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In 1997, a severe depression hit me, but I didn't respond well to anti-depressants.

I was coming off of a lot of psyche meds and other things.

To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.

In treatment, all of the negative things I did were stripped away and I had to start processing my feelings.

I actually did go through severe depression and anxiety attacks where I couldn't sleep for weeks. It was definitely several months of being not myself.

It may be a coincidence, but from the minute I took anti-depressants, I didn't pick up a guitar or a pen for seven years.

The little depression I experienced during my manic-depression was not like depression as anyone else had ever described it. It was very violent and angry, and I was full of rage. I wasn't lying in bed.

Like most people, I woke up one day to find that everyone I knew was taking antidepressants, and since I wasn't, I figured that I must be the cause of their depression.

There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.

I had had some months of depression. Not serious enough to keep me from work. So, I guess you'd call that a mild depression. It was becoming worse. And I was being treated for it with anti-depressants.