Sertraline Sweating

[User12321]

Hey guys. Has anyone experiences excess sweating with a sertraline dose increase? I am still laddering up (just started 150mg/day a few days ago) and I’ve noticed an increase in anxiety and sweating that I didn’t have at 100mg. Will this go away once my body adjusts or is this going to be the new norm. I was previously on venlaflaxine and had the same problem so I switched.

Thank you in advance

[Melita52]

Hi User12321,

I have also experienced excessive sweating, especially at night in bed. It has been happening so often that I thought I may be going into the menopause early! I can't really offer any advice, but it is interesting to consider sertraline as the cause.

I had my dose changed about a lot, and the anxiety does settle...eventually. I still have some major anxiety, but it is associated with certain things, and I am learning to control it, or sometimes just go with it. The sertraline seems to have calmed the unpredictable anxiety, so hopefully you will feel better once your body adjusts.

I hope things get better for you soon.

[Fried_egg14]

I've been prescribed to increase my dose of sertraline from 50mg a day to 100mg to reduce my peri-menopause (I'm 45 and have had blood tests to be sure) symptoms of sweats, so I'm not sure about the sertraline causing the sweats, but everyone is different?