hey.......i went through periods of depression for months at a time about a year after i graduated from highschool. i dont know what i was even really depressed about, some nights i would even cry before i went to sleep. I didnt see a therapist at all, but went to the doctor who later prescribed me some prozac. I took those for 3 days and my depression had gotten to the point where i would just lay around, teary eyed, feeling sorry for myself. I met up with a friend the third night i was taking prozac and we smoked although i knew i wasnt supposed to. My high was different feeling i think because of the prozac. A lot of things i saw totally different (kinda like on shroomz but not really). The most thing that stuck out though was the way i saw myself. When i thought about what was going on with me, it was so mind blowing because i knew that that wasnt me at all. Taking ssri's for depression. Who was that guy i was? I didnt recognize him at all. After that night, i never took another pill. Almost all my depression was gone about a week after that. I havent had a period of depression since. Hopefully i never do.

Depression is most common in the 17-23 (or somewhere around that) age range due to the fact that thats the most stressful period they go through or so my doctor was telling me. Everyone reacts differently to stress. A lot of people just get depressed cause of stress. The best way i found out to relieve depression, is get high or drunk with some good friends. You will have no bad feelings at all.