Ok....here is my take...I have now been on an antidepressant for more Am I depressed...right now, hell yes! I think it is all about how you frame your thoughts....I truly am living proof of that.....my current life situation along with ptsd and a spinal cord injury.....yep...sadness and though I know I am bound to have bad days...........I just keep reframing my negative to positive....it is the hardest thing I have ever had to do........not med related....meaning no antidepressants. i do take pain killers and a lot of ativan but I think you need to change your thinking processes.........just my opinion.