Sertraline side effects

[mummaaw]

I've been takin sertraline around 3 months and the main issue I'm having with it is that my hair is falling out and in terrible condition, does anyone have any advise?

I’ve not heard of hair falling out when taking sertraline before. Unless it is related to the reason you are taking the Sertraline? Such as stress/anxiety?

Are your iron levels normal? This causes hair loss too.

I experienced hair loss while on sertraline - about two or three months after starting to taking it.

My doctor said it wasn’t the drug, but the reaction to the intense stress I had been under. There is apparently a time lay between the stress and the Hair loss.

My hair had thinned considerably on one side. Two years later it’s nearly back to normal.

@Dollymixture22 are you still taking them and it went back to normal or did it go back to normal when you stopped taking them, I'm a lot more calm than I was before and always had really thick hair so I'm really noticing it now after being on it for a few months

@mummaaw no I stopped taking them after about six months.

I have really thick hair too. I panicked when I was lifting lumps of the carpet and the shower. But doctor was really relaxed, and when I googled it hair loss did seem to some a few months after stress.

There were definite side effects of the drug - but not too bad at all. I had really vivid dreams and dry mouth.

My hair was falling out when I was on it but it was coincidental I think. My hair has phases of falling out loads for weeks then stopped. Anxiety can cause hair loss so it's much more likely to be that or just cyclical.