Increase or not?
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I've been on sertraline 50mg for 11 days now and no improvement so far, I know it takes a lot longer to work,but my doctor just informed me he would like me to go up to 100mg at week 3 as he said 50mg is too low and isnt the therapeutic dose and said he thinks it's not high enough to help with my anxiety/depression as well as 100mg.
just wandering if I should increase or still wait it out a lot longer to see.
just dont want to waste time on a dose that isnt strong enough to help
thanks x
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gsquez77 Potatoghost
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Hey potato what you feeling ?
I feel eh not that great on energy.
I wanna just not feel like this anymore.
My mind is all over the place.
What you doing today?
Potatoghost gsquez77
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hey gs
it's this horrible anxiety and panick.
didnt feel too bad the past few days but today has been horrible to say the least.
and this cracking headache isn't helping either
very teary and emotional and panicky.
I know the feeling of wanting to not feel like this any more too
x its 8 months of hell.
gsquez77 Potatoghost
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Hey im at 8 months too.
Yeah i feel dizzy and heavy headed.
Do you drive potato? i struggle to drive.
Im.not sleeping great either .
I hope we get well soon for both of us.
My family is sick of me being this way.
Thanks!
lois95799 gsquez77
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i aint sick of both of you.so complain to me all you want does not bother me.lol
Potatoghost gsquez77
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no I don't drive buddy, I normally get around on my skateboard, my partner says at 28 I'm too old for that but I don't think so! not that I have the balance to do that right now tbh.
I hope we get better soon too. it's hard to keep it together sometimes after all this time x
what is it they say to you when you tell them?
the dizziness isn't a side effect for me it's more like I'm very wobbly and unsteady on my feet atm.
sleep isnt great either. how much sleep are you getting at night?
Potatoghost lois95799
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hahaha thank you lois, because I'm sick of me already! 😅
gsquez77 Potatoghost
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They say i got to do something.
Yeah i know the wobbly feeling.
I cant drive and when i did i afraid of feeling dizzy so yeah is hard .
gsquez77
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Not much sleep few hours.
i lounge around due to how i feel.
Thanks!
gsquez77
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How many meds you been on this year?
I been on lexapro and celexa and zoloft and klonopin.
I think thats a p
Potatoghost gsquez77
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ive been on
amatriptalyn
mirtazipine
celexa
and now sertaline.
try your best not to drive until you feel a little more settled,
when they say do something what do they mean?
what's do you mean a p?
gsquez77 Potatoghost
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lois is very helpful and nice along with toria.
gsquez77
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Hey lois i have 25 mg tabs. I ran out of the 50 mg.
Csn i take two 25 mg tabs to get 50mg?
Thanks!
lois95799 gsquez77
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yes gs.and when you run out split the 100 in half.
gsquez77 Potatoghost
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I awake and feel panicky today.
Didnt sleep much either.
Um im scared of everything and tired.
ruth08109 Potatoghost
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Hi there,
I upped from 10 mg Citalopram to 20mg eight and a half weeks ago, and it is only over the last week that I have begun to feel a benefit in the increase. Personally, I'm gonna wait the full 12 weeks and assess. I'm only just seeing a more consistent improvement.
I know we're taking different drugs, but remember, they take their time to show their full effect.
It's so annoying knowing when to make an increase, but I'd give it a little while yet, at least to four weeks, likely to eight. Kind of depends how functional you are and what you have to do in your day to day existence.....do you go to work?etc.
I'd err on the side of allowing more time, or else you don't really know how 50mg is for you.
Ruth x
Potatoghost ruth08109
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thank you ruth I appreciate your reply x
I think I'm gonna stay on my dose for now because I seem to have really gone downhill the past 2 days and am not coping very well so the increase in and anxiety and stuff from increasing would be way too much for me right now I think.
thank you, hope you are starting to get better yourself.
did you ever feel like you were going backwards when you was on the lower dose? I'm on day 16 and it's getting very difficult x thank you x
ruth08109 Potatoghost
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Yes, I did, and it was really annoying because 10mg worked fine for me three years ago.
I went back on 10mg at the end of August last year. It seemed to be okish, by January I thought it was working but to be honest, it felt a bit patchy, not quite how it'd worked before. By May I had completely crashed again....I think I lasted that long because from Jan to March I'd had regular acupuncture, which kind of held me together and helped with the anxiety.
May and June this year were horrid and I took some time out of work, faced up to the fact that 10mg wasn't helping much at all now and updosed mid June.
I'm now beginning to feel a lot more stable but it has taken nearly 9 weeks. Weeks 6 and 7 of this updose I was all over the place and ready to throw in the towel, but it has suddenly started to work a bit more consistently.xxx
Potatoghost ruth08109
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I was originally on citalopram and it stopped working for me after about 4-5 years and I found the higher doses made my BP and heart rate really bad so had to swap to sertraline. I'm glad you are starting to feel like it's working for you now. it takes so long for them to kick in!
sounds like the acupuncture helped a little for a while. I've heard it can help.
I think I'm worrying because I'm getting worse and not better.
what was week 6 and 7 like for you? if it's ok to ask?