7-8 years of feeling depressed and it's slowly but surely melting away. I'm not 'cured' per se (I still have that existential crisis and that cynicism), but music and stretching seem to help me so far (and that was just about a week ago). I guess the right combination of certain factors that don't involve medicine (if you're like me and don't want to resort to that) such as what makes you feel good, optional lifestyle choices, hobbies, etc., can make powerful medicine and minimize some problems because it seems that I haven't felt good enough until I started becoming somewhat of a hedonist (though having time to myself works too).