Sertraline and night sweats

Treatment and medication
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Hi everyone

I know some of you on here have suffered from night sweats whilst taking Sertraline, and up until recently I hadn't really had them (I did the first time round, a few years ago, but not this time).

I've been on 100mg for almost four months now, and I've persevered with the sometimes awful side-effects (upset stomach, loss of appetite, increased anxiety) until they've pretty much disappeared. But all of a sudden I am now experiencing the most HORRIFIC night sweats.

I fall asleep (eventually) then wake every fifteen minutes or so absolutely drenched in sweat to the point where I'm shivering, absolutely soaking wet and have to get out of bed to change my PJs (several times a night) and also get a towel to sleep on (several times) since my bed sheets are also soaked through (as well as the towel). I suffer from insomnia anyway, so I'm used to the lack of sleep, but this is taking it to a whole new extreme.

I've had this for the last five nights in a row and it isn't getting better. Has anyone else experienced this all of a sudden, and if so, did it go away? Other than this, I am very happy with Sertraline now having passed all the initial side-effects. I don't want to come off it, and I'm certainly not ready to, but if this carries on for much longer, I think I will have to...

Thank you for reading x

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yes i have had night swets for 8 weeeks .i now have come off this drug and been free for 5 days and just stopped getting them . i am rid of it . as i say free from it as i am sure i would of had to increese my medication as i started off with 25mg then 50 then 100 in 8 weeks i was not going to 150 or 200

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8 weeks? Poor you! Did you get the night sweats from the very start of taking it, or did they just start up randomly?

Also, did you come off sertraline for this reason, or were you ready to come off it anyway? My dose won't increase from 100mg (it doesn't need to right now) but I'm anticipating being on it for at least another 2 - 6 months. The thought of night sweats every night for this long makes me want to cry!

 

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i had night swets from the biginning . had them for a few days after i came off. i decided to come as they was making me worse,and now i take nothing ,i have changed the way i think about things and clear the decks of any stress.

its only a thought !!

but we all can make a difference if you think about your shit in a different way. i just felt sertraline was or is a drug if taken for any length of time will have you hooked and your body will call for more.