Increased dose to 150mg and feel worse

thank you for replying jean 😃 how long would it take to settle for you after every dose increase? it happens to me each time and each time i ask the same question, did it make your mood lower too? thank you

The last thing I want to do is dishearten you, but it took 6 weeks for side effect to go, then one day it was almost there and maybe two more weeks and I had to start again, going out, telling myself all is good when standing in a shop etc., but CBT tells me to keep doing it until it becomes the norm!! the joys - hang in there it might not feel it at the minute but it does get better

(forgot to answer your ? each time my mood dropped and anxiety went offline, if only they had a tablet that worked the otherway as in, mood up & anxiety down - dream on JEAN LOL x

hi jean thank you very much do you mean it took 6 weeks after every dose increase for the side effects to settle? im on day 10 of the increased dose and hurrendous anxiety all day long x

again please dont take my timing, I am the worst in the world for side effects, Ive often said Im a magnet for side effects!! Having said that, it does take time & it seems to get worse before it gets totally better. Did you get anything to help you with anxiety until it settles, I was given anixcalm & it helped so much, just be careful not to take for too long. I didnt want to take them but one of the many kind and helpful people on here said, take them and make the settling time a bit easier. Hang in there as YOUVE GOT THIS.. x

honestly im the worst for side effects too even taking antibiotics and things knock me sick so if it took you 6 weeks after every increased dose that actually gives me reassurance in the sense of panicking because im worse on day 9 i thought gosh should it have died down by now?! they gave me diazepam but ive been on it for 12 weeks now and my body is just tolerant to it unfortunately 😦

thank you dodo did you keep getting increased anxiety from an increased dose? im only upping by 25mg at a time but the anxiety from it is crippling and its all day, im on day 9 of the increase and have been on the medication for 9 weeks in total so far x

yes it was so bad for me too i was on 100 then upped to 150 . it will take time its a very slow medication . just stay strong

also one thing i felt a difference at week 7 and 8

then it started getting better .

im on week 9 😕 but only day 9 of increase do you think it will take a few weeks to settle? thank you

yes it will take time and the time it takes differ from one person to another so stay strong and if you need anything im here totally available to answer any questions from my experience .

im better alott but i cant say im 100% myself yet .

im on 150 too for 16 weeks now and its better anxiety wise but i can say not 100% yet .

my psyc wanted to reach 200 mg but i dont want to .

im afraid of the upped anxiety to be back if i upped the dose .

I had strong anxiety and weird dreams when my OCD was in the acute stage. but then I got used to my condition and the anxiety slowly got more controlled, and nightmares went away for months. However when I started Sertraline all the horrors and anxiety and vivid nightmares started to happen om a scale never experienced before. Not sure what to make of that... But I have been continuing using it and as many say on these forums, when the body gets used to a new dose then things starts to quiet down. its discouraging to up the dose when you leveled because it feels like you are having to re experience all that anxiety and side effects again. In the end I'm unsure what is the side effects and what is my condition? But I have to give it time, and find the correct dose.

i know its such a hardship! what dose are you on? and are you planning to increase anymore? they want me to increase to 200mg eventually but i want to have a while longer on 150mg first before i go through it all again! dreadful side effects 😦 ive had 2 positive days which good 😃

i'm on day 90 and dose is 125mg. going to increase to 150mg very soon. I was on 100 for over a month and started to feel okay but still had obsessions though they were not that upsetting. My psych told me that I need to be at least 150mg for the medicine to treat the OCD. If 150 isn't giving results they want to increase to 200. Yeah it's really awful but maybe its better to just do it quickly instead of dragging out on things. For me though the worst is the increased anxiety levels and crazy dreams. I can handle the other side effects.

I have a diary of my progress and interestingly, I noticed when reading it today that with every increase I have made, it is always the same side effects and after about 2 weeks it levels out, then on 3rd week or so I feel good so that I don't even bother to write in the diary for over a week or so. But then on a dose increase I become obsessed again to write about how I feel. 🤣 So I feel hopeful that once I settle on a higher dose I will feel even better next time.

i hope you had a few more positive days. We need a break sometimes to gather strength. 🙏

Yes I think it will come back, most certainly. For me I was really leveled on 100mg and I started to reflect like I have been in a really dark place half a year ago compared to how I felt recently... but after the latest increase I felt really like back to square one. But my body seems to get used and bounce back quicker now. I know that this is not my condition, it is a reaction to the meds and it will calm down again. If you settle on the higher dose it might even eliminate the little anxiety that you feel now. My psych gave me anti-anxiety pills to cope with the increased anxiety you get when getting used to the Sertraline. But it is up to you if you feel that you can take the plunge now or later. I know the feeling I didn't want to increase from 100 either. Best of luck, whatever you choose to do.

i honestly feel like i could have written that whole thing myself! its exactly what happens to me 2 weeks then by week levels out again then bam another increase and back to square on again, im now 2 weeks on 150mg, i get married in 11 days which is obviously causing high anxiety as its a big wedding, once that has past then im just going to take the plunge straight to 200mg and get the side effects over with like you say, because i feel whether i increase by 50 or 25 its been the exact same side effects so i might aswel just do it then hopefully this time next month im on the right dose and in a better place 😃 we will get there!!!