A call out to anyone also taking ‘Sertraline’ – or a different ‘selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor’ (SSRI)/‘tricyclic antidepressant’ (TCA). And especially to those who are suffering with the ‘repercussions’ (effects/symptoms) of ‘mixing’ medication with ‘hot weather’!
I remember the days where I used to ‘live up’ to my LEO star-sign, I was a proper lover of ‘all things summer’! Then came along my dear friend Sertraline and now, I cant handle anything over 20°C! I didn’t notice the effect/s the ‘first’ summer (last year), when I ‘was upped’ to the highest dose (200mg) of Sertraline. I guess it could be down to the fact that, the UK’s ‘last few summers’, have been somewhat ‘disappointing’.
But this year (summer of ‘25)…
I am so hot, I feel like I currently live within a highly eruptive volcano, next to a river of molten lava, with a thick, woolly jumper on… and a coat! This year, the heat is unbearable! I know people who aren’t on any medications that are saying that ‘this is a hot one!’. So I know I’m not being overdramatic here when I say that summer this year, is making me want to either peal my skin off and hang it up until Autumn, or move to the ‘north pole’ and live in an ice-house/igloo – what Evers easier and quicker at this point!
I can’t regulate my body temperature at all right now. Especially at night, due to the increased symptom of; the good ole ‘night sweats’, due to overheating! – A common symptom from taking Sertraline anyway! So add in a constant (24/7) ‘heat-wave’, then you’ve got yourself a hot, muggy, sticky party! Woo! I’m having more nights where, in the morning I’m faced with a ‘sweat silhouette’ of myself on the bedsheet bellow! So, if this is a ‘look’ into my future (menopause) – then, I don’t want it thanks! As, this, right now is causing havoc with my current ‘sensory issues’ and I’m more ‘hyper-aware’, of anything touching my skin at present. Even so as much a single hair from my own head, falling out of my scraped-up ‘n’ back ponytail and onto an exposed piece of my skin on my back, will gross me out/repulse me!
I’m eagerly awaiting autumn. The temperature drops to a comfortable, jumper wearing level. Everything starts turning golden outside, as the leaves slowly die and fall from the trees. ‘Pumpkin spiced latte’ makes a come back! Ah, my favourite season for so many reasons.
So yeh, I’m not having the greatest of times. And theres no signs of me coming off Sertraline any time soon either. So I guess it’s just something that I have to hope and pray, isn’t this bad next year or, my symptoms aren’t as bad! Bellow I have attached a couple of links to some useful information I found around Sertraline and the hot weather.
https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/antidepressants-and-heat
https://www.nhs.uk/medicines/sertraline/
Thanks for reading ‘my whinge’ until next time,
T
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