...treatment for low self-esteem and depression?

I visit all the individual forums for these issues but only find more people like me, looking for help but not yet successfully helped. I'd like to chat with someone who has been there done that and come out the other side of therapy/medication etc. successfully! Someone who once was unhappy but now has better self-esteem, more positivity, happy with themselves. Anyone out there who has made the journey? I just need hope!