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I'm bipolar and the dr lowered my zoloft (sertraline) by 50 mg from 200 mg to 150 mg and now my moods are all messed up. i'm super depressed what should i do?

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Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Specializes in Internal Medicine

Decreased zoloft (sertraline): Please let your doctor know. SSRIs do cause a form of dependence so decreasing the dose has to be done very slowly and individually.

Answered 12/24/2014

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Promptly advise your: psychiatrist so that you can optomize your medications together.

Dr Chuu agreed

Answered 11/28/2017

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A member asked:

I'm bipolar and the dr lowered my zoloft (sertraline) by 50 mg from 200 mg to 150 mg and now my moods are all messed up. i'm super depressed what should i do?

3 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Dr. Rebecca Gliksman answered

Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Dr Chuu agreed

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