I just got my dosage increased from 50mg. to 75mg. Currently on Zoloft and Cloneazepam 1mg. I take in the morning and benzo in the afternoon. Im having headaches,backpain, could this pain be coming from meds??
Zoloft - could an increase in dose cause headaches and backpain?
Question posted by marcieof3boys on 16 Oct 2012
Last updated on 19 October 2016 by 1234Happy
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It may be a rebound or withdrawal situation. Good luck.
Hello marcieof3boys. Headaches are a side effect to taking either drug. Back pain is not. If it continues I would let your doctor know. Regards pledge
I find this very interesting! A couple weeks ago my zoloft was increased from 100 to 200 mg, take 3 mg of klonopin, and soon after had the most intense neck pain! I just figured that it was due to another issue, but who knows... btw, the increase is due to recent issues, and have no plans on staying on a dose that high, both with the klonopin & zoloft. Normally am at a lower dosage for both...
WOW I just took 1mg. of cloneazepam and im friggen relaxed!! What do you have..
to take 3mg???
Some people have more issues than you do,either brain chemistry or whatever. Please don't insult others. I realize that this is not intentional, but this is a nonjudgmental site. Thanks!
Im not judgemental or insulting person. dont comment on my post. thanks!!
No, it's totally cool. I'm normally taking 100mg of the zoloft and 2mg of the klonopin. I started years back on .5 mg. I think that my system built a tolerance to the med and or my body processes the med quickly. At one point I was prescribed 4mg, and at that point it really was too much. So.. I tapered back until things felt right at 2mg. Now that life has turned upside down and without therapy, we're going up to 3mg with the intention of going back down to 2mg. If I continue therapy, I would expect to be altogether off the med. But... no health insurance can be a bit of a pain. The strange thing is that I now have more work than I can handle, and I would think that normally that would be a good thing, but the body is telling me otherwise. Weird, but I guess that it really is a sudden change, one that I like, but my system does not! Also... working + acting as part time / full time dad makes things all that much more interesting... But no, that med has no effect on my sleep, at least at the doses that I have been given.
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