r/sertralineandzoloft

Hello. am new on reddit. My first post did no go through so trying again. Seeking some advice from fellow zoloft/sertraline users about how to go about going up to a higher dose.

I've been on sertraline many years ago and got off after i started to feel better. I've managed to stay off until recently when going through a lot of stress that started with taking care of a sick brother for 14 months. I'm now managing the care of my 92-year old mom, while having my own issues.

I started with liquid form on March 25 to taper up to 12.5mg. I just switched to the 25mg tablet but in half. The first few weeks were bad with side effects of increased anxiety and depression, and stomach acidity. I think the latter was due to some alcohol content in the liquid form. I started feeling better with less side effects on May 11 but still get the anxiety and some low moments with OCD thoughts. I am thinking of upping the does to take the full 25mg but afraid to do so. Has anyone jumped from 12.5mg to 25mg, and how did it go?

Thanks

Tapering off sertralin/zolof

Some years ago I had a trans aschemic attack ( mini stroke)

Along with all the tests the doc gave me prescriptions for 5 different BP drugs and one for sertralin . They suggested that when you have a stroke you are prone to anxiety.

And sure enough one day walking along a got anxiety. Hence the sertralin , I went on in and have been on it for 6 years. 50 mg daily.

Now I’m back to normal and life is good. So I researched saffron . I am going to try breaking my tablet in half so instead of 50mg of sertralin per day I will take 25 plus 165mg of saffron.

I will report back on the journey/ withdrawal and see if in fact it’s possible to replace sertralin 25 mg with saffron .

I know we were not meant to take sertralin for ever and so I do hope even if I can substitute saffron for half my original sertralin dose I will be very grateful.

Hi everyone,

I've been taking 25mg of Zoloft for 16 days now and my sleep has been very disrupted. This being said, I have struggled with insomnia for 2 years and take about half or 1/4 pill of zolpidem (under medical supervision) for this. My insomnia started getting better with CBT-I, and I was sleeping 7-8 hours every day. Then I started taking sertraline and I keep only managing to sleep 5-6 hours.

When will my sleep go back to how it was?

I started Sertraline last June firstly on 25mg then to 50mg.
Thanks to the medication I really pulled myself out of a dark place and can now function well without spiralling. I guess my main issue is, I still get PTSD symptoms and a bit emotional when triggered like my brain gets kind of caught in a loop that lasts a few days or until the trigger has resolved.
I also feel kind of like… I don’t want to kill myself anymore but I also wouldn’t say I’m happy either ?

I’m going through a big life transition as I am leaving the military after 12 years so I don’t know if I’m just supposed to feel a bit lost, and low and time is the only healer or whether I should go up a dose to 100mg. My therapist (given to me via the military who I don’t quite click with) when I told her about my “bad days” said to just up my meds. But it felt like a cop out as she constantly invalidates me anyway.

I just wondered if anyone else has been on the fence and got any words of advice either way!
Many thanks for reading!