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Rapid heartbeat with Zoloft

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april30482
april30482

I’ve been on Zoloft for about 10 days now at 25mg. I also take 1.5mg of klonopin in the morning for almost 3 years. I’ve been getting a lot of anxiety and they only reason I started this med was to help me get off klonopin as soon Zoloft was fully in my system. I fell like giving up anxiety is so much worse! Will this ever stop sad

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  • PopWop
    PopWop april30482

    Posted

    25mg is a very small dose...... not sure it will work so I think it's your anxiety giving you problems, not the medicine.  You may need to increase, what does your doctor suggest?

    • april30482
      april30482 PopWop

      Posted

       Well since I’m so sensitive to side effects I had to start half a pill for seven days. And then take a whole for seven days which is the 25 mg. And then he wants me to take one and a half for the rest of the time. But I am afraid to go up because I feel like it’s just gonna make my anxiety worse. 
    • april30482
      april30482 PopWop

      Posted

      I did have two beers last night which was definitely not a good idea. I think it made it worse. I’ll stay away from that for a while 
    • PopWop
      PopWop april30482

      Posted

      When I had a glass of wine pretty near the beginning of taking sertraline I really regretted it because it made me feel quite nauseous. It is also a depressant of course, so can make anxiety worse.

      I really would increase the dose in line with what your doctor suggests as you will probably not improve on such a low dosage. He may well increase it further in the near future....

      Good luck.

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