I thought it would be useful, for those of us on Sertraline, to list the side effects which we had when starting it (and any side effects which we continue to have). Some of them are less common than others, so perhaps seeing other people's experiences could reassure anyone who is starting the medication?
I've been on Sertraline since November 2018, initially on 50mg then up to 100mg after 3 weeks. So far, I've experienced...
- severe nausea and dizziness for the first 24 hours
- fatigue and *increased* anxiety for the first 48 hours
- a hyper state and extreme jaw clenching/teeth grinding for the first week
- occasional bleeding gums within the first 3-4 weeks
- still clenching my jaw/grinding my teeth (though less severely) for a couple of months
- weight loss, although this might not be due entirely to the Sertraline
And on the plus side, I'm experiencing much less anxiety! I still have anxious thought patterns and panics, but I find myself better able to cope with them, and less prone to the physical side effects of anxiety.