Trish
I'm with you girl!!! It is such a strange feeling to be so upset and always crying over nothing! I also had panic attacks where I was experiencing all these freaky emotions but my conscious thought process could not understand why!!!! There was nothing actually wrong in my life- in fact, all going pretty well, yet I was experiencing all this bad stuff. Mmmmm the mysteries of depression hey? Anyway, my family and I were always anti-meds and thought they could "change" your personality etc, but though advice from a friend, I went to doc (and believe your doc will have discussed depression a trillion times with all sorts of patients, so it will be nothing new to them!). Doc said the brain is a body organ, it has a chemical imbalance and some meds will address that problem. I took the meds (I happen to be on zoloft) and felt better after a few weeks. I am now completely back to my old happy self (took about 6 months)and have been for three years now. The meds have totally helped me and I am still on them today. I tried going off them, when I felt super good, but symptoms started again so I've now accepted I will probably take them for a very long time, maybe forever, and that is OK with me. Much better than depression!!!! I'm lucky, because they worked for me, and I didn't get too many bad side effects (just a bit of nausea, vivid dreams and night sweats), but that only seemed to last a little while at the beginning while body gets used to it. You may have to try a few different things, but don't let anyone talk you out of it,if your doc things it is the right thing. Get on the net, do heaps of research about different types, discuss with doc, even get a second opinion if you can and let us know how it all goes. Best of luck X
