I feel normal again.

I just wanted to share a little ray of hope with some of you who may be hesitant to take zoloft.

I was really hesitant to start an antidepressant, and had put it off for about 2 years whilst I tried sorting my diet out and took supplements (vitamin D and iron mostly) to combat my anxiety and depression the "natural" way. Nothing helped and it got to a point where I burst into tears, totally defeated, and made an appointment with the doctor. I've now been on sertraline (zoloft) for 2 months and was fairly lucky with not many side effects, the most noticeable one for me is that I feel the heat a lot more. I started out on 50mg and started to feel better after about 10 days. I'm now on 100mg which I hope will be my perfect dose.

I was on holiday the moment I realised that I finally felt better. I realised I was no longer overthinking things constantly, and no longer thinking "why can't I just enjoy this moment?". It's actually shown me that I was far more depressed than I realised. Before I never got excited for things, couldn't even enjoy being on holiday with my husband and our dog. Friday nights were mundane and when I would spiral into dark thoughts when years ago they were the highlight of my week. And that's not even mentioning the anxiety I had, which was getting more and more severe.

But now it is so so nice to have a quiet mind. To be able to take a walk and appreciate things around me, not be stuck in my own mind.

I really hope this can help someone who may be worried about trying sertraline or antidepressants in general.