I’m currently coming up to 8 weeks on sertraline and I started feeling a big difference from week 6.
I still get bad shakes seems to ease off as the day goes on and I’ve also got quite a dry mouth just wondering if anybody else was still suffering with this after being on them 7 weeks ?
Sertraline - Dry mouth and hand shakes?
Question posted by Andremckay on 10 Jan 2022
Last updated on 11 January 2022
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jakyoga65
11 Jan 2022
Hi. So just curious what dose you are currently taking? I also had dry mouth and hand tremors. I had to really pay attention to hydrating throughout the day. It helped. The hands shaking took several months to ease off for me. Also eating at regular intervals is helpful to your system. The healthier the better. Good luck to you. It takes time and some flexibility to adjust.
Andremckay
11 Jan 2022
Thank you for commenting.
I’m currently on 100mg and felt like I was really improving since hitting week 6 but yesterday had a bad anxious day which then led to a awful night hardly any sleep and had a mild panic attack first one since week 2 I know we suffer from bad days and set backs so disheartening when you feel your slowly getting your life back. Have you suffered with this also even weeks after starting the medication?
jakyoga65
11 Jan 2022
Yes it seems sometimes the anxiety breaks through, which is scary and can feel defeating. I found the 100mg dose ended up being too much for me so I stayed at 75. Hard to know during dose adjustments what will ultimately be best. Keep going. Take care.
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