I too have been dealing with depression off and on through my life, I am now 39 and I was taking pills for it and it did help my depression alot after a while I just quit taking my pills when I knew I was doing better, I never had any addiction to the pills so I was fine..one other depression spell I had bad lasted for about maybe 3 weeks and I never resorted to taking any meds for that time period however I slept non stop pretty much for 2 weeks it was horrible...hope you feel better soon..good luck