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to help you be more at ease? I am going up to 50mg tonight after 1 week @ 25mg. TIA

It took about 5 weeks to start feeling something significant for me. I went up slower though than you. I started at 12.5mg. I loved Zoloft! After the initial few weeks, it worked great for me. Use the relaxation tape too...that helped in times I was not feeling at ease.

I also started at 12.5 for ten days and then went up to 25mg. I've been taking zoloft for a little over four weeks and only now am I starting to feel a little better. My doc wants me to increase to 50mg's, but I'm a little hessitant. It took over a year for me to agree to try zoloft.

I am taking 100mgs of Zoloft right now. I can't really tell if it's working or not because my anxiety isn't constant (it comes and goes every couple of weeks). I'm going to assume that it is doing something by now, with being on it for about 5 weeks, and no sign of an attack.

You might not feel the full effect of it until sometime after 4 to 6 weeks.

i am taking 50mg a day--my dr. had me take 2 days of 25mg and then up to 50mg. i have begun my third week and i think it is helping. i seem to have less repetitive thinking, what-if thinking, scary thoughts, and i am sleeping better. i am tired throughout the day though and i don't know if it is meds or depression. also, was glad to find out that if i were going to have a "bad" reaction to the meds it would have happened by now. hoping that by week 4 i am much closer to my old self. good luck!!

Thanks for feedback..I was taking cymbalta so maybe that is why I started out higher. I hope it is going to be helpful..time will tell

The first time I went on it, at 25mg, it started working within two weeks. Recently, I started taking it again, starting with 25mg, then 50mg and now 100mg, it took about 6 weeks before I started feeling better. I had a really bad case of panic/anxiety and post-partum dep. The meds are working great now. Best wishes.