Sertraline

hi dusty i was 50mg then was upped to 100mg but didnt suit me so now on 50mg sert in morning at 15mg mirtz at night, its takes about 2 weeks /3 weeks to see an improvement x

I don't feel like 100mg is making me any worse I feel like both 50mg and 100mg aren't working for me but like you said i will stick it out on 100mg for a month like I did on 50mg before going back to my GP as everybody is different. How do you feel now? Is your medication starting to work for you, do you feel an improvement?  

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Hi Dusty. 

I was on 50mg for a month and didnt notice much difference but GP said it's a low dose, so I was upped to 100mg - which I have now been on for 11 days. I havent noticed a huge difference but I think it will work slowly and subtlely. I have felt a bit less anxious in some situations and am certainly better than I was this time last year. However, my GP said often you dont realise the little changes day to day its only looking back in the long term you realise how much better you were than before. 

Hi Jane 

I think I will stick sertraline out for 4 weeks on 100mg and hopefully I will feel so improvement and this dose will work for me. Do you feel like you have ups and downs? I feel like some days are better than other and some days are just terrible I also have a on and off appitatite apart from that I only had side effects the first two week and haven't had any since. Hopefully you will feel more improvement everyday and you will be back to normal soon. As I think we have all realised that there is no quick fix for these sort of problems. 

Hi, 

Yeah I do the same I try not to think about side effects. But atm I find it really hard to leave the house and do normal things such as work and university I have had time off both of them in hope of pulling myself together in the mean time just got to think positive. Nope I don't take any other medication I have been given diazapam for really bad days but I have avoided using them as I have heard they are really addictive and not long term treatment. I am also doing CBT but really early days as I have only had one sessions so far but I have heard it's really effective treatment x 

morning dusty, i started on 50mg also and was increased after no improvement after about 6 weeks, 100mg was okay but still had bad down days, so i'm now on 150mg and feeling fine now, it takes 6-8 weeks for each dose increase to get into your system, maybe less for you and others i don't know, but mine was 6-8 weeks :-)

High Dusty  like everyone else has commented here it will take time to readjust to the different dosage. I started 6months ago on 50mg and was eventually upped 2 months ago to 100mg and during all this time I like many others have experience down days where I feel its not working etc but  everyone whether they are on ADs or not experience their own down days  with us its just a bit more acute and more difficult to deal with. When I asked my GP about it he explained it like this. Think of a roller coaster the highs and the lows  befor i went onto sert my lows were off the page  Sertraline helps to lessen the lows and make them more bearable and as we get used to this  we in turn can deal with it  I too am doing CBT  and its really good because it gets to the root of why we feel like we do and helps us to process the bad thoughts differently.  Try not to worry or analyse too much. Just give it time and let the meds and CBT do their job. We are all with you  keep posting because talking about it really really helps   good luck