I was depressed for 25 years — I have been depression free for over 10 years.

What helped me was finally finding the right doctor who knew the right medicine to give me. I had taken a great many medicines before that which did not help at all. I had seen many doctors before that who did not help at all (I mean, they tried to help — they just weren’t effective). I’d spoken with therapists, psychologists and social workers — talk therapy didn’t help my depression at all but it helped with some of the problems the depression caused (and helped me learn a lot more about myself).

In the end, it was perseverance and luck which helped.