"i have been on this med for a year now and at first i felt it helped a lot but over the last few months i have been extremely depressed and suicidal so my doctor is adding another medication (that i have not started yet). the only thing i can say i noticed about sertraline is it really helped my anxiety. when i first started taking it i got horrible side effects that had me stuck in bed. i had the spins all day, awful headaches, was vomiting daily and got really tingly hands and legs that caused me not to be able to sleep. once i got past these side effects my anxiety has improved, though not my depression."