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Posted by Baracuda on May 6, 2008, at 22:08:04
so I had a new pdoc appt, my previous pdoc retired, and I was hesitant to go to a new one to adjust the meds, but after the bad allergic reactions on wellbutrin in addition to the zoloft, I knew i had to get professional pdoc help.
she is fantastic. she suggested increasing my dosage of 100 mg of zoloft to 150 mg, now on day 7 and when I was posting my updates on the wellbutrin here, it helped me alot in the assesment, plus thank you all for your feedback. the hair loss has slowed increasingly, I no longer have hair everywhere, and it does feel better to not have the hair on the pillowcase in the morning!
day 1 - felt good
day 2 - felt great
day 3 - felt ok
day 4 - missed full dosage, super bad day
day 5 - horrible day
day 6 - spent most of the day in bed
day 7 - nauseated, foggy, depressed.pdoc dx's me with severe depression with Dysthymic something or other. I'm hoping to feel better soon. I gained 2 lbs this week at my weigh in, but that has to do with me feeling super bad and eating anything and everything under the sun in attempts to feel better. my last binge was sunday, back to normal on monday even tho feeling foggy. Today I had to force myself to eat dinner, feeling nauseated most of the day.
Posted by Phillipa on May 7, 2008, at 12:19:52
In reply to increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 6, 2008, at 22:08:04
Barracuda looking forward to daily progress reports wondered what happened to you. One positive you have your hair back!!!! Love Phillipa
Posted by Baracuda on May 9, 2008, at 0:51:56
In reply to increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 6, 2008, at 22:08:04
yesterday I had a couple of waves of depression, today was for the most part gray, but I did have an hour or so of not feeling blah, it was nice.
:)
thanks phillipa :)
Posted by Phillipa on May 9, 2008, at 19:07:05
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 9, 2008, at 0:51:56
I'm following and cheering you on. Love Phillipa
Posted by Baracuda on May 10, 2008, at 0:43:19
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 9, 2008, at 0:51:56
fighting depression today again. im tired of it already, i hate it. :(
Posted by llurpsienoodle on May 10, 2008, at 18:52:56
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 10, 2008, at 0:43:19
Hi Baracuda,
sorry about the nausea. When I increased zoloft from 50 --- > 100mg I got horrible nausea, heartburn and constipation.Hope you have a few bright spots today.
I'm making some coconut rice pudding if you need some comfort food.
-Ll
Posted by Phillipa on May 10, 2008, at 19:54:30
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 10, 2008, at 0:43:19
Have you considered adding Deplin as a booster for the zoloft? Lots of threads about it on regular meds. Scott is on it as well as quite a few others. It's consided a food and sides are sugar pill. Why not google it or go to the website Deplin.com. Love Phillipa
Posted by Baracuda on May 11, 2008, at 0:39:59
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg » Baracuda, posted by Phillipa on May 10, 2008, at 19:54:30
hmm no I've never heard of that - am going to google it now.
thank u!
I had an unexpected TOM pms yesterday, which was totally off cycle but explains the depression issue as it usually is bad during my tom.
blah.
today I wasn't so depressed but feeling crampy and just tried to keep my mind occupied with magazines and lots of babysitting so the kids tired me out.hope all u moms have a lovely mom's day -
xobaracuda
Posted by John Doughboy on May 14, 2008, at 16:37:30
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 11, 2008, at 0:39:59
My opinion is that if 100mg of Zoloft isn't completely working, increasing the dose to 150mg isn't going to help much...unless you're using it for OCD.
SSRI's like Zoloft reach a saturation point pretty quickly were they almost completely fill up the serotonin reuptake transporters.
You might want to add a norepinephrine and/or dopamine med to the Zoloft to help with some of the depression symptoms. Adding Wellbutrin might help.
Posted by Phillipa on May 14, 2008, at 20:53:18
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by John Doughboy on May 14, 2008, at 16:37:30
My Son took 200mg for a while and then was fine and now no meds. Phillipa
Posted by Baracuda on May 17, 2008, at 17:46:26
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg » John Doughboy, posted by Phillipa on May 14, 2008, at 20:53:18
went to pdoc today. had meltdown for the last 2 days so my friend had me call for a special appt to re-evaluate. pdoc added effexor - 1 week of 37.5 then 75 for a half week then an appt to re-evaluate.
i dont know much about effexor so i'm about to do some research before i take any.
feeling exhausted/depressed/kind of hopeless.
:(
Posted by Baracuda on May 17, 2008, at 18:55:39
In reply to Re: increasing zoloft dosage to 150 mg, posted by Baracuda on May 17, 2008, at 17:46:26
day 11 - major crash
day 12 - no impulse control, crying & sleeping all dayday 13 - pdoc made adjustments, back down to 100 mg of zoloft & adding 37.5 of effexor. starting new thread.
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