Increasing sertraline dosage 25 - 50mg

[Belle82]

I was prescribed 50 mg of sertraline recently, I have only been taking 25mg so far to try and ease into them better.

I have been very fortunate with the side effects, they have been extremely mild.

Does anyone have any experience of making this dose increase?

• If you had no side effects on 25mg - did they start on the 50mg increase?
• If your first side effects were mild - did they remain mild with the increase?

Yes -

My side effects were nearly non existent (a bit of nausea and a dry mouth), and didn't increase with the dose. The nausea was gone in a couple weeks tops, the dry mouth lingered for a bit but was fine.

I was very lucky and didn’t notice side effects on 25, 50 or 100mg.

Thank you so much. I'm looking forward to going up and starting to feel better (if it works for me) I have been a mess for the best part of 20 years when i look back

The only real side effects for me were heartburn and loss of libido (normal with antidepressants).

The heartburn was solved by taking them earlier in the evening as I had been taking them just as I got into bed, so the lying down was an issue. I also needed at least half a pint of water to wash them down properly.

I experienced the heartburn today when I forgot to drink it with a full glass of water. Wow, I thought what I experienced during pregnancy was bad!

Thank you for your replies.
I am going up to 50mg tomorrow, wish me luck ❤

@Belle82 ….., sorry I know this is an older thread but how did you find going from 25mg to 50mg? I took my first 25mg this morning.
thanks

@1981mum1981
it was fine. I did it after 2 weeks if I am remembering correctly. Tired for a while but body got used to it.
I’m on 100mg now.

good luck with it x