I am also on Ritalin 30 mg/day (20 mg morning and 10 mg afternoon) and Lorazepam 2 mg at 9:00 p.m.
Thank you.
Question posted by vita16666 on 20 Jan 2012
Last updated on 21 January 2012
I am also on Ritalin 30 mg/day (20 mg morning and 10 mg afternoon) and Lorazepam 2 mg at 9:00 p.m.
Thank you.
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Hello vita16666. You can however I'd not split the dose. In doing so, your body will most probably not be receiving the dose as intended. Unless its for a reason such as nausea, or tremors, to lessen a physical symptom of the drug, or because of an interaction with another drug, such as the Ritalin, more often than not, a doctor will nor recommend to do so. Best of wishes,pledge
Hi Pledge,
Thank you very much for your prompt answer. In fact I started Zoloft yesterday morning and I had doubt that I can start with 50 mg as recommended in Drugs.com Zoloft dosage information. Yesterday morning I took 25 mg and I felt very good till afternoon I took another 25 mg after lunch but in the evening I experienced some bad conditions such as chest tightness, fast breathing and stomach pain which were minor. Today morning I took 50 mg and I am going to keep this dosage of Zoloft once a day with 30 mg Ritalin and 2 mg lorazepam. For your more information, I was on Buspar+Fluoxetine+Zolpidem. Buspar is a perfect medicine for treatment of Anxiety but it interacts with SSRI such as Prozac especially with Zolpidem and cause serotonin syndrome which is terrible and could be life threatening. I had bad night and following day because of said combination so I discontinued Zolpidem and decreased Prozac from 80 mg/day to 20 mg/day and finally I forgot taking Prozac.
Best regards,
Vita
Yes you can split the Zoloft in half. But I am curious as to why you would want to do that?
Laurie
Hi Laurie,
Thank you very much for your prompt answer. In fact I started Zoloft yesterday morning and I had doubt that I can start with 50 mg as recommended in Drugs.com Zoloft dosage information. Yesterday morning I took 25 mg and I felt very good till afternoon I took another 25 mg after lunch but in the evening I experienced some bad conditions such as chest tightness, fast breathing and stomach pain which were minor. Today morning I took 50 mg and I am going to keep this dosage of Zoloft once a day with 30 mg Ritalin and 2 mg lorazepam. For your more information, I was on Buspar+Fluoxetine+Zolpidem. Buspar is a perfect medicine for treatment of Anxiety but it interacts with SSRI such as Prozac especially with Zolpidem and cause serotonin syndrome which is terrible and could be life threatening. I had bad night and following day because of said combination so I discontinued Zolpidem and decreased Prozac from 80 mg/day to 20 mg/day and finally I forgot taking Prozac.
Vita
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