This is an old thread, but I also have been depressed long before I started using. I went to my GP about it and she put me on SSRIs, with which I have had horrible experiences, causing me to leave that dr. I have lately had a mind to go back and try again, but the whole "trial and error" methodology honestly scares me. To death, scares me. I have never felt so horrible as I did on the few SSRIs I did try, and I'm petrified to subjugate myself to that again. It's even harder when I feel like I already know what drug "fixes" my problems, my DOC.