I too am on antidepressants and I believe they are helping me. I take zoloft for depression, as well as wellbutrin. I have Ativan for anxiety/panic attacks. I don't know about anyone else- I have heard some stories about Ativan being addicting, but this has not been the case for me. Sometimes I go several days without any without any adverse affects, and it also doesn't give me any kind of "high" or "boost" so there is no point in abusing it. Of course, this is my experience only.
Someone once explained it to me this way: if you have a headache, you might take aspirin. Why would we treat depression any other way? Of course, I always research everything medically and I don't automatically jump on medicine for a reason I don't understand or agree with, but I think if there is medicine that helps someone with depression symptoms it's at least worth looking into.