Increased sertraline dosage = side effects?

Treatment and medication
1

Hi there-

About two weeks ago I increased my sertraline dosage from 50mg to 75mg. I’ve noticed mood swings, very mild panic attacks, and crazy insomnia. Is this normal? Or could it be caused from something else? 

Thanks in advance. 

2

Oh heck I'm thinking of increasing mine to 75 from 50 but not sure now . How long was you on 50mg and why did you up it ?

John

3

Hi there yes that’s how I am I get mood swings , very fast heartbeat and can’t sleep without sleeping tablets. All the doctor told me to do is persever with it and give the tablets time to kick in x

4

Hi John I was only on 50mg for a wk . Then went bk to doctors and told him it didn’t feel as tho they were working so he put me up to 100mg. I don’t feel as bad as I did but still not sleeping without sleeping tablets 

5

I was on 50mg for about a year. I upped it just to see if it would improve my anxiety and mood further. So far it’s doing the opposite. 😂 

I’ll give it some more time.

6

What kind of sleeping tablets do you use??

7

Hi I take 2 zopiclone 7.5 mg but I want to try and reduce to just 1 a night . Y do u take sleeping tablets?if so which 1s

8

I’ve been taking melatonin. I like that it’s a natural supplement, but sometimes it’s just not enough. 

9

So did the 50mg work for a while and did you see an improvement . I'm on 50mg for 8 weeks with little change really and just wondering how long to hang on for ?

10

Hi does ure sleeping tablets help you? And where r ures from 

11

They do help most of the time. You can buy melatonin at any pharmacy usually. Walgreens, Walmart, Target, etc by the supplements. 

12

Yes, it did help. I started to see improvement after about 2 months. It happened very gradually. I would talk to your doctor and let them know you haven’t seen improvement!

13

I am one of those highly-sensitive people, so for me even going from 25 to 50 mg was a gradual adjustment with the increasing feeling of a pounding heart beat, more freaked out with panic feelings, etc. I think that is totally normal as long as it doesn't carry out longer than 4 weeks. We have anxiety and/or panic, so of course our minds are going to behind-the-scenes freak out a little (whether emotionally or physically) when a change in our chemical make-up happens. Try to take it easy on yourself and relax when you do "notice" the things you say. I'm increasing soon. I will follow my own advice smile We're all in this together!! xx

14

Hi is it normal to av fast heartbeat n like panick attacks? And also mind racing. I’m on 100mg and Av been for 3wks now. Wen did ures calm down plz