How severe has your depression been without medication? Is it to a point where you are a danger? If so meds would help. If its never been that bad then perhaps xanax will be enough. Pdocs prefer to over medicate than under medicate in my experience so if you feel the depakene is making you over medicated then you will have to put your foot down and tell your pdoc you no longer see it as an option and would like to try going it alone, something else or xanax. Keep in mind xanax is not an antidepressant and can be extremely addictive, so please be careful with it.