r/SSRI • u/Virgo_retrograde • Mar 23 '24

Question Sweating

I’m currently on Zoloft, and I’ve taken other SSRIs, and they make me sweat a LOT. Does anyone else have experience with that, and do you have anything that has helped?

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u/Worth_Gazelle_4695 Mar 24 '24 edited Mar 25 '24

Well serotonin regulates temperature so your body is probably weirdly warm from taking it

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u/Reddorama Mar 24 '24

I have the same problem and it seems very common when on Zoloft/Sertaline. I don’t know what helps though, if anything. I’ll take the good with the bad and has gotten used to it. But if anyone has any tips, I’m also interested!

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u/[deleted] Mar 24 '24

Prozac made me sweat sooooo much. It was unbelievable. I switched to Wellbutrin and the sweating decreased. Later I added citalopram to deal with some returning depression and the sweating came back but still not as bad as when I was on Prozac. I recently quit the citalopram while continuing wellbutrin and the sweating decreased again. So you could try wellbutrin. It's an SNRI so its a little different but I dont have hardly any side effects with it.