"sertraline has actually filled in the gaps where citalopram failed. however, bowel movements have become a tentative almost ambivalent arrangement but so far that is the worst of the side effects for me personally. although i do have dark days, the dogs don&#039;t bark quite so loudly or for so long. sertraline has given me the ability to stop thinking about the things i am troubled by and focus on what i want to do and what i want to be with perspicacity and belief in myself and to accept the fact that it&#039;s okay to have such medication to treat depression in exactly the same way that it is okay to have hrt for menopause or insulin to treat diabetes. stick with it."