A blip?

Treatment and medication
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ive been on 100mg for 14 weeks. the last 5 days or so have been great, ive felt better than I have for years i actually thought the med was starting to settle and do its job. although today i feel so ■■■■, tight chest, intrusive thoughts, sense of hopelessness and extremely fatigued. Hope this is just a little blip?

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Are you feeling better now? Was it just a blip?

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im on week 16 now and still up and down all the time. bit fed up of it now

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Hi Matt & Bulldozer, I have been following you both as we are pretty much on the same timeline. I started on Sertraline early March after a relapse and now almost 6 months on, I'm still not 100%. I've been up to 100mg but am now back at 50mg for about 5-6 weeks. I have had much better days on 50mg but am still up and down. I still have digestive issues, sinus issues, blocked ears, tinnitus & nausea. Although these side effects are not as bad as they have been, they still persist. I have had medication for sinus, ears and reflux but they have not helped. I am feeling the same as you, fed up with it and really want to be back to where I was around Christmas time. I am hanging on to the fact that I had 18 blissful months on Sertraline in the past so I know it works. Take care both of you and everyone else on here, we can do this together x

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Hi, yup its getting very tiresome now. I wish there could be something that would immediately tell you what doseage you need. ive done 3 month on 50 and 4 months on 100. I really thought i was on the mend around week 9/10 but ive gone in reverse since then.

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Are you going to up your dose to 150?

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How are you now Bulldozer?

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Ive increased about 2 weeks ago, struggling, high anxiety, low mood, scared if I will be even worse. Are you ok?

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Hi, I remember with every increase I felt worse so hang in there. I did go up to 100mg for 7 weeks but the side effects were too bad so went back to 50mg where I have been for about 14 weeks, I'm 7 months in total. I am improving, I don't feel the panic or anxiety now. The side effects have slowly reduced. I think that the tinnitus is now the only annoying thing. I dont always notice it but from time to time its there. Keep strong, we can all do this together. Take care everyone

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Hi Matt Last day of week 14 at 75mg, i had great days consequetively now its terrible with full of intrusive thoughts. i'd like to push through until week 16-17
what did you do at the end? thanks

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Ive gone up to 150mg been on it just over a week. I dont feel great right now but ive had a few ok days. hope your doing okay

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Thanks Matt. Glad to hear you had a few ok days. Same here with few ok days, pushing through.

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hi are you taking sertraline for anxiety? what are your symptoms, if you don't mind sharing?