You haven't said what your pdoc said that was dishonest. I'm sorry you don't like him as well as the first one but maybe he will end up being OK... I'm surprised that the first pdoc would give you so much medical advice when you are no longer under her care.

Increasing from 50 to 75 mg would be a typical increase for Zoloft because the smallest available pill is 25 mg. The 25 mg increase is not considered large, but fairly conservative. Sounds like your pdoc was being suitably cautious. It would be unusual to increase Zoloft by a smaller amount, as it would mean pill cutting and not all providers encourage that. Feeling agitated, anxious, or "hyper" for a short time would not be unexpected when you get a dose increase for an activating med like Zoloft. Usually this side effect would wear off after a few days as the body adjusts. It sounds like it only lasted a day for you so you have reacted well to the dose increase. Sounds like everything is going well! If you want to increase your Zoloft more slowly when it is time for the next dose increase (if there is one), you could tell your pdoc and discuss that option. There is always pill cutting, or alternatively, a compounding pharmacy could make you a really dilute solution of Zoloft so you could increase really, really slowly. But since you did pretty well with the last dose increase, maybe this wouldn't be necessary.