Like others that have written, hospitalization did little for me other than make me realize that I did not need to be there. I was inpatient for 7 days (late Dec through early Jan), and was simply warehoused. Five months elapses, and I have decided that depression will only get better with lifestyle changes. Medication helped me get "over the hump"; I'm still depressed, but am making small changes in the hopes that I'll one day return to the ranks of the "non-depressed". I'll continue to pray for you.