Re: Missed a dose and night sweats
Originally Posted by
Hco
Morning, last night I accidentally missed my dose of sertaline, during the night I woke up having a night sweat. It was mainly my chest. I’ve not my self in a price it could be somthing more serious or could it be from the missed dose ?
The missed dose is the most likely explanation. It should have cleared once you began taking sertraline again.
Also when I first started sertaline 5 years ago while I was on it it gave me night sweats but these stopped
Night sweats are a fairly common initial side-effect when first taking SSRIs/SNRIs with sertraline being more likely to trigger them than the others. Serotonin isn't only a brain neurotransmitter, in fact this is one of its minor functions. It has many roles including in regulating blood vessel tone, constriction and dilation, and thermo-regulation via the hypothalamus and these can be affected by serotonergic ADs at the beginning, or, as you've discovered, by missed doses, or when weaning off these meds.
and I have been on snd off the medication since then.
You've discontinued sertraline with your GP's guidance after being on it for a year or so, or are you taking it only when you feel you need it?
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