Hello therightpath. Welcome to pc. I am glad that you feel your meds are working and you are coming out of the depression, even if the progress is slow. Progress is progress. I know you feel shy about people, but to tell you the truth, if you keep conversation about them and not so much yourself, the other people will do most of the talking. People love for others to take an interest in them and their world. It makes them feel important, even loved.

Sorry about the weight gain. Medicines have side effects like that. Sometimes it is a trade-off between medicine easing depression and causing something like weight gain, or not taking medicine and staying in depression. In my mind depression is so miserable I will take the weight gain, but that is me. If math is boring to you, you may want to do something besides teach math. Find something that you would enjoy doing. Have you seen a career counselor? They might be helpful. Best of wishes.