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8th week on sertraline feel worse

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chelsea54783
chelsea54783

hi guys ive been on sertraline for 8 weeks now and 2 weeks on 125mg i was having brighter calmer days for over a week then bam major panic, intrusive thoughts the only thing that works to calm me is diazepam but i dont want to have to rely on it forever ive been taking that for 10 weeks now 5mg per day and i think my body has built up a tolerance to it, my anxiety used to be on a morning now its on an evening too preventing me from sleeping, has anyone else had the same so late into taking them?

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  • knight84874
    knight84874 chelsea54783

    Posted

    yeah i went from 125 mg to 137.5 increased anxiety and depression right away it calmed down 10 days into it guess your body has to get used to it. also ive been taking high dose of fish oil omega 3 it says it helps it work better. im like 5 outta 10 right now alot better then i have been feeling . ive been on zoloft for a long time too

    • chelsea54783
      chelsea54783 knight84874

      Posted

      thank you for your reply! it just seems strange that its appeared 2 weeks in to the increased dose rather than right away how long have you been on zoloft for?

    • knight84874
      knight84874 chelsea54783

      Posted

      about 8 years i wanna get to 150 but the depression the thoughts and anxiety are rough when i go up each time im om 137.5 right now 11 days hope it gets better i was on 150 but then i went to 50 mg two years ago even since then ive been struggling i think i relapsed tryna get where i was get fish oil too it helps also. high epa fishoil you get it off amazon

  • Dazfoxy530
    Dazfoxy530 chelsea54783

    Posted

    Stick in there, it will get better, took me 12 weeks to feel full benefit. Keep fighting on.

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