My depression is always deepest in the mornings. I find, like others, just drag my butt out of bed, shower, coffee (for me the caffeine is some artificial joy) and get on with it. Usually by the 2nd cup of coffee I am ok or am just able to deal with it.
Once I am on my commute its usually gone, unless some song on the radio triggers a memory or a guilt feeling, then I change the station.
I was on meds and the side affects made me anxious and lots of muscle tension in my back, I couldnt stand it anymore and stopped taking them.
I am gong back to my PDoc for reavaluation because the saddness and stress is just more than I can bear...dont want meds but for a while using them really helped me out!
Good luck to you!