Hi Christine,
My daughter takes Sertraline for anxiety and she is do much happier now. Like Bandango, she was quite queasy for the first 10 days or so (despite starting on a low dose (25 I think)) but she's fine now.
A completely different thought... I used to take oestrogel (for 18 months I was very happy) then when the bottle became cylindrical (Besins insist the contents are the same but I - and many other women- have our own beliefs) the product was not effective. After far too long I switched to Sandrena and got my life back. If you are scared to try an SSRI, you could try out a patch or Sandrena first?
Good luck x