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Night sweats on SERTRALINE

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abe88314
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I'm on sertraline for over a year and it's been a life saver for me. I'm a 42 year old male.

My issue is that a few months ago I started sweating very much, usually at night. I wake up and my pillow and bed is soaking wet. I do get sort of hot flashes during the day also sometimes.

Is this normal?

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  • tina04668
    tina04668 abe88314

    Posted

    I've been on sertraline for almost 10 weeks and I've had night sweats too. Some nights are worse than others. It probably started for me after a few weeks on the medication. I know it is a side effect of sertraline. Just had a check up a few weeks ago to see how I was doing on the medication and I brought up the sweating to my doctor who did confirm it's a side effect. I'm not sure why you would get that side effect now though after 10 months? Did you recently increase your dose? Either way I would mention it to your doctor. I feel pretty good on the sertraline so I guess I just have to deal with my night sweats.

    Good luck!

    • abe88314
      abe88314 tina04668

      Posted

      I did raise the dose but I'm not sure exactly when it started. I'm thinking that maybe it started about then but I didn't think it had to do with the med.

      I was at the doctor today and thinks it is a side effect but took some tests just to be sure.

    • tina04668
      tina04668 abe88314

      Posted

      My doctor took some blood too just to be sure because I also lost a lot of weight. Everything came back normal. It's good your doctor is running tests to be sure. I'm sure it's just the sertraline but better to be safe!

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