Hello, Everyone. This is my first post. I'd like to get input on my situation, please feel free to give your honest opinion.

I have had depression most of my life. Finally I got the courage to actively seek professional treatment and so for two weeks I've been taking 50 mg of setraline daily.

I have felt zero results yet but I know that I've got at least 2-6 more weeks before I do. Meanwhile, I have a little hydrocodone(Lortab) issue, too. I pop Lortabs because as a painkiller, they numb my horrible depression symptoms- you know, the exhausted feeling, the disinterest in everything, the obsession with death... so as a mother and college student, I really depend on them to boost me to my optimum.

BUT, despite what I just wrote, I really don't enjoy them- my tolerance is very high, they can be difficult to obtain, they're expensive (on the street), they don't make me feel truely content, and of course, I know they must be wreaking slow havoc on my liver.

My question- will my dependence on Lortab diminish once the effects of my Zoloft kick in? I pray so, but give me the honest truth so I can go from there to kick this sad habit.

I want to finally be free of harmful addictions. Is anyone else familiar with this problem?