". . . I’m convinced a lot of depression/anxiety stems from thinking too much . . ." Sertraline (Zoloft) is used to treat both depression and/or OCD. The dosag

". . . I’m convinced a lot of depression/anxiety stems from thinking too much . . ." Sertraline (Zoloft) is used to treat both depression and/or OCD. The dosages overlap too (OCD usually is a higher dosage I believe). It is also used to treat anxiety. I suspect there is a causal chain that goes like: compulsively thinking > anxiety > depression/suicide. I'm not sure how preventing reuptake of serotonin prevents compulsive thinking, but I suspect the mechanism is closer to preventing the thinking aspect and the other feelings are further down the causal chain. I am not an expert and I have only read a couple papers due to someone in my life taking Sertraline and having it reduce their OCD. (I thought it was only for depression based on my lay opinion) If anyone has read anything interesting about the thinking aspect, please share links!