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When to increase from 50 to 100?

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vicky64718
vicky64718

I've been taking sertraline 50mg for nearly 4 weeks for depression and my symptoms r awful. Had a massive anxiety attack and been really really angry . I went to the doctor yesterday and asked about getting increased to 100 but she said that because I'm still having side effects that increasing wud only make them worse and wants me to stay on 50 for another 4 weeks. It wasn't my regular doctor she really wasn't nice at all.

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    Dove_from_above vicky64718

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    Whilst it's true that the side effects take time to settle particularly when first starting based on my experience I knew after about 4 weeks that 50mg was not enough. Increased to 100mg after 6 weeks. Have ended up on 150mg in the end and that seems to be allowing me to function.

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