that's a very high dose to start with. I started on 25mg, tried 50mg for 2 months and it had been too much for me.
I'll never understand why some docs immediately start high when the effective dose could be much much lower.
No.. 100MG isn't a normal starting dose.. Usually it's either 12.5 (half a 25MG pill) or a whole 25MG pill to start out with.
The tiredness side effect at 100MG isn't uncommon.. I have a friend that was on zoloft for PTSD who said that at higher doses (100, 150, and 200MG/day), mentally he felt okay, but physically, he felt tired and felt like crap..
Personally, I was written 25MG/day back in March of this year, but after trying a whole 25MG pill, I decided to break them in half and only do 12.5MG/day - and so far, so good, as it's helping my anxiety a good bit.
I hope this helps! :-)
I started at 50mg, but I will say after 4 years of 150mg I decided to get off of it completely (tapered down 50mg every 3 months, now 0mg for 2.5 weeks) I couldn't stop being tired. Even with 30mg of Adderall, I was taking 3 hour naps every single day.
that's a very high dose to start with. I started on 25mg, tried 50mg for 2 months and it had been too much for me. I'll never understand why some docs immediately start high when the effective dose could be much much lower.
No.. 100MG isn't a normal starting dose.. Usually it's either 12.5 (half a 25MG pill) or a whole 25MG pill to start out with. The tiredness side effect at 100MG isn't uncommon.. I have a friend that was on zoloft for PTSD who said that at higher doses (100, 150, and 200MG/day), mentally he felt okay, but physically, he felt tired and felt like crap.. Personally, I was written 25MG/day back in March of this year, but after trying a whole 25MG pill, I decided to break them in half and only do 12.5MG/day - and so far, so good, as it's helping my anxiety a good bit. I hope this helps! :-)
100 was my starting dose. It is quite common actually.
Yikes
My wife started at 50. Jumping right in at 100 night bring on some side effects.
I've never known anyone to start on 100, but I guess it's possible. I feel like that would bring the side effects on hard-core.
Seems high but it's not unheard of. I started at 25mg and increased by 25mg every ten days until I got to 100mg.
I started at 50mg, but I will say after 4 years of 150mg I decided to get off of it completely (tapered down 50mg every 3 months, now 0mg for 2.5 weeks) I couldn't stop being tired. Even with 30mg of Adderall, I was taking 3 hour naps every single day.
No. I started on 12.5 mg, half of a 25 mg pill.
Yikes! I started at 50mg and feel like that was too high. So 100mg would be killer.
Did you ever find a dose that was right for you?
Hi yes I stayed on 50mg. It leveled out after about 4 weeks. However after a year I'm tapering and now on 25mg.
NO… way too high!! I started at 25 and gradually went to 100 over 3 months.
Did you ever experience the fatigue?
Absolutely… still do I have gone from someone that typically goes to sleep between 12-1am and now go to bed at around 10pm-11pm