Hello APPhD I agree with Skeezyks a lot. In my view, therapy/working at it/coping skills are the only way through depression (although I shouldn't commit to the word "only") but sometimes, for some people, if the brain has a chemical imbalance no amount of therapy will get you out of it because the key source is chemical. For those people medication is necessary to help even out the chemicals... This does not make us "happy" or "fine" all they do in my opinion is remove the roadblock that keeps therapy and coping skills from working. Once the medicine helps, therapy then can help us up out of the depressive state.

I would highly recommend therapy if you aren't in anything now. It can help you now and is a core component along with medication IMO.

Also medications like Lexipro take about 6 to 8 weeks until an effective level builds up in your system before you can determine if they are helping. I've seen that primary care doctors don't always explain this when prescribing antidepressants. Please give it some appropriate time to work... It is a difficult aspect of this illness that patience is required with the medications. I don't think 12 days is enough time to see if it is a good medication for you.

Good luck and I hope you find some relief.