Great thread.

I have suffered on and off with depression and can relate to a lot of whats been said here. I'm currently on Citalopram which works for me. I've found that anti depressants usually arent enough on there own and there needs to be a concious decision to tackle issues head on as well.

One of the most important steps I have taken was to remove myself from bad relationships, sounds simple I guess but one of them was my Brother and one my Mother - I'm not attaching blame to them btw, just that the relationship we had was not good for my mental health. I've found that sometimes you have to be a little bit selfish to be able to look after yourself properly, though I cant say it comes guilt free.