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Shakes, jitters, internal restlessness

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Has anyone experienced shakes, tremors, jitters or a feeling of internal restlessness on Sertraline. When I upped my dose to 100mg I notices that my hand were shaking and I felt an internal tremor through my whole body.

I don't know if it is down to the medication or anxiety. If it is anxiety I have never experienced it like this before!

Apparently shaking due to medication is called Akathisia quite common when taking antipsychotics but also can happen with SSRIs and other ADs.

Thanks

Ed

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  • david26145
    david26145 Guest

    Posted

    Hi, Ed. I take 50mg a day and started about a month and a half ago. When I first started taking it, I pretty much had all the symptoms. This is the first antidepressant I've ever taken. My teeth chattered, I sweated a lot, had trouble sleeping, and even had a near full-on panic attack, which even though I've had anxiety issues, I had never really had what I would consider to be a panic attack. It took a couple weeks, but all of those symptoms are basically gone now and I feel a lot better. It might just take your body a few weeks to get used to the higher dose.

    • Guest
      Guest david26145

      Posted

      Thanks for the reply David,

      Glad to hear I am not the only one who has experienced these symptoms on Sertraline! I have been on this dose for quite a while but maybe it needs a bit longer.

      cheers,

      Ned

    • GodsServant
      GodsServant david26145

      Posted

      Hi Ed, yep, same thing happened to me. I had not teeth-chatter, but I noticed I clenched my jaws a lot. I still do sometimes. I had jitters, but most of these side effects went away after 2 months or so. Hang in there.

    • Guest
      Guest GodsServant

      Posted

      Thanks GS, I'll stick with it and see what happens. Cheers, Ned

  • Italia2020
    Italia2020 Guest

    Posted

    im on 25 mg baby dose for 4 weeks did 1 week on 50 it was horrid now these past couple of days my anxiety and panic are 10x worse at a loss

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