Glad you found us. Welcome to SR and our mental health forum.
Depression can be effectively treated and people can lead pretty normal lives. But the key is partnering with your doctor and being your own advocate. What I have found works for me is to write everything down. There have been times when I have gone to the doctor and said "here is a list. I wrote everything down so I would not downplay or forget to tell it to you." What I have found is by being my own advocate the treatment I receive is something that I have a say in. My doctor listens when I say that the side effects of a medicine are more than I want to contend with, or when I say the medicine is working somewhat and maybe increasing it would help.
It may take you going to a psychiatrist to prescribe your mental health medicines. There is nothing wrong with a general practitioner. I have a lot of faith in mine. I choose to go to a psych doc for my mental health needs simply because I know that a psych doc is more likely to be up to date with the latest treatments since that is what they specialize in. I encourage you to read through the threads here at our forum as you may find you can relate to many of the people who have posted to them.
Hang in there as there is a solution....unfortunately it does take considerable work to find it sometimes. Glad you are here:ghug2