Hi. First of all, congratulations on your pregnancy. Second of all, sertraline medication takes even up to 12 weeks to see first results. Some are lucky and see change at 8 weeks.
Anxiety does quiet down earlier, the thoughts and bad feelings sort of calm down, they are not so intense and you do get a few minutes a day when you do not worry or feel attacked by your own brain.
The period of those 12 weeks can be hell, your brain and your body are changing and adjusting. Sometimes they cooperate with you and sometimes they protest the change at first. Then again, some people have no bad experiences or side effects at all.
For me, it was hell all the weeks and months that I was slowly going from 25mg to 200mg. At 200 mg, after a week or two, all side effects calmed down and all I get from Zoloft is help, good parts, benefits.
It is crucial not to give up. Everything changes in life and so do we and our feelings and mood and whatever comes your way. I am trying to remember that. If I am feeling tired, can't sleep, depressed,.... well with every minute life changes and so will I and my issues. I might feel happy, energetic,... in a short time or it might take some time, but it will happen.
I currently take 300mgs of Zoloft (I had to sign that I take all responsibility in case anything goes wrong) and I have never felt better.
All the weight gain, sleepless nights, high blood pressure,... all was worth me feeling human again. I still need to work on the last 20%, but my life is now 80% better than in 2022 before I decided to start taking pills again. I was on pills years ago. Then I went off because I didn't get along well with my then psychiatrist (I was her therapist and not she mine as she was supposed to be ) so I was left cold turkey without meds. It was hell going off them so rapidly. I survived. But I 5 years I didn't take them, ocd got stronger and stronger with time until it was so strong that I didn't exist any longer. I was ocd. I hit rock bottom and went back on meds. The best thing I ever did for myself in my entire life.
I am sorry if I turned this answer into "me, me, me".
I wish you and your baby all the health, love and as easy pregnancy and birth as possible.
Take care, girl 🤗🍀
