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And dosage
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I was on the second dosage from the lowest. It didn’t seem to help me much so I stopped taking it and started lowest doses of venlaflaxine. I may be switching soon, I don’t like the side effects. It makes me sick all the time but it helps.
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But Fluvoxamine did help too.
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Zoloft made me kind of spacey, tired and forgetful.
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Zoloft has helped me a ton. I’m currently on 100mg. I went up gradually starting at 25mg. While it doesn’t take the thoughts away, it’s the anxiety to help you cope. I do feel apathetic towards some things but I think it’s worth it because I can actually leave the house without a panic attack. Everyone is different though. And you doctor will know the right medicine for you and will know how to slowly taper you on. Every time I up my dose I have bad side effects but once I’m on it for 2-3 weeks it levels out.
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They put me on 25mg. I couldn’t handle the initial side effects so I stopped after a few days. However, according to my psychiatrist most people don’t react that negatively to it, so it probably just wasn’t compatible with me
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I’m on 150 mg and it’s helped me a lot! I’ve tried different ssri’s and snri’s but this worked best for me! Obviously worked up slow to this dosage. People who take it for anxiety and depression tend to have dosages between 25-75 and ocd 100-200. My cousin started it for depression but it made her foggy. It is a journey to find a right one that works for you! Keep at it and communicate with both a therapist and psychiatrist!!
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I struggling with POCD specially fear of inappropriate porn thoughts.. I am in week 3 sertraline and my anxiety is like at the peak now.. I hope it gets better when I hang on with the med
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So my doctor is starting me on 25 mg of Zoloft soon and I'm actually really exicted. I'm finally ready for this to be manageable. I know it's not a cure but I am told that zoloft is primarily recommended for specifically ocd. I'm not sure if I'm ready to start it tonight but yeah. Please do not tell me any negative side effects or anything related to nausea since I'm taking it for emetophobic contamination ocd and I don't need any opinions to make me biased but if any of yoy had SUCCESSFUL zoloft stories please comment!!
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Hello last year I had gone thru a very rough time In my life where I needed to be put on Zoloft 50mg around march 2024. I was diagnosed with anxiety, depression and OCD. Ive been suffering from OCD since I was like 11 and depression since I was 19, but I never sought help until last year Im 27 because I knew I needed it to help me get thru life. I was on 3 months on Zoloft and I went to a trip to Miami which honestly helped me so much, I honestly attribute that trip to Miami in healing me more than the Zoloft it self. I met my current girlfriend there. After coming back I felt like a new person. I still kept taking the Zoloft 50mg until late April (2025) this year when I decided to tapper down to 25mg by my self without a doc recommendation, I didn’t feel anything during the month of may this year until like may 30th when I woke up in a panic and I felt like I was back at square 1 before I started Zoloft. Mind you ive been thru some life changes, I recently graduated RN school and my gf moved in with me. Ever since the end of may I’ve been very anxious, my OCD is on high gear and my depression too. I went back up to 50mg I’m seeing a new doc, my questions is has anyone gone thru a similar situation? If so what helped you and how long did it take you to stabilize ?
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