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Sertraline
Hello, does anyone know how long it takes for sertraline to work? I've just started my treatment 1 hour ago (I know I'm very impatient) but I just wanted to know, and does sertraline 25mg work? I'm afraid it won't work.
Hello, does anyone know how long it takes for sertraline to work? I've just started my treatment 1 hour ago (I know I'm very impatient) but I just wanted to know, and does sertraline 25mg work? I'm afraid it won't work.
Hi!! I’m not on the medication but I do know it’s an SSRI. The dosage I think you’re on is the lowest and it usually increases with 25mg increments once the medication gets settled more into your daily regiment. Give it a week or two for it to really start to cycle. SSRIs are a slow start but when it’s the right medication you will begin to feel better soon. Impatience I totally get tho I started Venlafaxine a week ago and even tho I’m on the lowest dose I keep going “when will it work” a bunch
@anonymous_anteater Okayy thank you for your answer!!!
It is not going to take your thought process or anything away. Just dulls it.
took me about a month and a half before it really started to help but i felt VERY MINOR improvement after 1 week and needed my dose uppsed to 50mg and then after another week we upped it to 75mg where i stayed.
@TexasOCD41 Did you take the medicine in capsule or tablet form? Because I was supposed to take it in tablet form but pharmacies don't make tablets so I had to take it in capsule form but I'm afraid that the treatment won't work.
@Yannina Tablets. It doesn’t matter how you take it. They wouldn’t make it in capsule form if it weren’t just as effective. Give it time, you literally just took it a few hours ago lol
Hi- nurse here! SSRIs generally take longer to start working than some other meds- it’s usually a few weeks to a month to see changes. If the 25 mg isn’t doing enough for you you can always contact your psychiatrist to increase the dose after a month or two on 25 mg - they usually start people at lower doses so your body has time to get used to the medication before raising the dose. Sertraline has been shown to be effective in a lot of people with OCD but everyone is different so it may not work as well for some people. It took me a while to figure out what medication worked best for me- just communicate with your psychiatrist throughout your journey about how you’re feeling!! Sorry for the long response but I hope it at least helped a little bit! The waiting game when you first start meds is hard and I have been there and understand the impatience. Good luck on your journey! 🤍
@ally238 thank you very much for your reply 🤍.i have 1 question to ask you, in fact i was supposed to have sertraline in tablet form but none of the pharmacies carried it so i had to take capsules do you think the treatment will still work with capsules?
@Yannina yes!! it’s still sertraline just in a different form
Hello all, I have been on 50mg of sertraline since 2023 and just recently as of 3 weeks ago began to taper off to 25mg. Has anyone experienced side effects due to this? Mine have been terrible flu like symptoms, for the past 11 days I have had terrible headaches, body aches, and hot and cold sweats non stop. Has anyone experienced these issues?
I am probably going to start sertraline soon. Does anyone have any experience with this medication?
Hi everyone, I’m new to the community. I was diagnosed with OCD just a couple of months ago and have been doing some reading and other research to try and understand the disorder. With this, I have been actively seeing a great therapist who has been helpful to build tools to deal with my intrusive thoughts ( contamination OCD is my worst theme). Do help learn to deal with the compulsions, I start on Sertraline or “Zoloft” I believe since November 2024. Currently I’m on 50mg and have been doing this for just over a month. My question for those who are also taking Sertraline and it has been successful, how do you know it has really provided a benefit and how long did it take to get there? I sometimes feel the medication works, and sometimes I feel it doesn’t (maybe that’s my OCD trying to mess with things). Thanks!
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