Guest guest Posted April 17, 2010 Report Share Posted April 17, 2010 Hi Faith - the sleep issues usually fade away after a week or so if you can stick it out. Below 1mg is not really considered to be much of a theraputic dose so if you can at least stick with 2mg for now it would probably be more beneficial healthwise. Try taking some kind of sleep aid to get you through the initial sleep issues. Melatonin maybe or just an over the counter sleep aid should help. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 25, 2010 Report Share Posted May 25, 2010 The optimal dose is considered to be 4.5mg. If you start at that dose or work up slowly to it will be a personal choice. If, for example, you have MS you may get stiffness starting right out at that dose and may have to stick with 3mg. My husband has MS and takes 4.5 with no problems but everyone is different. If you are somewhat drug sensitive you might want to start at 1.5mg for a few weeks and then double up and then take three finally. Once you have found a dose you feel comfortable with, then stick with it and get to healing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 26, 2010 Report Share Posted May 26, 2010 I opted to start low, at 1.0 last October 1st. I've upped it 0.5, with plenty of time in between. I've just gone to 3.0. The reason for this is that I have a history of difficulty with prescription drugs. In fact, the only thing that happened to me was the common sleep disturbances the first week, but I am fairly frail, so I've kept the schedule slow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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