Posted by blueberry on May 14, 2006, at 18:44:56
In reply to Zoloft and suicidal ideation?, posted by fairywings on May 14, 2006, at 16:10:59
Your experience is not unusual. There are two things you should do...
Call your doctor first thing and let him/her know what is happening.
Reduce the dosage. You can cut the pills with a knife or whatever into halves or quarters.
Too high of a dose at the start can make you feel a lot more depressed than you were. Doctors seem to start some of us at too high of a dose, even though they think it is a perfectly normal dose.
I don't know what dose you are on. If it is 25mg, cut it to 12.5mg. If it is 12.5mg, cut it to 6mg. If it is 50, cut it to 25 or 12.5.
Gradually increase dose every few days or once a week, in small steps, but the main thing is to talk to your doctor. Reducing the dose is just the most immediate temporary thing you can do before you can call him/her. They might want you to reduce the dose and increase it slower in smaller steps or they might want to just ditch it and try another medication that works differently.
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