I feel like a juggler with way too many balls to handle!
But at the same time, I feel much better than a month ago, on much less meds (I was taking 3x more benzo, +zopiclone to sleep, which I haven't use in 3+ weeks)

As usual, thanks for reading/commenting. Helps a lot!!