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Headaches terrible on Zoloft (sertaline)

Hi I have been having terrible headaches for the past 5 days. I had the headaches three weeks after I started taking the Zoloft. Then I got a headache really bad for 4 days straight. They are horrible I have been taking Tylenol. I have taken so many pain medicine nothing will help they are constant headaches. Does anybody else have this problem does anybody else know what I can do to help with the headache pain please help I really need some it has helped greatly with my PTSD and anxiety and I really don't want to stop taking them now.
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Some side effects last, some go away as your body becomes used to this foreign substance.  Let's hope, since it's helping, that this goes away.
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No. I was fine the first 1 1/2 weeks. Then the headaches started. I'm on 50 mg. Today my headache so far is better. But I'm scared that it will come back like it did last time. I never had headaches like this before the Zoloft. Once in a blue moon!!!
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Well, headaches are a common side effect of taking antidepressants, and if it is the Zoloft as much as it might be helping in one area if it causes major problems in another area it still isn't the right med for you.  Did you suffer from headaches at all before starting the Zoloft?
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