Originally Posted by LudaZivis

I take Venlafaxine, antipsychotic, and anxiolytic medications.

"Sertraline: The drug was developed by the pharmaceutical company Pfizer. Initially, work was carried out on the compound "tamepraline," which served as an inhibitor of the reuptake of catecholamines. Tamepraline did not prove to be an effective antidepressant, as it demonstrated undesirable effects similar to banned psychostimulants. Many years later, research on tamepraline was resumed, resulting in the creation of sertraline. Sertraline differs from tamepraline by the presence of two chlorine atoms in the molecule. However, studies showed that this substance is an extremely selective inhibitor of serotonin reuptake. At the time of the research, Pfizer was considering other drugs as candidates for a wide-market antidepressant. Nevertheless, the scientists working on sertraline persistently offered their invention without any motivation. As a result of these efforts, sertraline was released under the trade names Zoloft and Lustral and for a period of time became the most prescribed treatment for depressive conditions in the United States".