Am i on week 6 or 4 or Sertraline ?

[mckean32uk]

Hello,

Been on Sertraline for my health anxiety for 6 weeks, 2 weeks on 50mg and 4 weeks on 100mg.

I've been told that when you move up a dose you should think of it as week 1 again.

So my question is am i on week 6 or 4?

thanks

[mckean32uk]

Anyone?

[SpeaktheTruth]

You are on week 6, with the last 4 weeks being on a higher dose. I assume when people say you are starting at week one when upping the dose they are talking about how most of the time, the side effects come back and it is like when you first started taking them.

[mckean32uk in reply to SpeaktheTruth]

yea, this is what i've been told, so is this the norm?

[SpeaktheTruth in reply to mckean32uk]

Yes I believe it is. I took 25mg for 2 weeks before bumping up to my regular does of 50mg. I noticed a bumped in my side effects when I started taking the higher dose. That lasted another 2-3 weeks, once week 5 started, the side effects went away and the meds started working great.

[mckean32uk in reply to SpeaktheTruth]

Hope so, but also thinking maybe Sertraline isnt working for me as im still having anxiety and worry im ill