Zoloft

I think taking zoloft for me has been like taking tylenol.  Before, my brain/emotions were such that I was constantly in emotional pain.  Little things pained me, like not getting "everything" done, or being late to something (inconsequential) or having little aspects of my day not come together as I'd imagined.  It was hard because I knew cognitively that those things were not important, and there wasn't a cause for sorrow or anguish or major frustration, but I felt those things nonetheless.  It was like I couldn't get my feelings to correspond to my cognitive understandings.  My feelings were so very poignant (painfully so) about even the least little things.  It made it hard to function--being in almost constant emotional pain.  It was like trying to function with chronic physical pain--it was debilitating.

Zoloft has been like taking tylenol.  It eases the pain noticeably.  For the first time in as long as I can remember I feel like my feelings match my cognitive understandings.  Like tylenol, it dulls the pain without dulling my brain or my other senses.  Zoloft isn't like a heavy-duty narcotic pain-killer, for me at least.  I feel more myself, more able to function, happier, healthier, more normal.  I feel more like myself than ever, because my feelings and thoughts match.  It is wonderful and I am so very grateful for it!