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Starting a new antidepressant

Mental Health | Last Active: Feb 9 6:25am | Replies (11)

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@frouke if Lexapro does not work well with you after a trial period, ask your doctor to put you on Zoloft antidepressant.

I avoided antidepressants till I couldn’t so my doctor put me on Zoloft because she says it is well tolerated, and can be discontinued more easily than other antidepressants.

I started on one 25mg. capsule for two weeks and then on two 25mg. capsules. I hope to be on them only through the winter. It needs to be taken with food, especially if you have GERD.

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@rashida Thank you Rashida, I was so stressed out because I’m not very keen taking these meds and I always give up when they start giving me side effects, I was started on 5 mg. and after a few days I lowered it to 2.5 mg. which I’m tolerating better, I wanted to take Zoloft but it’s a capsule and I can’t reduce the dose, Escitalopram is a pill so I can cut it in quarters, if I don’t feel good after another week I will ask for another pill.