Anti-depressants will do nothing for you. You could try running 4 miles every day; that causes your brain to naturally produce uppers. It's probably one of the more natural ways to boost your mood.
Aside from that, you should really think about the real cause of your depression. I'm of the belief that depression is mostly caused by our circumstances. This can then cause us to take chemicals, which briefly make us feel good, but then amplifies that same depression, as we crash even harder back to where we were before. SSRI's do nothing but remove all emotion, in effect removing our humanity. Most people here are busy burning their pleasure pathways in their brains as they race along in their mad dash to make monies or be successful. That's the losers shortcut.
What you have to realize is that there is a huge, fundamental, systemic reason behind your depression that you first have to realize. Then you have to design a life solution to it, which you will have to work towards. Some of the reasons people become depressed is because they have no money, no girlfriend, no friends, no prospects, no achievements, no talents, no beauty, etc...
Once you really become introspective and follow your depressed thoughts back to their original source, you can begin designing a solution in your life that you can begin striving towards. It will probably take you several years before your solution begins to actually manifest itself, but at that point you have resolve and purpose and the journey itself has begun to lift your spirits about your current situation.
That's one man's opinion on the matter. Think of it what you will.
