Hello!

I'm going to take the other side of the argument here.

I've now been taking Sertraline (Zoloft) 50mg for 5 weeks and I feel fantastic. It's done more then improve my mood - also lifting my cognitive abilities. Overall I just feel loads better.

I didn't realise just how anxious and depressed I had become dealing with the PCS and the insane sensitivity I had developed with my head - similar to a few others who have posted on here (even walking hurt my head).

The Sertraline just made everything better, I actually get moments now where I smile and think "I'm happy". Where as before I would go to bed and wish I would never wake up. I have also started combining coffee with the Sertraline and it seems to provide more of a boost then normal. I'm guessing this is because Sertraline has a mild dopamine reuptake inhibiting effect, though it's SSRI effect is much much stronger. Given this I'm tempted to go ask my Dr for some Adderall though I think I'll give my recovery some more time first.

Everyone says that anxiety and depression slow recovery from concussion, and at the very least you don't want to feel like crap so I'd highly recommend this drug - not sure about other anti-depressants.

Of course everyone reacts differently, and the big thing to watch out for is persisting gastro problems as SSRIs can damage your digestive system. I'm getting no side effects at the moment which is fantastic.

From a sexual perspective, some people taking SSRIs will have problems with getting aroused and maintaining it. Forgive me if this is a bit too personal but for me this is not true. It reduces sensitivity a bit and means things last longer which would make your lady happy

Not that I ever had this problem, but during my SSRI research I came across this SSRI which is actually used for premature ejaculation due to it's short half life:
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