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my psyc upped my dose from 100 to 150 2 days ago
when will i see improvment in motivation and when will i be fear free , every morning when i just open my eyes my heart start pounding in fear and all day on and off , please any advice or hope .
ive been on 100 mg for 11 weeks and 2 days on 150
thanks for any advice .
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Johncl dodo81786
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time really , be patient and force yourself out no matter what.
julie7525 dodo81786
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hi, itll be the side effects of increasing. keep busy with anything you can. you should start to feel better in 2-3 weeks. itll just 'click' and youll realise you feel well all the time. have faith, it'll work 😃
james58672 dodo81786
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im in a simalar situation.. gone from 50 to 100mg nearly 2 weeks ago... 6 weeks on sert altogether... feel shocking today, on edge, heart racing, socially feel awkward but put a brave face on at work... hoping to feel better soon... my head just feels fuzzy all the time... hope you start to feel better soon
julie7525 james58672
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you deserve a medal for making it to work! stick with it, it's a devil to start on it but brilliant when your system settles. you'll get your life back 😃
dodo81786 julie7525
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thanks for the reassurance , what dose are you on ? its awful when you try to push the day and its constantly . heart racing and scared and no motivation .
dodo81786 james58672
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although its my second round on this sertraline but i feel so anxious right now as im used to take 100 dor a good 2 yrs before i stop for 2 months and now back with a higher dose 150
julie7525 dodo81786
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i was on 150 mg then dropped to 100, which was enough, i felt good, but i put on so much weight my doc suggested switching to prozac. but only 20mg, which isnt enough sometimes (work situations mainly). im still working on losing the weight, then gonna ask to go back on sertraline (or up the prozac?). sometimes i need 2mg diazepam just to get to work, but my doc is very tight with them and rarely lets me have a strip of 12, maybe every 3 mths if I'm lucky!
dodo81786 julie7525
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why did u drop to 100 ? what happened to decide that 100 is enough ?
i was on 100 for 11 weeks and i wasnt feeling that better then my doc gave me 150 .
julie7525 dodo81786
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hi dodo, id been on 150 for a few months, felt good apart from weight gain and loss of ability to orgasm! so i decided to reduce to best working dose to see if itd help weight/libido. 100 was enough, i still felt well, but weight didnt come off tho dropping the dose did help libido slightly! i think its advised to get to the dose that gives you that boost of serotonin that makes you feel well, for long enough to break habits of negative thinking, then reduce to best working dose. i may find a second time round, now im used to only 20mg prozac, i might only need say 50-75mg sert to do the job. I think my serotonin levels got suddenly depleted with hormonal crash of menopause!
dodo81786 julie7525
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yes you are right , i hope 150 levels me out of this anixiety .
james58672 julie7525
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thank you julie thats what i need to hear x
julie7525 dodo81786
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sure it will. remember it increases anxiety before it stops it. no wonder so many people give up antidepressants early on! but if you get thru that part it'll pay off tenfold.
Dazfoxy530 dodo81786
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I been on increased dose 150mg 5 days now, still having panic attacks, only 2 this week though, chest tightness, weird vague feelings, tension heads, generally feel awful, nervous shaky. I bn taking zoplicone to aid sleep, hasn't worked for sleep but did stop the anxiety for a good 3 hours last nite, felt really relaxed. Appetite is slowly coming back.