With depression what works on one person, doesn't work on another...at times the doctor has to try several different ones to find the one that works....Years back I was on 3 different one's before we found the one that worked with me.....clinical depression has many symptoms, not just "I am feeling really down today". If you haven't been in that deep hole, don't be too quick to judge....
I agree. I suffered from a symptom-based depression after the death of a loved one. I knew something wasn’t right, but that I wasn’t sick.
I decided not to go through my doctor, but got a referral from a friend to see a therapist. We discussed the possibility of medication, but once I got through the first messy block of grieving, I improved and there was a better direction for me than medication.
I think the big problem is that medication isn’t always prescribed in concert with therapy and sometimes without any type of quality diagnosis with a psychologist or psychiatrist.