Question about Zoloft dosage - Depression Message Board

springgodess · 07-07-2008, 12:23 PM

Hello all,

If some of you have had experience with taking Zoloft and increasing/decreasing the dosage you were taking, I'd appreciate your feedback. I've been on Zoloft for a year now, on 50mg, for depression and anxiety, and it's been working great, trully a miracle, got my life back on track. Now, a couple of weeks ago I had a traumatic break up with my boyfriend, and the depression, crying and anxiety all came back full force. Like, really full force. Now I don't feel super bad, but feel worse overall than I did before the break up, and fear my depression might have resurfaced, maybe the drugs are not as potent anymore with it, and I need to increase the dosage...Do you think I should attempt going up to 75mg, is that a dramatic enough increase, or should I try 100mg? Obviously, I'll talk to my doctor first, but I was just wondering what you guys think...has it made a difference, for anyone, when they increased their dosage of Zoloft, and if so, by how much?
Thank you all so much!

index.html · 07-08-2008, 07:53 AM

50mg is actually a low dose of Zoloft so I expect your doctor will want to increase it since you are feeling down again. He could try you on 75mg, but my guess is that he'll bump it to 100.

Good luck!

springgodess · 07-08-2008, 01:41 PM

Thanks for your answer, index! I was thinking that might be the case, that if I tell my doctor she would want to bump it up dramatically...although I was thinking that you always bump it up by 25 mg, so to me 75 would have been the next logical choice...but whatever, I guess it will be my doctor's decision. Thanks for much for your answer!

springgodess