Anyone try splitting your doses throughout the day?
Hello everyone! I've been taking sertraline for about 2 months now for anxiety and depression. Started at 25 mg. Everything was fine for the first week (just some GI discomfort) but then I started getting the dreaded Activation Syndrome (jitters leading to bad anxiety, almost had a panic attack in the middle of the night).
I started taking it after a big meal in the late morning but still had jitters so started splitting the dose: taking some in the late morning or lunch and the rest in the afternoon. It has definitely reduced the jitteriness and side effects.
Now I'm doing the same at 37.5 mg but if I dont take the second half until too late in the day I feel crumby and anxious.
Just trying to get some more opinions from people who may have tried this or played around with the dosing. I'm really frustrated that I'm at such a low dose after two months. I'm a full grown adult male and dont understand how its taking me so long to get used to this. I am going to stick with it until 50 mg definitely bc that is suppose to be the minimum therapeutic dose for anxiety but I would REALLY like to be able to just pop the whole dose in the morning or at night with no problems.