I have moderate depression and social anxiety disorder.
Zoloft leveled my mood and made me feel "normal", which definitely helped with SAD. I like that the medicine didn't make me feel over the top happy, I was just looking to feel normal.
There were side effects at the beginning that would fade in a week or two - loss of appetite, nausea, erectile dysfunction. I would lose weight every time I started on Zoloft.
Zoloft consistently caused severe heartburn for me, which contributed to me stopping use (A tip: don't use Tums for this, as I did. The heartburn became many times worse for me).View Thread