I've been on meds for just over a year for depression. We recently (6 months ago) added in a second med for anxiety to support the first. To be honest, I'm not sure they are working, because I still feel very down. I know that I'm better than I used to be, but the depression has been very severe the last two months and getting worse.

I'm due for a med check in two weeks and my Pdoc always says when we increase/adjust to take XX millgrams for 2 weeks, and if you're no better, but no worse, go up to XXY milligrams for 2 weeks, and if you're no better but no worse, go up to XXYY milligrams, etc, until I reach the target amount.

I can never tell if I am feeling better, and I'm so afraid of the "worse" (we've been through some BAD worse doses) that I usually stop at the second increase. Cause really, I don't know what better feels like.

So how can you tell if meds are working?