Insomnia on Sertraline

[USER12]

Any tips on how to deal with insomnia while on sertraline? Does this go away?

[USER12]

Not sure about your dose, etc, but most side effects went away after a week or so for me.

It’s 100 mg, been on it since beginning of the year. Insomnia only started few weeks ago.

[Brian123]

When do you take your sertraline? morning or night? I used to take them first thing in the morning but played havoc with my stomach, still does to a degree, but not as bad as when I first took them, I never took them at night, as far as sleep goes, I find I still wake about 4 in the morning but manage to fall over again quite easily, I have heard if you take them at night then you might have sleep problems.

[USER12]

I've been taking it in the evening. Have changed to taking it in the morning since yesterday, going to see if this improves things.

Update: been taking sertraline in the morning for 3 days now, insomnia seems to have resolved.

[USER12]

I've still been getting sleepless nights, thinking of changing to a different med. Going to discuss with the doctor. What other meds have people found helpful for anxiety/depression apart from sertraline and citalopram?

[Flossie17]

I've still been getting sleepless nights, thinking of changing to a different med. Going to discuss with the doctor. What other meds have people found helpful for anxiety/depression apart from sertraline and citalopram?

Have you made a decision about this? I had insomnia for a few weeks on Sertraline and then it went away. Now I only have the occasional sleepless night. Is the sertraline working for you otherwise?

[USER12]

Sertraline was working well before insomnia kicked in. Now I feel anxious most of the time.

[Cee]

One month on 50MG Sertraline and it's taking hours to get to sleep and then constantly waking up throughout the night. Any thoughts on this please?

[Tyke]

I had really bad insomnia for the first four weeks but it started to get better after that. In the end I was pleased I'd stuck it out because the benefit was well worth it. The therapeutic effects seemed to coincide with a lessening of side effects which was most welcome.

[USER12]

Taking it first thing in the morning helped me with insomnia, although still get it occasionally. Progressive muscle relaxation also helps.