Health anxiety and sertraline

[iBloke]

Quick summary:
- HA for going on 40 years!
- Been taking 5mg sertraline for 10 years. Not sure it's done any good.
- HA bad at the moment so doc has upped the sertraline to 100mg.
- Am 25 days in, and have had nothing but negative experiences.

For the last two weeks I've been getting heartburn, stomach cramps and upper and lower back pains and cramps. Doc has increased my lansoprazole from 15mg to 30mg to handle the heartburn. It works but the cramps are still there - especially after I eat and when I sit down.

The cramps are fuelling my HA.

Has anyone had similar experiences that might help me decide whether to unilaterally revert to 50mg of Sertraline or stick it out for longer?

Thanks

[yenool]

Well I'm not a doctor.... You should seek medical advise..... what I post is not medically based... etc etc.

However... my experience of Sertraline is that increasing the dose did nothing but increase the side effects. If you have been on it 10 years with not much benefit then perhaps now is the time to go back to the Dr and ask to try something different.