I was just going to suggest something similar. Good idea Moremi!

Even if you can handle devoting a small amount of time to your boys say even half an hour, watch a show with them, or maybe Lego, Lego can be a nice distraction, same as puzzles. The psych ward I was in had a lot of puzzles and patients would pick one and work on it for a while, they were left out for anyone to work on. It really was a welcomed distraction. That little bit of time might actually help you feel a bit better, and releive some of the stress over being absent.

Do you have any other tools you can use to help get you through? Something that I find very useful for myself is watching things like " the secret" I actually put that on for my son when he is depresed and it really helps his perspective too. Also check out Jon Kabit Zinn on you tube for Mindfulness. My pdoc told me about mindfulness, and since I started working with it I have zero regrets except that I didn't use it sooner.

I hope your meds start to lift this depression, just remember there are lots of ways you can help it along. Hope you start to feel better real soon!