Experiencing panic on Zoloft after 6 days

[chris052683]

I have been on Zoloft 25mg (taking half of a 50mg pill) for 6 days as of yesterday. My doctor told me to up the dose to a whole pill (50mg) daily after a week of being at 25mg. I did that last night (I take them at night) and got woken up by the worst panic attack I've ever experienced (shortness of breath, felt like my brain was closing in on me, trembling, could barely walk normal). It was so bad, I called a triage nurse at a local hospital ER at 4:15am to make sure I wasn't dying. I suffer from very mild OCD, health anxiety and probably more... Has anyone had this experience this early in the game? I called my doctor this morning and he said to give it a try for one more day at 50mg and if it doesn't go well, go back down to 25mg. Any thoughts or similar experiences to share would be great!