Mood swings, anxiety, night sweats during Zoloft increase from 100 to 125mg

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Hi everyone! I started taking 125mg of Zoloft about 7 days ago and so far, it's been really tough. I also got my second COVID vaccine around the same time, so it was hard to tell what was what, but the vaccine symptoms have worn off and I've definitely been feeling lots of things with this increase.

I'm really sensitive to medications, so we only go up by 25mg and since previous Zoloft increases had been somewhat okay, I didn't expect that it would be so bad, but I've had really bad anxiety, horrible night sweats and lots of sweating throughout the day, decreased appetite, and random crying and mood swings. Has anyone else had a similar experience? And if so, when did it wear off?

Thanks in advance 😃

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    When I started Zoloft (8 weeks ago) the first 2 weeks were hell, increased anxiety, loss of appetite. That has all passed but I started getting night sweats shortly after that and they are still there at night. I did read it was a side effect of the Zoloft. I'll take it though because I am not panicking anymore! I just started feeling better these past few days. The panic stopped weeks ago but I was anxious still everyday!!! I started at 50mg for 5 weeks then I went up to 75mg for the last 3 weeks! Hope this helps! I know it's hard but try to be patient if you just started, it does get better.!

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    When I started Zoloft (8 weeks ago) the first 2 weeks were hell, increased anxiety, loss of appetite. That has all passed but I started getting night sweats shortly after that and they are still there at night. I did read it was a side effect of the Zoloft. I'll take it though because I am not panicking anymore! I just started feeling better these past few days. The panic stopped weeks ago but I was anxious still everyday!!! I started at 50mg for 5 weeks then I went up to 75mg for the last 3 weeks! Hope this helps! I know it's hard but try to be patient if you just started, it does get better.!

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