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ondrea69
ondrea69

Anybody lowered there dosage because they felt it wasn't working as good? I've been on 150mg for 5 weeks and I feel my old symptoms are coming back. I know it's not side effects cos I had them the first week. Do you think this could be a too higher dosage for me ? Would love to hear some feed back please 🤣

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  • joe41529
    joe41529 ondrea69

    Posted

    Have you been on 150mg for five weeks total? Or did you start lower and move up to 150? I started on 25mg for a week and moved up to 50mg and I have been on 50mg now for almost 8 weeks and doing real well. 
    • ondrea69
      ondrea69 joe41529

      Posted

      I started on 50mg went to 100mg, then 125mg of which I was starting to feel a lot of benefit but because I was impatient  I went up to 150mg five weeks ago, and I just feel this is a to higher dose.
    • deborah_24308
      deborah_24308 ondrea69

      Posted

      I did the same thing.  I became more depressed on 150. So I went to 125 again.  Tried to go back to 100 and had big panic my blood pressure went up to 191/104. That scared me so much I’m back to 125. 
    • jacqueline73660
      jacqueline73660 joe41529

      Posted

      Joe so glad your doing well ! I'm on my 2nd day of 50 and I feel increased anxiety this morning big time ... did you have this ? Does it pass? I so want Zoloft to work!!!

    • joe41529
      joe41529 jacqueline73660

      Posted

      Hi again, yes I definitely had increased anxiety in the early stages, for the first 3 weeks for sure, but then after about my 4th or 5th week it leveled off. Now I barely have any anxiety at all, still tired during the day on most days but that is slowly improving as well.
    • gordon83595
      gordon83595 jacqueline73660

      Posted

      Hi Jacqueline. Yes it does pass, it might take a couple of weeks. the same happened to me, as well as a lot of other side effects. Im on week 8 now at 150mg and pretty much most of the side effects have gone, or certainly diminished. and i do feel a lot better within myself. so its working, this has only came on tho, in the last week and a half. hang in there, the side effects can be horrible, but they will pass. All the best G x
    • deborah_24308
      deborah_24308 ondrea69

      Posted

      Yes I am thank you. But I still have the anxiety a little in the evening. I’m taking blood pressure meds now so it’s working ok. 

      Thank you for asking. 

    • gordon83595
      gordon83595 jacqueline73660

      Posted

      Hiya! Yeah, i was taking it at 9.30 every morning, but actually just this week im going to try taking it at night, as i find its making me tiered during the day, seems to come on about 4 or 5 hrs after i take it, and im just wanting to go back to bed, so gonna try night time to see if it helps with daytime tiredness. will see!

      Originally i was taking it at night when i first started on it, but at that point it was keeping me awake, but things have changed now, and im sleeping or getting to sleep a lot easier and better now, so giving night dose a go again. Ive always had problem sleeping anyways, and im sleeping about 4 to 5 hrs a night at the moment, which is better than before, and i feel ok with that, i usaly have 2 hrs in afternoon as well, just cos at that point i cant stay awake. keep me updated on how you get on. All the very best Gx

  • lattifa7777
    lattifa7777 ondrea69

    Posted

    Yeah some times a lower dose is better than a higher one. Deffo go back to.yje lower dose.
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