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Suggest An Alternative Medicine For Zoloft And Xanax
Brief Answer:
Yes it can be done
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
What you are experiencing is commonly observed with antidepressants after use for certain period of time.
The following are the option for you
1. If zoloft is still working for certain extent than the dose of zoloft can be increased. Please note that if you are receiving 200 mg than it is not a viable option as 200 mg is the maximum prescribed dose for zoloft.
2. In case you have almost all symptoms of problem for which you are using zoloft than stopping zoloft is advisable. Other than this you can start on other SSRI gruop of medicine like prozac, lexapro or paroxetine. They are from the same class to which zoloft belongs and have almost similar side effects. I hope you can tolerate different medicine from same class.
3. Your current medication can be augmented with lower dose of thyroid hormone if you have subtle or overt hypothyroidism.
4. There is also option of augmentation with antipsychotic class of medicine if there is some response with zoloft and you reached the maximum possible dose of zoloft.
5. You can go for psychotherapy along with medication which is devoid of any side effects.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
Thanks and regards
Yes it can be done
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for using healthcaremagic.
What you are experiencing is commonly observed with antidepressants after use for certain period of time.
The following are the option for you
1. If zoloft is still working for certain extent than the dose of zoloft can be increased. Please note that if you are receiving 200 mg than it is not a viable option as 200 mg is the maximum prescribed dose for zoloft.
2. In case you have almost all symptoms of problem for which you are using zoloft than stopping zoloft is advisable. Other than this you can start on other SSRI gruop of medicine like prozac, lexapro or paroxetine. They are from the same class to which zoloft belongs and have almost similar side effects. I hope you can tolerate different medicine from same class.
3. Your current medication can be augmented with lower dose of thyroid hormone if you have subtle or overt hypothyroidism.
4. There is also option of augmentation with antipsychotic class of medicine if there is some response with zoloft and you reached the maximum possible dose of zoloft.
5. You can go for psychotherapy along with medication which is devoid of any side effects.
Hope I am able to answer your concerns.
If you have any further query, I would be glad to help you.
If not, you may close the discussion and if possible you may rate the answer for me, so that I get a good feedback.
Thanks and regards
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