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carolyn32091
carolyn32091

Hi. I'm obviously my 3rd week of 50mg. Still feel pretty jittery. Sleep is better except when something really stresses me out. Do you think the 50 is too strong or not strong enough? I had these same jitters on 50 mg trazodone when I took it at night for sleep but it caused vision issues so I stopped it.

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  • carolyn32091
    carolyn32091

    Posted

    On my third week, not obviously. Lol! VIctim of autocorrect.
  • julie7525
    julie7525 carolyn32091

    Posted

    Hi carolyn, it took me 3 weeks to settle on each dose increase. I struggled on 50 to start with so dropped back to 25 then increased by 25 every 3 weeks to 150 (4.5 months in),but as youve already been 3 weeks on 50 it might be worth increasing to 75. What does your doctor suggest?
    • carolyn32091
      carolyn32091 julie7525

      Posted

      He's out until the 30th. I won't do anything until I talk to him but I just wondered what others thought.

  • jwh01
    jwh01 carolyn32091

    Posted

    Hi Carolyn, I agree with Julie, I've been on 100mg for about eight months, started at 50mg, and it took me seven or eight weeks to feel a little better, then moved to 100mg, and again took me a while to get used to it, today I've dropped to 50mg as I would like to taper off, good luck, hang in there.

    John

  • kerry56645
    kerry56645 carolyn32091

    Posted

    Hi Hun I've been on sertraline for 6 months I had jitters when I firsted started and each time I upped a dose, it'd just a side affect and for me it passed and I don't feel like that at all now. I would sti k with your dose for now if at 5/5 weeks you still feel anxious I'd go back to your doctor to see about a larger dose 50mg is a relatively dose, my doctor told me 100 is the optimum dose x

  • Dove_from_above
    Dove_from_above carolyn32091

    Posted

    Sounds like you may need a higher dose. Wait another week and then go back to your doctor to discuss. Feeling more anxious is a side effect with this type of medicine.
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