Ugh. I don't know if this exactly describes you, but I see this so much at this site. You complain of depression to your MD or therapist, you then get put on an antidepressant. That makes sense, right? Except that antidepressants usually don't work

Why Antidepressants Don't Work for Treating Depression*|*Mark Hyman, MD

so what do you do next? Try more antidepressants. This is a trap. Not only do these drugs mostly not work, they are toxic, they can have serious side effects, you can end up dependent on them and they are difficult to withdraw from. So what should you do instead? I think that the best plan for dealing with depression is

1. Check for underlying medical or nutritional issues. This often isn't considered, but there are quite a few common medical conditions like hypothyroidism, vitamin B12 or D deficiency, gluten allergy, and others that can cause depression. For inspiration about what this can do, see this thread in the "Depression Success Stories" section

http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...r-give-up.html

For a video about this (from Mark Hyman) and a partial list of issues, see post #45 in this thread

http://forums.psychcentral.com/depre...n-escaped.html

2. Try every non-drug way to improve your depression including exercise, meditation, improving your diet, supplements, light therapy, CBT, brain training, yoga... The thread above describes an easy thing to try called "SNAP CLUB", for instance that had a tremendous effect on me and is very easy to try. Keep trying new things until you find what works. Most of these things are great for your health anyway, so you've got nothing to lose.

3. In the event that all of the above fails go to the next step with a professional.

- vital