Sertraline side effects?

Question

My doctor started me on a course of sertraline yesterday for anxiety and depression, just 50mg a day to start with. She did warn me of the nausea and dizziness etc. So I took the first one last night before I went to bed thinking I'd sleep through the worst of the side effects. Oh no. I woke at 3am feeling...

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Answer 2

That happened to me the first night I took it. I was on 25mg. My body was used to taking 150mg of unisom every night to sleep and I didn't take that with the Zoloft. I woke up at 4am with the same symptoms. I ended up taking another 50mg unisom and going back to sleep. I now take my Zoloft in the morning as I think it helps me more during the day and makes me tired at just the right time at night. I sleep through the night now with no problems. I am only on week 3 and taking 100 mg now. I get anxious during the day sometimes and my heart rate has gone up to 128 as of recently. Everything will even out soon! By the end of my first week I was feeling so much better!

Answer 3

Hi. I've just been through the same thing. I had severe side effects for about 10 days and now I'm fine; they seemed to switch off overnight. I had thumping palpitations, chest pain, shortness of breath at night, insomnia, loss of appetite, near fainting. Now the side effects have gone my mood seems to be lifting already, try and hang in there.