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Bronson75
Bronson75

Good morning,

I've been on 25mg of sertraline for 40 days and uppped my dose to 50mg 3wks ago, I'm still having some real adverse side effects, very anxious, panic attacks, hot and cold flushes, muscle twitching (only when im relaxing and waking up in the morning) restless legs, again whilst im waking up, insomnia, and sometimes just generally out of it, but my mood does feel like its lifting, i suffer with health anxiety and ulcerative colitis which doesn't help, but went to the GP this morning and he wasn't very helpful, said it was up to me if I increase my dose, or come off them all together,

so I'm asking is 3wks enough time for the 50mg to be working, shood I wait a few weeks more on 50mg to see if improve or go up to 75mg,

Thanks alot,

Matt

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  • kat47033
    kat47033 Bronson75

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    Hi Matt. its a very difficult one knowing what to do with the medication and it does take time to find the right dosage for you. i had similar issues last year although now feeling much more settled. I started with 50 and gradually increased to 100. you will get there and i really hope things settle soon. very best wishes to you Matt.

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