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The first night I took Zoloft it kept me awake so I switch to mornings. Been on it only for 3 weeks 50 mg. I want to see about taking at night now since I do better taking pills at night. Has anyone had insomnia in the beginning and then switch to nights and now you can sleep well?
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Kate32457 acfierros
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gordon83595 acfierros
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Hi there! how are you?
I was in the same position as you. Im 8 weeks on sert now, 50mg for first week, 100mg for another couple of weeks, and now on 150mg for last 4/5 weeks.
The first week or so on sert all i did was sleep and eat, (it was great lol) but then the insomnia kicked in, what a nightmare that was, it probably lasted about 3 weeks for me, and it was horrible, i tried everything to sleep nothing worked.
Like you i tried taking my sertaline in the morning, but nothing! it didn't make a difference, tried taking it at mid day, same, tried taking it at 5 o'clock, nope! tried 7.37pm no luck! basically for me anyway it didn't seem to make any difference when i took it, i just had insomnia and that was that! But it did pass, as i said, mine lasted about 3 weeks, but now im sleeping much better, and falling asleep easy enough, thank goodness, i feel your pain. so it will pass, you gotta just go with it and hang in there, that's how i coped with it, i just reminded myself that it would pass, and it did. Although, don't take my experience as red, as everyone is different and i know some people have started to sleep better after changing to morning time dose. so yeah give it a go, it might help with the insomnia.
I did find tho, well i don't know if it made a big difference or not, but whatever time i decided to take it i started to feel better when i kept it to pretty much the same time every day, regardless what time that was, i now take it at 9.30 every morning and try to stick very close to that time.
Hope this helps in some kinda way? Also, by the way, im week 8 now, and this past week im starting to feel a lot better, pritty much all the side effects have gone or are going, and im starting to feel much more positive and more like my old self again, so it seems to be starting to work for me. So hang in there, it will get better.
Wishing you all the best, and your not alone with this, were all going through it.
take care G
gordon83595 acfierros
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acfierros gordon83595
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Thanks for your reply. I'm in third week. I asked my Dr if maybe she should increase my dose. I'm thinking I know why I get a lot more anxiety it's from not sleeping enough. I'm only getting about 3 hours a night. My Dr did want me to take it at night to sleep off the side effects. My side effects are pretty much gone except for lack of sleep. She suggested doing a .5 or .25 klonopin at night for sleep which I haven't done since last Thursday. I'm able to fall asleep on my own now which before I was on zoloft I couldn't I had to take a pill to go to sleep. Now my biggest problem is when I go to bed it takes me several hours to fall asleep. It's usually close to midnight and then I'm awake at 3am. I usually fall back to sleep but it's real short. I'm nervous about switching to nights but I want to see how I do. Taking it in the morning doesn't really make me sleepy.
kelly2110 acfierros
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YES!! I used to take mine in the morning as that's what the doctor advised and I had read it can keep you awake etc.
However I'm the total opposite, I take them at night and they work so much better for me, they help me sleep and I wake up calmer.
I'm wk12 - 150mg xxxx
acfierros kelly2110
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Did you have any problems with sleep in the beginning? I've had insomnia way before I started zoloft. The first time didn't make me sleepy. I've switched to mornings and I'm tired all day. I'm in my third week. I guess I could try taking it tomorrow evening.
gordon83595 kelly2110
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kelly2110 gordon83595
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100% improvement. I'm just about to start a new job and move in the next 4 weeks so highly stressful for anyone and I'm pretty 'chilled'. So they are definitely making a huge difference x
kelly2110 acfierros
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However I definitely was so tired the first 3 to 4 weeks to the point where I was napping in the toilet at work mid afternoons. I definitely have come out the other side of that now. I still need lots of sleep but find the taking a night seems to help with my body clock xx
gordon83595 kelly2110
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jacqueline73660 kelly2110
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Kelly I'm inspired by your feeling 100% better !!! So happy for you!! May I ask how long you've been on it ?
Thank you you so much
Lolita40 acfierros
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Just taking some news?
How is it going with zoloft?
Do you sleep better? Less anxiety?