One more thing to look into is the book Feeling Good : The New Mood Therapy by David D. Burns. It's in paper back at www.amazon.com for $8.00. It helped me a lot with my own depression back in 1999. Since then I've given it to friends and family. It's based on Cognitive Behavior Therapy, and teaches you the basics and how to be your own CBT instructor. CBT and meds have truly helped a lot of people deal with depression.

See if your library has it. If you like, get your own copy since you'll want to write in it! Amazon also sells used copies cheaper, but always check on the shipping cost and compare.

Good luck. Keep us posted!

Emmy

"If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion." -- The Dalai Lama