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Zoloft and dry 👄 mouth

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teresa65434
teresa65434

I've been on Zoloft for three weeks. 50mg a day. I've had extreme dry mouth. Headaches and fatigue in the afternoon. Anyone else had this. I've asked to be taken off.

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  • julie89512
    julie89512 teresa65434

    Posted

    Hi. 

    Yes I was exactly the same. the side effects will go in time.

    stick with them, I take mine for health Anxiety 

    good luck 

    • julie89512
      julie89512 Jmk49a87

      Posted

      Hi. 

      It took about 5-6 weeks for it to take full effect, but it does it gradually from I would say week 2-3 weeks to then Anxiety wise.

      But It took took me a lot longer for the side effects to go, 

      im only on a low dose because I'm very sensitive to taking medication.

      The side effects I'm still getting is thinning head hair and itchy armpits.

      But anxiety is under control, my gp said I should be on them for 6-12 months

      but I don't want to go back to feeling how I was. 

      Will cross that bridge when I come to it.

      hope things settle down for you soon, side effects will go away and hopefully you can enjoy life again 

       

    • julie89512
      julie89512

      Posted

      predictive text. 😃

      I would say week 2-3 for them anxiety wise. 

  • XoMonkey
    XoMonkey teresa65434

    Posted

    I have just started taking zoloft a few weeks back and on 50mg a day. I have had dry mouth and nasty taste, headaches and fatigue  too. It'll subside eventually. My old antidepressant took a month to start to kick in

  • james61270
    james61270 teresa65434

    Posted

    I have had to serious reactions to depression and bipolar meds by causing a serotonin syndrome with me so be careful.
  • Jmk49a87
    Jmk49a87 teresa65434

    Posted

    I had dry mouth for the first 4 weeks, mi e went away in week 5.
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