Hey everyone,

My anxiety reached an all-time high last week. I became so fearful that I was developing schizophrenia that I genuinely thought I was going mad. As a result I'm now on my seventh day of Zoloft and the side effects are perfectly palatable (jitters, morning nausea, disturbed sleep), but there is something concerning me. I find when I first take my Zoloft I tend to get a boost in energy, like I've had an espresso or something. My mind becomes slightly elevated too. Nothing close to what I've read about hypomania and mania but it still worries me. Is this normal? I'm moving up to 50mg tomorrow and I worry it'll send me spiralling into madness (I realise how irrational that is)