I would suggest a different goal for you. I would suggest that you make it your goal to get sufficiently recovered over the next year or two to be in a position to start a family. That would mean making it your goal to be off medications by then. I would recommend seeing starting a family as the reward you could give yourself for having achieved some level of recovery, not as the means to recovery.

Achieving recovery would involve being able to keep to a schedule of activity that eliminates things that are characteristic of depressed people like spending a lot of time in bed. I would say gradually expect more of yourself, in terms of activity level. Depression isn't just a state of mind; it is a whole lifestyle. Fake it until you make it. When you can sustain a normal level of activity, then - and only then - are you a possible candidate for the rigors of motherhood.

The wonderful thing is that, at age 22, you have time on your side. In two years, you'll only be 24, which is, like, the most perfect time to have a baby. Think of the next year or two as kind of like being a boxer in training for a championship fight.