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Does Valium cause mania?
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I was on Xanax 1mg tid prn & klonopin 1mg hs for 5 years for anxiety, depression, and ruminating thoughts. I decided to stop the Xanax & klonopin and switched to Valium 10mg tid prn. I also take Paxil 40mg once daily. My question is this; I ve been on the Valium for 1 month now and although I have never been diagnosed with bi-polar, I ve been noticing random, often manic phases of high energy and restlessness during the day, (A need to do things like vacuum, clean, do dishes, obsessive research of my favorite subjects on the internet (philosophy, history, existentialism, religion, atheism, etc.) I suffer from Fibromyalgia and Celiac Disease as a side not, but are these manic phases normal due to the Valium?
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Hello and Welcome to ‘Ask A Doctor’ service. I have reviewed your query and here is my advice. Although valium is not known to cause mania but paxil can cause stitching of depression to mania. The symptoms mentioned above could be due to excessive antidepressants action with paxil which can be helped with either decreasing the dose of paxil or stopping it altogether.Hope I have answered your query. Let me know if I can assist you further.