Sertraline (Zoloft)
 

I've just had my meds (Sertraline) upped from 100mg a day, to 150mg and am really struggling with nausea because of it.

Does anyone have any tips on how to deal with it? I never had a problem on the lower dosage, but on this new one I can barely eat a thing without feeling like I'm going to throw up :ermm:

Any advice would be fantastic.

some sort of anti sickness tablet? or procycladine, to help counteract side effects (ask your doctor)
kwells tablets worked for me, but talk to your doctor, he/she may be able to come up with something that doesnt involve medication, or someon else here might.

sometimes the nausea goes away on its own, like an adjustment period sort of thing.
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Im not sure if yours are the same as mine, but mine come in 50mg pills, anyway could you take 2 and a half if this is the case for you until your body gets used to it? it may be too big a shock for it to handle, citalopram used to make me feel ill so i would gradually increase the dose. Ive just been put on this pill though on 50mg, it calmed me down i think the night i took it but that may have been a placebo effect. How do you find it for sleep? im confused everywhere i look it says it messes up peoples sleep but the docs told me ital help me sleep better!!?

Thanks for answers guys!

jess, my pills come as 100mg each, so I'm taking 1.5 pills every day. I take mine in the morning however, not at night. So I take them with breakfast (as much as I can stomach, anyway) then I'm not eating all day till dinner because of the nausea. Because I'm taking them in the morning I have no problems with sleep.

Im not entirely sure why procyclidine was suggested since it is used for treating parkinsonism, and movement disorders off antipsychotics...

ginger, peppermint are supposed to be good. how about seeing if you could take 125mg for a bit. (i think sertraline comes in 25mgs) then 150mg?

they used procycladine for pretty much all side effects in most hospitals ive been in, including side effects from small ODs. but yes, i have heard that too.

Mine come in 50gm but im from nz and everything seems to be different depending where you live. Maybe you could try having the tablet after lunch instead of in the morning, maybe having breakfast only with the dose your on is simply not enough to take the edge off? What do you have for breakfast too? maybe some substaining like porridge with banana would be good =)

I was on 100mg of Zoloft, then increaed just like you did.....I had a little naseua, but it wasn't too severe...I just kindof ate what i could, and laying down sometimes helped too. My doctor just maxed my dose to 200mg, so I'll probably have some issues again......Keep me in the loop with how you are handling the dose change

Thanks for all the replies guys. I saw my psychiatrist today and we worked out why I've been so nauseous and shaky. She filled out the script for 50mg Zoloft, but the pharmacist filled out the script wrong and gave me 100mg. So I've been on 150mg which is double the dose I should have been on.

Needless to say I'm quite angry about it, but glad I'm didn't get worse side effects than I did. I'm having a 4-6 day 'wash-out' period, then starting on a different AD.