I actually really disagree with this. I have suffered with depression my entire life, but I now have significant periods of true contentment and happiness, moreso now than at any other period in my life, and a great portion of that improvement is directly related to the success of my meds. And I have tried MANY combinations and types of meds to get to this point. I was not satisfied with 70%, nor was my pdoc or T, and we kept working at it both in therapy AND with various med trials until we found a combination that has gotten me very close, if not all the way, to the 100% mark a good portion of the time. Is it 100%, 100% of the time? No, but I am so pleased that it IS 100% the majority of the time now. I am SO glad I didn't just resign myself to only be 70% okay.

So, I guess I'm saying I don't completely agree with the philosophy that a) you have to stop after so many med trials and just be okay with mediocre, and b) people with depression have to settle for being depressed to some degree all of the time. That may be okay for some, and it is absolutely the reality for some. I'm sure moderately depressed is an improvement over severely depressed; I used to be content with that too. I get that; been there; understand that. But I've also been able to finally experience NOT depressed and I realize I don't necessarily have to settle.