I've been depressed literally for decades. I've tried everything--years of therapy with too many therapists to count, numerous hospitalizations, and pretty much every mood-med on the market--and nothing has ever helped. Well, one did--Prozac. It was wonderful for awhile--my depression pretty much evaporated within (literally) less than a week, I started losing weight--which I needed to do--without even trying, I even rediscovered a sense of humor I had totally forgotten. I was ecstatic.

Then, just as suddenly, the music stopped. The magic was gone. I went in tears to my then-psychiatrist, asking "What did I do wrong???" He said, "You didn't do anything wrong. We've discovered that Prozac has a tendency to do this--works great for awhile, then suddenly stops working. We don't know why but obviously this is what's happened with you. It happens so often we even have a name for it now--we call it the 'Prozac Poop-Out'!" He said that once in a while if a person stops Prozac for a few months, then tries it again, it will start working. I tried that--no luck. So much for my "magic pill". And absolutely nothing else I've tried has ever worked at all--not just meds, but exercise, "positive thinking" (HA! try thinking positively when you're depressed!! ), taking up hobbies--all did exactly zero for my mood.

I finally said "To hell with this. I'm done with therapy and I'm done with meds." I mean--why bother when nothing makes any difference?

I have freaking had enough of this!!!