Let me tell ya... a person can be having a major depression and still work. Part of that has to do with fortitude and what work you do among other things. I have cried much of the last few weeks...at work... with my door closed. But I have been productive. Not optimal but functional..... for the most part.

Three sessions for a call of needing meds for life is one more than what my pdoc told me after number two... I have been off meds for a couple months and have restarted... Circumstances and inclinations. Suckaroonie but reality.

Also.... the ability to work can indeed deteriorate... particularly for higher functioning needs but the depressive level starts somewhere and if not kept in check can go to major beyond the ability to work.

My pdoc has given me that dx sporatically and I still work... Paying my mortgage and my second mortgage is a motivator.