The problem with self help books is that someone else wrote them; they are solving their issues and, if I may wax eloquent, seeking out self help during depression is a bit like reading up on swimming lessons after you have fallen overboard

I know I hated doing it - I thought I was strong enough to tough through another down cycle and it seemed an admission of defeat

But ask yourself, if you broke your leg would you set it yourself? How about a stab wound? Going to just take a tylenol, be fine in the morning. Don't want to be a bother

One of the perennial problems with depression is that lack of self worth and self-loathing that makes us avoid seeking help because, well, why bother?

Also, if I may be so bold as to quote Big Bang Theory, taking handfuls of vitamins is less a solution and more a recipe for very expensive urine. Most vitamins sold over the counter are water soluble as opposed to fat soluble) and don't get absorbed other than in minute amounts

Need more vitamins? Eat more fruit, vegetables, etc.