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How long till SSRIs work for breathing issues?

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dip58448
dip58448

Hi,

After almost a year of suffering with breathing issues, I gave in and started Zoloft. For the past year, my breathing has been restricted, taking a lot of effort, and always feeling air hunger. It feels like my ribs can't expand enough to get air.

I started 25mg zoloft about 20 days ago. I upped it to 50mg about 12 days ago. I had a couple of good days, that got me excited. But now I'm back to the usual. It feels like I'm not taking meds at all.

I know meds can take 3-6 weeks to start working. But shouldn't I see some improvements already? Any advice on this would be much appreciated.

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  • cheryl20077
    cheryl20077 dip58448

    Posted

    hi how you feeling now? a week has gone

    • dip58448
      dip58448 cheryl20077

      Posted

      Hi,

      My doctor told me to up it to 75mg, because the theraputic dose is apparently 100mg. So I've done 75mg for a week now. Still nothing. I was so excited that this would help, but so sad and scared that it may not 😦 I can't keep living like this.

    • cheryl20077
      cheryl20077 dip58448

      Posted

      yeah it does take a little time for them to work I'm afraid. I'm on day 9 of increasing my dose of citalopram and I actually feel worse 😔 they take time to get into your system and to start working and sometimes they can make you feel worse before you feel better xx

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