I know the feelings well. Ultimately, I surrendered to it by giving in to medication and therapy. I also started slow by getting back to some of the things that I used to enjoy. For me, it was exercise. I set on a plan to get to the gym daily...that lasted about three days...but I didn't quit. I worked on the idea of successive approximations. That is, I felt good for going those days, and then when I started again, I shot for four days...and so on. Though I'm still depressed, I'm not laying in bed crying anymore, which is where I was only two months back. Then, I found it so hard to function.

Since then, I've gotten a lot of help from folks here with their kind words of encouragement. I'm also taking cymbalta (30 mg) with some success, and am in talk-therapy a couple times a month. I'm not out of the woods yet...oh, I'm also reading a good book called The Deperssion Cure by Stephen Ilardi, Ph.D.

Feel free to send me a PM if you need more help.