I’m going on my 4th year of severe seasonal depression. I work on managing it and have definitely reduced symptoms, but this year I’ve done all the work, I’m outside walking around (between classes and I use public transportation), I take vitamin D supplements, I exercise, I quit smoking and reduced drinking to the weekends. I’m acing all my classes and paying all my bills, all of my relationships are loving and respectful, and I still feel so worthless, I feel completely numb to anything good in my life, I feel like a shell of myself. I still fight with the negative narrative in my head about how I know these things aren’t true but understanding they aren’t real and actually feeling like they aren’t are different. I guess my question would be is it time I talk to a healthcare professional about using antidepressants?