Posted by Munki on December 16, 2013, at 18:07:19
My husband has been on a six year depression. It took me that long to get him to get help. Finally he went (huzzah!) and started Zoloft. He has a terrible MD who hasn't kept up on him AT ALL as he tries to find his correct dose, and started by saying she doesn't really believe in meds. That's great until you're relying on her to try them. So he's up to 200mg now. The problem is when he ups his dose, he normalizes, his brain works better, he gets up in the morning easier, and basically the parts that are just absolutely left-field crazy stop. He's human again. Not manic happy or anything, just as normal as he can get. Then his body gets used to it and he plateaus, and it's as though he's not even taking it. He's showing virtually no side-effects and he's a pretty big guy at 6'3'' and 260lb. Should he keep pursuing higher doses, or is there another drug that might work for him?
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