I think it depends what you are expecting from it. If you hope to feel somewhat better or at least not so miserable and your main problem is persistently low mood, then yeah, they can help.

If you have issues more rooted in personality, disasfaction with your current life, your perception of yourself... then you may be disappointed. They won't make you a "better" person. Your comment "what would people think" kinda stood out to me. That is one of the most damaging, limiting and generally horrible questions you can ask yourself.

You are not determining your treatment based on what people think. You need to be honest with yourself, what your main problem is and go from there. Others don't matter at this point.