Zoloft dosage for depression

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Avatar f tn My doctor just put me on 100 mg of zoloft for anxitey/stress/depression. I really dont know if i need that high of a dosage. He also told me when it was time to get off of them that i could just stop taking them and i would be fine? I have always herd that you need to gradually do it expecially since i am on 100 mg. Does anyone know anything about this?
Avatar m tn I've been taking zoloft for more than ten years, my question is does zoloft stop working after so many years? Pls help i've been in bad shape for quite a while, and I need answers!
Avatar f tn 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?
Avatar m tn My family MD started me on Lexapro and after six weeks my depression was getting much worse. He referred me to a psychiatrist who switched me to zoloft. After five weeks, my depression and anxiety seemed to be a little better and then a few hours ago, I had a meaningless thought about my children and WHAM, Huge anxiety attack. I was on zoloft a while back for years. It controlled my anxiety and depression very well then. I was surprised by the anxiety attack.
Avatar f tn I'm currently taking zoloft at a dose of 200mg daily, in the morning. My doctor's instructions were to go all the way up to the maximum dose of zoloft because he believes that my combination of depression, anxiety, PTSD and bulimia might simply be treatment resistant. I've been on zoloft twice before, but never at a dose any higher than 150mg. I've been on the 200mg dose of zoloft for five weeks now, and though I had initial side effects they did go away.
Avatar f tn Im currently taking 100mg of zoloft for the past 3 weeks, started at 50 mg first week. I weigh115lbs. Ive read the following "correct dosages vary from drug to drug, based on your weight and severity of symptoms". Does anyone know this info for Zoloft? Im thinking about increasing the dose because im not feeling any difference yet? Comments are much appreciated..
Avatar n tn my son has been off Zoloft for several weeks and is now in a very deep depression. He resisted resuming Zoloft but did yesterday--100 mgs. I know it takes some time to work. I am very worried. Is a "kick-start" massive dosage possible to try. Please advise me. What else can I do?
Avatar n tn The typical dosage range for Zoloft is between 50 to 200 Mgs a day. The dosage depends on the person. 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.
Avatar n tn My daughter (15 years old) has been recently prescribed 50mg Zoloft for mild depression. I am very scared that this is not the right way to deal with the problems that she has and in particular scared of side effects and withdrawal dramas eventually. Do you have any suggestions how I could help her deal with depression without the medication and is Zoloft very dangerous to start with?
1330182 tn?1279815900 It did make me rather sleepy for a few weeks, but that stopped, as did everything else in a couple of weeks. I began to feel a lessening of depression within a month and since Zoloft is also beneficial for panic, I was able to lower my dose of Xanax, which I viewed as a real bonus since my goal is to get off that particular med. You hit the nail on the head when you said you need to work on your patience! That is something we preach on here all the time. These meds take time to work.........
Avatar n tn Let me ask you a question, what is your son being treated for? My son has been on zoloft for anixety for 10 years and he takes 50 mg and does real good. I suppose it depends what he his being treated for but to me that is a high dose. I would probably ask the doctor about taking a different med. Good Luck.
Avatar m tn On Zoloft 25 mg for 3 weeks. Initial terrible insomnia is getting better but still very tired. Sleeping 12-14 ours daily. Is this normal? Will it go away? Taking med in the morning and going back to sleep till 1-2 pm now. Will taking it at night help with the daytime fatigue or will it make insomnia worse? Will the fatigue make depression and anxiety worse if I cannot cope when school starts? Is Zoloft right for me? Should I be patient and wait longer?
Avatar f tn I'm 32 weeks pregnant and started getting anxiety attacks 3 weeks ago and now I'm depressed as well. The doctor wants to put me on Zoloft but I don't think it's safe for the baby. Has anyone taken Zoloft well pregnant and was your baby ok?
Avatar m tn Hey everyone I was hoping for some feedback from anyone with xperience with zoloft. I have suffered from extreme anxiety/ panic disoder and depression for most of my life.(I'm 24 years old) it went untreated for a while. I finally found a good DR. about a year and a half ago. I have been on zoloft and perfectly stable for 18 months. It really changed my life my anxiety was almost non existent and depression was literally absent.
Avatar m tn Hey everyone I was hoping for some feedback from anyone with xperience with zoloft. I have suffered from extreme anxiety/ panic disoder and depression for most of my life.(I'm 24 years old) it went untreated for a while. I finally found a good DR. about a year and a half ago. I have been on zoloft and perfectly stable for 18 months. It really changed my life my anxiety was almost non existent and depression was literally absent.
Avatar m tn I used to be on an SSRI for depression/anxiety but I stopped taking it over the past few months just because I didn't want to be on it anymore. I was considering going back on them because my anxiety levels seem to always be high these days. I am very anxious about the future and am always worried that things won't turn out well. I read books and stuff to try to help myself. Anxiety and depression run in my family as well, maybe I just use this as an excuse...
Avatar f tn I'm taking zoloft and have for years... My doctor is thinking about switching me to Cymbalta... for fibromyalgia pain. Think it might help?
Avatar f tn Personally, I would try the dosage increase of the Zoloft first before trying a new med, especially if the Zoloft WAS working for you. I was in a panic/amxiety support group years back, and I'll tell you that Zoloft was one of the meds that people reported the most significant progress with for anxiety/panic...including my own experience with it, which was very positive.
Avatar m tn I have been prescribed Zoloft for major depression and Xanax for anxiety. I don't want to take Zoloft anymore. I quit cold turkey 10 days ago. Lately when exercising, I have noticed pronounced fatigue and some light-headedness. I suppose this is due to stopping the Zoloft without weaning myself from taking this medication. Will these symptoms ease up or stop soon? I still take the Xanax.
1773104 tn?1314155711 For me, I did notice an uptick in my anxiety whenever I started, stopped or adjusted the dosage of an SSRI like Zoloft. I think it was probably two-fold. While I had some symptoms, many of them were probably magnified because I was already anxious about taking Zoloft. I already had been dealing with anxiety and whenever I felt any symptom out of the ordinary, I attributed it to the medicaiton when in fact the two were probably not related at all.