Anybody else taking sertraline (zoloft)? If so, I am interested to know what dose you are taking?

I started it last Sunday at 25mg, going to increase to 50mg on Sunday. I’m keeping a journal since starting it to monitor everything. I am very sensitive to side effects so was very very nervous to start after one early last year I reacted horribly with so this one I am keeping note and have researched x

Even longer I think most studies measure outcomes at 3 months!

So once the Abilify was added I noticed a huge difference in my generalized anxiety and depression levels. This has just given me more energy to manage my OCD. My intrusive thoughts were much more manageable after moving up from 150 to 200mg Zoloft.

I am on 150 mg. I went to Mass General Hospital to a consultation with an OCD psychiatry expert an he has done research on how glutamate levels affects OCD. He recommended to take Zoloft 200 mg and Memantine (an Alzeimers medication) 20 mg a day. His name is Dr Michael Jenike from Harvard. You can look up of some articles on Memantine and OCD Dr Michael Jenike on google. I am currently on 10 mg of Memantine, 150 mg of Zoloft and 80 mg of Strattera for my ADHD. I am still struggling with OCD but to a lesser extent. I have "defeated" some of my obsessions, but currently working on other ones. I have also been doing ERP with Dr Fred Penzel for over a year. He is a psychologist, and another OCD expert. I found both Drs on the iocdf.org from Yale University. Hope it helps. And keep fighting, never give up. I have struggled with OCD for 7 years now. Didn't know what was going on with me until I finally told the truth to my Dr two years ago, because I was ashamed of my OCD, which involves to look at people private parts. I got over that one with a lot of ERP. Now I am working with my other obsessions which involves to be constantly checking on my mental state (looking for depressive and anxious symptoms even when they are not there, I keep ruminating and overanalizing "what if" they show up; it really sucks to be 24/7 thinking about this and suicidal thoughts. But I am positive that I will beat this in two to three months doing ERP. I am very positive because I overcame the worst part of my OCD which is the first one I told a couple of sentences ago (looking at people private parts). Nothing I just want to let you know that there is hope, I encourage you to look at the webpage that I just mentioned iocdf.org, to find a psychologist and psychiatrist that really understand OCD and ERP, and to keep looking forward. I have beat 60% of my OCD tendencies, still some work to do; but believe me, if I was able to do it, everyone else can do it to. This is a horrible condition, but with patience, practice and proper treatment you will beat this. Just be patient since there is no magical solution; you gotta be patient and know that there will be good days and bad days. Hope this post help someone.

I take sertaline and I used to take 150 mg, but I have recently dropped down to 25 mg because the side effects were alot

I was on it for 12 years, then decided to come off. Now I am back on and have just titrated up to 200mg over several months. I hate being on the highest dose!

yeah :) 75 right now

I’m on 50 but heading up to 200. I get bad insomnia but hopefully I will get used to it. Haven’t noticed any benefit yet and am also on memantine as an augmentation agent so I have my fingers crossed I’ll get some benefit.

Good luck! The higher doses have been more effective for me! Most of my insomnia is anxiety related so it kind of takes care of that for me.

200mg Zoloft + 2mg Abilify

I’ve been on 50mg for just over 4 weeks now. Still no noticeable improvement but i guess it can take 5-6 weeks

WorriedDriver, did you notice any improvement when the ability was added? That is the next step for me I believe, but I am hoping the increase to 200mg does the trick.

My psychiatrist says my next move is to Luvox and then as a last resort to clomipramine

I used to take 50mg but lowered myself to 25mg and still felt benefits. I’m a small person though and don’t need much of anything to feel effects eg. A glass of wine ?

Thank you for that information! I will definitely do some research on your Dr. and those meds!