I'm new again, but I quit for a year back in 2001-2002. My depression lifted in the first few months and then hit me like a ton of bricks around the 7th month. I have never had such a down time. I would literally stare at the TV until about 4am every day with no feeling whatsover. I even went to work some days with no sleep because I felt I had nothing better to do. I struggled for about 3 months and then decided to see a shrink. She put me on Zoloft and I got better in about 3 weeks. Unfortunately I took this relief as a sign that I could drink again. About a year after that, drinking was again a problem. The zoloft works great for me except when I go on drinking binges.