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Afraid of the 100mg

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deborah_24308
deborah_24308

I’ve been taking 75 to about 90mg for about 6 weeks and was doing good. Then I thought I’d up It to 100mg cause that’s what my de wanted. 

However after 4 days I started having anxiety again. I got so scared last night that my blood pressure went up which made it worse. 

I went back to 75 today. 

Is it normal to feel anxiety after upping it? 

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  • k80659
    k80659 deborah_24308

    Posted

    Hi Deborah,

    Yes I felt much worse again after upping to 100. First week or so of doing so in particular. But stuck it out and been on 100 for 4 months now. It always takes at least a little while for your brain to get used to the new amount of seretonin. 

    Hope you can see the through the new dose but speak to your doctor and see what they say too. 

    Hope you feel better soon 

    • deborah_24308
      deborah_24308 k80659

      Posted

      Thank you so much !! I so appreciate your response. 

      Yes the new serotonin level was so weird.  I felt euphoric and scared at the same time. 😂

    • ondrea69
      ondrea69 deborah_24308

      Posted

      I have been the same this week going from 125mg to 150mg over 2 weeks, I have gone back to 125mg because I think the upped dosage was to quick for me. I hope you feel better soon x
  • kerry56645
    kerry56645 deborah_24308

    Posted

    Hi Deborah, strangely I didn’t feel any side affects from 75 to 100 but I did when I upped to 125. 

    How long were you at 75 ? I assume you were still having symptoms hence your upper dose to 100?

    I would say it’s pretty normal to have side affects and it also sounds like there is still some anxiety. I remember when I took my first tablet and I literally felt like I was going g to have a heart attack, I think I it’s a combination of your body taking a drug it’s not used to, your a bit scared and anxious and then this causes you to be hypersensitive to any feeling  of change within your body, if you were not symptom free when your doc asked you to up your dose then I would stick with the 100 and ride it out xxxx I hope your feeling better soonxxx 

    • deborah_24308
      deborah_24308 kerry56645

      Posted

      Thank you guys so much. I know I need to stay on the 100 but I just freak out with meds in general. 

      I guess I’ll restart the 100 next week. I don’t like to change on a weekend. Weird I know. 

  • darla_22432
    darla_22432 deborah_24308

    Posted

    I did the exact same thing as you I went from 75 to 100 and then immediately freaked myself out thinking all the worst case scenarios. I’m on day 4 now. I’m trying to keep on keeping on. I’m feeling better than I was last week. Still having some insomnia. Took a klonopin to try and help with that. I worry about all the side effects and this isn’t even my first time taking this medication. I’m going to try and stick with the 100 though and hope that we are all feeling better soon. 
    • deborah_24308
      deborah_24308 darla_22432

      Posted

      I thought I’d try 100 again next week. But really I’m doing great on the 75 so my keep it there. 

      Let me know how you do. 

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