Hi all. Curious to source some thoughts about my current situation.
My psych had me shift up to 125mg from 100 mg about 2.5 weeks ago - no serious side effects. At the time he said he thought the target might be 150mg -- that after 1-2 weeks on 125 I could either go up to 150 or stay there if things were feeling better. I had a few days where it felt like depression was lifting -- but then things slumped again. I've read many different accounts regarding dosage increases, and I'm trying to decide whether to wait out 125 for longer or make the switch to 150. On the one hand, I like being on as low of a dose as is necessary to address my anx/dep so that I am not dealing with too much blunting - and I know increases can take time. At the same time, my symptoms are definitely interfering with my functioning (have been for almost 3 months now) and I have less patience for waiting things out than I did waiting 5-6 weeks to see where 100 mg would land me... see background info below. Thoughts?
Background:
I've been on Zoloft at various doses for years for anxiety and depression, and it has worked wonders for me. I'd been at 50 mg for about 9 months in February (down from 75 where I'd been for a year or so) when some life stressors around my relationship (9 years) and existential distress (turning 39, rounding the corner to 40), probably combined with some burnout from a crazy year last year -- led me to collapse into a pretty gnarly depression/anxiety episode. Started going back up on dosage (coordinated with my psych). Got to 100 mg in early March. Waited out the increase and was starting to feel significantly better by the second week of April. Then had some very decentering conversations come up with my partner that knocked me on my ass again. Psych and PCP both saw it as breakthrough depression from stress and thought it was a sign that 100mg maybe wasn't the target.