I''ve been on Zoloft since June 1, started with a low dose and now I"m at 37.5. My doctor gave me the green light to increase to 50 when I felt like i needed to, I'm just scared to do it. Overall I've had a good response to the med, but its taken awhile! And after increasing I'll have several bad days...increased symptoms and anxiety. Any advice out there??!!
Hi Renee, the main thing your GP said was you can increase when you felt you needed too. How are you feeling on 37.5mg? If it's working for you don't increase it but if it's only working for you let's say slightly then you will need to increase the dose, you might have a few bad days on starting to increase but this will go, it's not a huge jump to 50mg. Have all the previous increases caused you worsening symptoms for a while? If not you should be ok, if yes you'll know how long the symptoms will last.
Neil
Yes previous increases caused symptoms but eventually I felt better. I'm in this transition period that's new to me. I feel better but think an increase might get me where I want to be, back to normal
Thank you for listening