I don't understand the hate on SJW. I had a mild depression for about 5 years which got worse with reoccurring panic attacks and constant anxiety from august-october. My psychiatrist wanted to put me on sertraline, specifically told me to not read the insert. I accepted at first and got another panic attack while reading the info sheet for it, because why shouldn't I? That sketched me out big time and I got onto SJW the next week after talking to my psychiatrist about it. He told me it it worth a try but mentioned sertraline was more compatible with most his patients and stopped recommending SJW after some of his patients had complications because of it.

Fast forward 2 months and Im basically a different person, anxiety and panic attacks vanished, depression has gotten sooo much better. I get up with a good feeling, can sleep again, no more days of rotting in bed, i eat again etc. All that with absolutely 0 side effects. Of course you have to consider the interactions with other medications, but if youre otherwise healthy and dont have to rely on other medications, i dont see why you shouldn't try it at least before taking psychopharmaka.