"i had a breakdown in november 2016, spent the winter suffering terribly with anxiety, depression, and insomnia. was resistant to trying medication. counsellor, psychiatrist, and 2 physicians finally convinced me i had bipolar 2, and put me on trileptal. slight improvement occurred but i still suffered. finally things got so bad that i decided to give the zoloft they had all been suggesting a try. started at 25 mg and now have been on 50 mg for about 6 weeks. definite improvement. wish i had started long before i did, having suffered way longer than necessary. no side effects for me thus far. some breakthrough depression and anxiety, i handle these days with low dose klonipin.  i am leaving the option of increasing zoloft dose in autumn, for sad"