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kelly76420
kelly76420

hey could do with some advice please .

I am on day 26 of 50mg of Sertraline , I still have 6 tablets left  of 50mg but last visit to the docs they upped my dose to 100mg should I finish the 50mg or start the 100mg . I'm feeling pretty crap and I am aware it takes a good 6-8 weeks to work . Many thanks 

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  • anna17409
    anna17409 kelly76420

    Posted

    Your doctor knows best of course. You have not been on it even a month. I am taking 50 mg and have been on it the past 4 years. It takes at least two months before you can feel a substantial effect.
    • kelly76420
      kelly76420 anna17409

      Posted

      I feel so terrible sad I go through some days fine , then others really bad and today is bad . I have knots in my stomach , I feel like I'm being strangled . I am also on so I think this has made it 100 times worse .

  • lorraine82455
    lorraine82455 kelly76420

    Posted

    My advice is to stay at fifty. It takes two months to start working. Give it time, especially if you are feeling crappie. Ask your Dr for more fifty for another month. 
  • julie89512
    julie89512 kelly76420

    Posted

    Hi.

    it took me at least 8 weeks to feel the benefit of it, I kept a diary on how I was feeling every day so I could see how I was doing, I'm on 25mg and have been for 5 months, 

    With you saying you have good days and bad sounds like they are starting to work.

    Your goods day will out weigh the bad. We've all been though what you are going though, and honestly there is light at the end of the tunnel. The advice i was given is dont up your dose until this one has settled in your system then see how it goes.

    go for walks, listen to calming music anything to take your mind of things.

    and yes with your periods and hormone changes your anxiety will be hightened

    good luck on what you decide.

    it will get better given time 

  • kerry56645
    kerry56645 kelly76420

    Posted

    Hi Kelly, I would up the dose as soon as you can get over the additional side affects if you get them I didn't really when I upped from 50 to 100 then you can start feeling the benefits of the increased dose x

  • lizzie28782
    lizzie28782 kelly76420

    Posted

    Hi sorry your feeling bad i was so bad i could not wait in a line of people  in the shops i would wait for a slot to jump in ,could not even talk to my friends on the phone felt so up tight all the time also had to take a bottle of water everywhere i went, turned down invites to partys infact life was hell on earth i could not believe i was lead singer in a band been on tv how could this happen?Well doctor started me on 25mg for a week then 50mg for a further 7 weeks then 100mg on week 8 on week 13 all of a sudden it was like the world had been lifted off my shoulders i was so relaxed stopped worrying it was hard to get there, infact i think i deserved it after all the suffering i had my friends did not even realize how bad i was it was great to hear them say we missed you where have you been.This drug saved my life
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