I understand the increased dosage anxiety. I don't have it with Zoloft but I am generally pretty paranoid about my pills. I have to take them in a ritualized way so that I can have a clear memory that I took it. Otherwise when I go to take a pill I might suddenly wonder if I'd already taken one and forgotten and now maybe I'm overdosing and I'm going to experience (insert anything from horrible side effects to death here). The "take as needed" pills are really bad on that front because I can't rely on a scheduled time of day. Did I take one of these earlier? Did I get up awhile ago, take one and go back to bed? Can I take this one now, I don't remember when I took the last one?

You get the idea. Pills are an easy source of worry.

I'm sorry to hear about your parents. My mom had cancer twice while I was growing up and I think it traumatized me a bit.

Do you mind my asking what tests you've had done? What can they do at the doctor's office? I've actually been thinking about going in and just asking them to do a chest x-ray.

Cyran0