sertraline dosage increase

Hello, I am prescribed with Zoloft and Xanax xr due to my anxiety and panic attacks. I am taking Zoloft 50mg in the mornings for 9 days and yesterday I took extra 50mg afternoon (as my doctor prescribed) and after 2-3 hours I felt my regular symptoms (heartbeat increases and my left arm and left feels like there are ants walking on it) and I took 0,5mg Xanax immediately. Now, I am very scared to increase the dosage.

At my 3 week doctor visit he decided to not increase my dosage since I was seeing improvement. 3 days later I crashed- anxiety and worry, chest tightness, stomach issues, no appetite and back to 2-3 hours of sleep a night even with increasing trazadone to 100 mg. I called my doctor and was told to increase sertraline to 100 mg. I went to 75 mg for 3 days, then 100 mg for last 5 days. I still feel terrible.

I also agree that you need to give the 100mg some more time. It's not unusual for a med to take another 4-6 weeks to reach peak effectiveness, after a dosage increase. The good news is, you're seeing some very positive results....so I think it's fair to say that the Zoloft wilkl work well for you. Have you started any therapy?

Perhaps the stress in your life has gotten worse and the previous dosage of sertraline is no longer working for you. You may want to explore an increase or a new medication altogether with your psychiatrist. The important thing to remember is that you have been able to get better in the past and you will get better again, you just need a bit more help right now. Best wishes...

I always recommend exhausting all options with one med before starting over with a new one. Talk to your doctor. Even a small increase may do wonders. It's not unusual to need a dosage increase from time to time, as ADs tend to peter out to an extent. Let us know how you're doing!

Should you experience symptoms when you have dosage increase? I have been taking 75mcg for 8 days after increasing from 50 mcg. The lower dosage made me feel dizzy and so tired so endo told me to start 75 mcg. But I have been feeling a little jittery,nauseous and achy all weekend. Is it normal to have this after increase and I should try to tough it out for a few days? Or is this a reaction I should be concerned about it?

Are these two drugs compatable levothyroxine and sertraline hcl? Does your thyroid control your blood sugar?

I believe that the most important factor is the too-large dose of sertraline. Cutting back to 100mg has not seemed to increase depression or anxiety. I figure, the lower the dose of anything, the better. It is difficult to find much certainty from any information source about Zoloft and twitching, but it has not gone without being noted here and there. Check with your medical professional -- of course -- before changing anything in any way. I am only telling you what I have experienced.

I cannot take serlfit-100 further...as this caused me ejaculation failure .... please help me with some alternate medicine with no/less side effects...

My doctor prescribed me Sertraline 25mg on top of my existing med. The first day I took Sertraline I got stomach upset and diarrhea; reduced to 12.5mg now. I m suffering side-effects like I'm having a fever(fatigue, sweaty, chills at times). On top of that, my menstruation's cramp is exceptionally bad this time, not sure it was affected by Sertraline. I am not sure this med would help me anymore. Hope someone could induce more positive effects about Sertraline.

Been on sertraline coming up to 5 week started on 50mg had to up to 100mg after 9 days as it was doing nothing then was fine from then up until this Thursday just gone had high anxiety and was upped to 150mg Friday morning I feel these meds made me worse at first then had relief for 2 1/2 week and now bang nothing can anyone recommend any advice with these or am I best to switch the side effects from day one and still now today insomnia, dihorea, hot sweats and twitching the anxiety is worse in

i have had ocd now for 5 years i been on sertraline for about that time but last year all my unwanted throughts went away it was great for a year i stop taking my sertraline and then it came back i been back on the sertraline now for over 6months and i think it makes me worst i feels tension. jumpy.down and my unwanted throughts are as bad as ever.

hi all been on 50 mg sertraline tablets for 3 weeks now for anxiety. they dont seem to be doing anything to me except side effects 1st week was worst my anxiety was worse had panic attacks, constant tiredness jittery sweating calmed down bit now i just have constantly shaky hands all time no matter what i do, doctor said thats just me im not sure what he means. anyone else get this? also i dont want him to up my dose as the side effects but not noticing any change does it take longer? thanks.

So tomorrow I am to start Sertraline. My psychiatrist said to start slow with it. He gave me 50 mg to break in half and take for a week...my question is is it safe to break the 25 mg in half as well and start even slower? I'm a huge baby when it comes to side effects :( but id take 12.5 my for a week then 25 mg for a week then 50mg then I would see him again. Has anyone ever done this? Thanks. Also share experiences if you like.

I was just curious. I started 12.5 mg of zoloft (sertraline) 10 days ago. I didn't taper down to that or anything its just the dose my dr gave me due to my sensitivity to meds. Since then a bad insomnia issue has gotten worse and I also notice my appetite is less but I seem to be getting a bit bigger in my tummy. I am very very petite so I noticed it right away. Has anyone else taken a tiny dose of zoloft like 12.5 mg and noticedweight gain?

83, The doctor has now increase my weekend dosage to 100mcg but I still feel this is not enough. I feel 125mcag along with 100mcg every other day would be more suitable for me. Please advise as I'm concern about about my baby.

I take 1 150mg dose at 9PM. Should I ask the doctor to increase my dosage to 300mg. Does any body have an experience like me? Do you have any input for me? I am getting discouraged waiting.

When can I expect to feel positive effects from a dosage increase of an ssri? I have been on celexa for 8 weeks, slowly going up from 5 to 20 mg. I've been on 20 mg for 7 days and still feel anxious...how long does it take for a new dosage to yield positive effects?

I started Sertraline (Zoloft generic) 6 days ago. I am still testing at a low 25 mg dose. I think I had/have an increase in fatigue, a side effect and can not say I feel any "better". Happily, no serious side effects but the fatigue is also present due to bereavement/grief struggle and that may the main driver for fatigue, Sertraline may eventually reduce that depression-type symptom, fatigue.

Thank you for your response. I am more than willing to try an increase in my sertraline, just wondering if I would have a better chance at relief from trying another med and wondered what others thought. I have an appt. with my Dr. and will discuss all options.

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