This shit sucks. It certainly shows your anxiety, but when your anxiety does hit while on it, it’s absolutely debilitating. And God forbid you are diagnosed with depression and anxiety because that makes it worse. At least before I was diagnosed and prescribed, it was a lot easier to coordinate when I was going to feel down. Now I just feel down and numb the rest of the way ALL THE TIME. My bills fall behind because I just can’t find the energy to deal with it. Relationships suffer because I never want to talk to anyone. I’m lucky that I even found a wife, but I had to stop taking my meds for two weeks so I could get through the withdrawals and still formulate a coherent sentence. And through that two weeks, I had withdrawals where I got horrible brain shocks that would take me off of my feet, I was so dizzy I couldn’t drive and I was the most manic that I’ve ever felt, and I’m not even manic depressive. Zoloft (sertraline) is not a necessary utility you need in your life. It’s absolutely miserable. Find someone you can care about and trust in your life and ask them to you take account of your activities and help call you out if you’re being weird. I wouldn’t wish the hell of sertraline on any person. If you have uncontrollable anxiety or depression, please reach out to a friend or a help support system, but please use sertraline as your last option. It’s a non-opioid that gives you opioid withdrawals when you stop taking it.

I’m so tired of taking it everyday because it no longer helps my anxiety, but if I stop taking it, the withdrawals just make me feel worse. Please! I am begging you. Find alternatives to sertraline, do not let a doctor get you hooked on it to where you cannot take it

Edit: I didn’t mention the insomnia, lack of appetite, GI issues triggered, fluctuating moods, and lethargy

Edit 2: Feeling this hopelessness of being prescribed something that’s supposed to help you by someone who’s supposed to help you I wouldn’t wish on another person. Everyday I wonder if I’m going to make it to the day when my child is born or if my wife is going to have to explain what happened to me