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Increased zoloft (sertraline) dose from 25mg to 50mg yesterday. feel really out of it and very anxious. will this go away?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It can take a: While for your body/brain to adjust to an increased dose of zoloft (sertraline) or other ssri. Most often this will improve fairly quickly (but not always).

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Answered 8/7/2017

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