zoloft dosage levels

Also I have been taking a trazodone 50 mg at night and it really was a struggle to sleep when it usually knocks me out. Is it the Zoloft dosage increase?

If the doctor prescribed that dosage, then I would trust him/her. Zoloft is typically prescribed from 50-200mg, so your son is taking a 'normal' dosage in my opinion. I was on Zoloft a couple of years ago and had no major problems coming off of it. Just ensure when it is time to come off the medication work with your doctor and taper down slowly.

It will act due to the adequate therapeutic levels. But since there is a problem with excretion, the dosage may need to be adjusted to lower levels. Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

Hi There I suffer from depression and am on 200mg Zoloft daily. I increased my dosage after giving birth to my daughter because I (of course) had antenatal depression. Every day I wake up with nervous tension and it is driving me nuts! I was wondering if this is because I am taking a high dosage of Zoloft? I am scared to go down because I don't want to be in that depressive place.

I have been on the 100mg a day dose for 5 days and my anxiety has increased significantly and I am having trouble sleeping. The Zoloft has always made me feel wired, but this dosage has really increased my anxiety levels. Will this anxiety increase go away after a few weeks? I also take 300mg of Wellbutrin each day and have for 2 years. Do you think I should lower my Wellbutrin dose or my Zoloft dose or both?

i have been taking zoloft for 6 years got very sick a month ago and stopped taking it never realizing it had such withdrawel symtome. my doctor gave me zanax temporily.

Hi again all, Just a quick one.. gone up to 25mgs (4th day ) and have noticed 2-3hrs later I may get woozy and shaky.. though my heart rate is fine and I don't feel anxious. I am prone to low blood sugar if I don't eat which will produce the same feeling.. I did read somewhere that Zoloft can affect your blood glucose levels.. Is this a side effect of the tablets.. kinda assume it is.. not a stranger to feeling shaky..

I had a psychodic episode five months ago: and at first they gave me anti psychodics. In five months doctors have tried the following. Three separate hospitalizations. Resperidal, depakote, cymbalta, zoloft,syraquel, ambilify, celexia, wellbutrin, (lorazapam and trazadone as needed). I have found myself to be emotionally and mentally exhausted. The latest doctor has settled on a diagnosis of "major depression with psychodic features". Celexia is what I am on right now.

Each of us has different levels at which any given AD medication may be effective. The maximum effective dosage for Zoloft is 200Mgs a day. That simply means that regardless of the patient that any more than 200 Mgs a day will not produce a response if less than 200 day has failed to produce a response. I can understand your concern and it is VERY justified. I do agree that 200Mgs for a 12 year old child seems too high to me also.

There are different theories out there about what causes depression. Some MD's think its psychological and does not involve the brain, some think its all physiological (all physical), and some think its a mixture of both. Sorry if I seemed a bit on the physical side but my research points to that. The "Chemical Imbalance" statement that is thrown around isn't really an "imbalance". Its the level of a certain chemical or neurotransmitter compared to normal.

You need your hormone levels checked and Zoloft might not be the right thing for you.

t stand feeling like this, but the medication is helping even out my mood to some extent. Should I persist with the zoloft at this dosage and see if the side effects go away or ask my doctor to taper down? Has anyone experienced anything similar with SSRIs? How did you deal with it?

I have had no changes on my medication (zoloft), other than a dosage increase a couple months ago. Has this ever happened to anyone?

Ooops, I was going to briefly touch on the Sulpiride. This medication is not used here in the US, so I don't have any first hand experience with it, but I know it is an anti-psychotic medication. Again,in MY opinion...I don't care for the use of antipsychotic meds in some situations. I think they are being overly prescribed as an adjunct therapy before other options are explored.

Doctors rarely start you out on such a high dosage, they prefer to start with the lowest dosage and if needed increase it with time. Also, even lay people know that you should never just stop these medications cold turkey.....bad withdrawals. Psychiatrist are the most knowledgeable when it comes to these types of medications, I would make an appt. to see one and hold off on starting such a high dosage until you speak to him.

I actually prefer Zoloft, but it really depends on the person. People often feel side effects especially when starting, stopping or adjusting dosage levels. In the long term I find they are quite effective combined with talk therapy. I also agree with snoozies; if after awhile it continues to bother him, ensure he talks to his doctor about it...keep us posted.

You say you were taking Zoloft at 2Mgs a day? I didn't even know Zoloft came in such a low dosage. I used to take Zoloft at 200Mgs a day. Lowest dosage is 50mgs a day and even that dosage is too low for most people.

I have a question about my med's....I am currently on 25mg of Zoloft daily. My doctor wanted to start me off slowly so that the side effects weren't to bad. I have an appointment with her in a week and a half were we are planning on uping the dosage to 50mg/daily. I am no longer feeling sideeffects of the med's and am wonder the following: Is it safe to take 2 x 25mg of the zoloft? Rather than waiting until I go and see my doctor.

Hi! I hope you are feeling better! I have so many questions myself and just started a small dose of Zoloft Being on it before I do know it took like two weeks to start really working. I also know that when you increase, it should be in smaller increments. I'm not a doctor but why would he have you double your dose? Yikes? Some of the side effects can cause you more worry! Believe me..... I think I have every deadly thing going on in my body right now.

I asked my doc today at my weekly checkup if we should try to raise my adderall dosage, and she said that maybe we should try to lower my zoloft dosage instead - that might be what is causing my tiredness (when combined with the adderall). Since I've been on 100mg daily for YEARS and it works very well for me, I'm frightened to lower my zoloft dosage.

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