anxiety and stress
"I've been on 100 mg of Zoloft for 13 years now--though not a perfect fix, it's helpful, and I'm very thankful for this drug.  

Anxiety runs in my family but was never discussed.  I'm 47 now, looking back I realize that wisps of it ran all through my childhood and youth- I "self-medicated" with alcohol and smoking.  It peaked when I was pregnant and 9/11 went down--midwife urged me to try meds, but I was very stubborn.  I wanted to do it "on my own." After months of struggle and desperation, I finally gave in. It helped. I could parent and function again.  A couple times since, I've tried  to wean myself off  but never successfully--always needed it.   Now I'm at mostly at peace with needing zoloft--wish I didn't, but I do, and it helps."