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Shall I suggest to GP moving from 50mg to 100mg

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john54486
john54486

1 week on 25mg, 3 weeks on 50mg and no remission in my severe anxiety yet. It feels like it's not working, but could it be I need a higher dose. Any thoughts on this from anyone. I go to the GP tomorrow.

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  • Jacquiski44
    Jacquiski44 john54486

    Posted

    Hiya. I was on 50mg for 4 weeks and it did nothing for me, my doc put my dose up to 100mg and I'm now beginning to see a real difference. Of course everyone is different but it certainly has worked for me so far.

  • Jem_star
    Jem_star john54486

    Posted

    Yes I think you should ask to go up a bit on the dose. Or maybe see if one more week helps as you started off on 25 years which is a low dose. With each increase as well there will be side effects from that. It takes a good few weeks to properly get into your system so I suppose we just have to ride it out. Also if you were particularly anxious before the meds sometimes it gets worse before it then gets better. 
  • Pauljdme
    Pauljdme john54486

    Posted

    Hello John, yes, move up to 100 if you feel the need. I was also on 50 for a few weeks then moved to 100 and things started to improve, i could actually watch telly again and the like. A few weeks on and i could handle the public life again. It does take a bit of time to reach your therapeutic level but when it does the appetite for life can be too much lol

    All the best and good health : )

     

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