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*Beth* · Mar 25, 2021 at 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by FluffyDinosaur

Thanks, I thought as much. The reason I mentioned Seroquel as well is as a sort-of extra "anti-depressant," but I don't know if it's really necessary if I already have lamotrigine. I would rather not take something like Seroquel again unless absolutely necessary, but I also don't want to risk relapsing because of something stupid like traveling for work. I've only ever taken benzos for sleep, so I don't know how quickly I would become dependent if I took them during the day also.

In my experience, and from what I've heard from others, it takes about a month to become dependent upon a benzo. Of course, Seroquel isn't without its dependency issues, too. At my pdoc's request I started using 12.5mg of Seroquel for sleep. That was in the fall. Now here I am, stuck with not being able to sleep without the Seroquel.