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Originally Posted by LauraBeth
Well, I was given Propanolol when I was having extremely severe anxiety and it did help lessen my anxiety enough so I could function. After that, it didn't do much so I stopped taking it.
As for Zoloft, it is often used for anxiety and OCD. Sometimes depression does manifest as anxiety, or accompanies anxiety...I cannot tell the difference between my depression and my anxiety; they are intertwined.
My thinking is that the 50mg. wasn't enough to knock out your anxiety, so your doctor increased the Zoloft dose to 100mg. This is where meds always get tricky...is it the Zoloft causing worse anxiety OR is it that the dose of Zoloft isn't high enough to be combating your already-present anxiety?
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I think I am finally noticing that 50mg is doing some good. I'm not sure if it's worsening sleep, but it takes the edge off worries. I had a bad night of sleep two days ago, and the next day I wasn't as keyed up as I have been about insomnia. Then today I had a half marathon race, and in the past I would get nervous before races and then worry about my heart rate during the races themselves. Today I didn't worry about either thing, I had a lot of fun actually. I am having trouble sleeping again tonight and debating taking another sleep aid but I'm not getting worked up. So I think I'm good on 50mg! I just need to fix my sleep.