How long does it take for sertraline side effects to kick in?

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Posting for traffic if that's ok. I've been putting off taking this (for my anxiety) as I have been petrified about all the terrible side effect stories I have been reading but finally bit the bullet this morning.

Starting on 25mg, took it at 8am and so far, so good. How long does it generally take to start feeling the side effects (nausea, worsened anxiety etc)? I was kind of expecting it to happen straight away from what I had read!

25mg is not a lot, so you may experience very little. I started on 50mg and it was bad from around day 3 to 14, then it tailed off. Heart flutters and insomnia, for the most part.

Mine then got upped to 100, then 150 and finally 200mg and each time the heart flutters lasted, maybe, a day before settling.

The weight gain happened more subtly, but it was one stone per year.