The job can definitely save me from a lot of depression! Though I also fear about what will happen if depression sinks in while I'm working. I don't think it'll happen, but you never know, being away from family and all.

It's hard to say with the meds. I will say overall that I might have been happier with them. But also, I was never unemployed for so long. So it's possible that the medication didn't improve my mental state. Never before do I feel more aware of who I am, this is being off the medicine.