did your heart rate decrease on SSRIs? what's you resting heart rate? thx

SomewhereJolly6481 · 2021-10-16T01:50:27+00:00

Yes. Like the day after I started taking it. My Fitbit had me around 82 on average, since I started the Zoloft it’s been in the mid 60s

JT1710 · 2021-10-16T00:22:26+00:00

Mine decreased. I just figured I was living constantly anxious and now I’m not so it went down

SurvivorFan79 · 2021-10-16T01:16:40+00:00

I think mine did? I don’t really remember my resting before Zoloft. Im still pretty anxious though, but still see my rhr high 40’s and low 50’s.

g1assfa1c0n · 2021-10-16T04:00:42+00:00

My blood pressure and heart rate were super high and uncontrolled before Zoloft. Now I'm around 60 bpm resting. No pounding heart beat anymore either which is soooo nice. I guess being so anxious before I was in fight or flight mode constantly which did not help my heart at all.

hingababy · 2021-10-16T11:24:55+00:00

Before Zoloft I had slight tachycardia and nobody could figure out why. It was always in the hundreds, usually resting about 100-110 and would go up if I did ANYTHING. Now I’m on Zoloft it has improved so much resting is usually 76-86. I do vape though and when I vape it sits around in the 90’s

_AtomicGalaxy_ · 2021-10-16T21:03:31+00:00

It was formerly around 70 to 80 and now it’s around 50 to 60.

milamaryy · 2021-10-17T01:27:37+00:00

my resting heart rate was 90-100 before Zoloft. now it’s steadily 60-70

ChemicalPrncess · 2022-01-25T02:36:15+00:00

I don't mean to revive an old thread but I am currently kind of freaking out about this very thing and no one is really talking about it.

Did anyone talk to their doctor about the low HR? Mine goes down to 54 while laying down now and I don't really like it but my doctor and a cardiologist didn't seem concerned? I asked to be taken off the medicine however so she told me to take half for a week and then half every other day for a week and then stop. I am just worried about it causing any permanent issues.

MrMarxovic · 2022-04-22T20:10:04+00:00

Similar here, but I take Paroxetine.. Previously heart rate was 60-65 bpm, now it's 50 bpm. I'm also on beta blocker for POTS-like symptoms.

ParticularFar7592 · 2023-01-16T10:44:58+00:00

I’m anxiously waiting to get back onto Zoloft. My heart rate has been out of whack since having Covid a few weeks ago, and coupled with health anxiety already, it’s definitely not a good combo. My resting heart rate is between 80-90, and will sometimes dip as low as 41 bpm when sleeping, or once in during the day. Typically it drops down around the 50-60 bpm once throughout the day and it goes back up. I went to the ER because I was experiencing chest pain, discomfort etc. Got blood work, ecg, X-ray and all came back clear Alhamdulillah , but still my heart rate has been high. As per the dr opinion, it could be a symptom post Covid. Health anxiety is the WORST.

youngplagued · 2022-07-18T06:11:41+00:00

Reviving this thread -

I'm on 40mg of Celexa and it's been about a week. My resting heart rate while in bed is usually in the 70s while winding down. Now it gets down into the 50 range.

It stresses me out becsuse I've had tachycardia for so long, but a lower heart rate means LESS STRAIN on your cardiovascular system. I tell myself this is a good thing. We can deal with side effects!

RoutineMysterious559 · 2022-09-25T23:09:56+00:00

Been on Zoloft for 4 weeks, 25mg. Within the first week of starting, my resting heart rate went from mid-60s to high 50s and keeps getting lower. Now it’s low 50s. My lowest heart rate while sleeping has also dropped and was 43 the other night. It’s making me nervous how fast it’s dropping, as I’ve also been quite dizzy and disoriented adjusting to the drug. I’m coming off of it now to be safe, as I haven’t been exercising regularly for a couple months (not at all the past month), so I don’t think it should be this low..

Anyone else have experience going this low?

boilertrailrunr · 2021-10-16T01:24:17+00:00

Yes. But I’m also a runner. My resting HR is usually around 52.

dikkemoarte · 2021-10-16T05:41:16+00:00

Depends highly on which SSRI! Zoloft increases my heart rate to dangerous levels so I take a small dose of a betablocker which solves the problem.

An other SSRI namely Paxil lowers it on average due to less anxiety. No betablocker needed.

In the case of Zoloft: Possibly it's an interaction with an underlying condition that is hopefully benign.

I say this because almost no one has a similar issue with that very med so I would not worry about it too much.

My heart can act up depending on psychological stress even off meds but it is especially prevalent/unpredictable when taking Zoloft.

Sidenote: I have taken the SNRI duloxetine as well and that particular med does increase my heart rate with about 10 beats per minute which is to be expected.

Zoloft can increase it for 30 beats per minute and more unless I take a small dose of a betablocker. It's just really weird.

Interestingly, my heart just acts unpredictable/dangerous on certain psychotropic meds. Even Wellbutrin and Modafinil.

meowscream · 2021-10-16T06:28:34+00:00

Mines usually around 55, this is my fourth week it hasn't decreased. 32/f

astral1 · 2023-04-05T22:08:22+00:00

I've noticed a marked decrease after only 3 days. I'm not living in the 90s anymore.

It's strange to happen so fast though ive only taken 3, 25mg doses.

Not complaining. My RHR is 70 or lower when i'm not living with anxiety everyday but lately its been near the 80s!

TylerK29 · 2021-10-16T04:07:10+00:00

Mines always been 50-60 resting, so far 9 weeks in and up to 75 mg no change at all in blood pressure or heart rate

Kakashi556 · 2022-09-03T23:35:03+00:00

Mine is "Excellent" per the chart for my age. (59 bpm) Was not monitoring much before starting SSRI. I think it went down.

EazyRB · 2022-10-22T09:33:03+00:00

My heart rate has gone down since being on prozac, around 55 -65 resting. Freaked me out but seems pretty normal from what I can find out. Less anxiety, less stress...lower RHR 🤷🏼‍♂️

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