Stoned,

First,that is great that you went to a Dr. to get some professional help.I had a friend who was severly bi-polar and he refused to seek any professional help or take meds;we are no longer friends because his behavior just got out of control.His bi-polar was so bad that the only meds that would work on him was Lithium and that made him a walking zombie,so he decided to self-medicate.
He would mix copius amounts of weed with alcohol [during manic phases] with speed or coke [during the depressive states].Naturally,the combination of drugs made his condition more severe.Sad thing was,this was an EXTREMELY intelligent man in his 40's who knew better,but his personal demons got the best of him.
I have always been prone to bouts of depression and if I was going through a very heavy-use period,pot would exacerbate the depression in the long-term.Short-term,of course,it would lift me out of the state of depression and I would feel "normal".That's how you get caught up in fooling yourself that pot "helps".Humans love to fool themselves...
I quit recently for a pre-employment test,and will eventually smoke again,but at this moment,I'm doing fine without it;don't even crave it [unlike damn cigarettes!].I'm sure I will enjoy it much more since my tolerance will be much lower than before.
Kudos again to you for recognizing that you needed help..many people don't and their lives are shattered because of it.