I don't want to get too far into things, but I'm currently on an antidepressant (Lexapro) and it has absolutely changed my life for the better. These are very

I don't want to get too far into things, but I'm currently on an antidepressant (Lexapro) and it has absolutely changed my life for the better. These are very powerful drugs, and are almost certainly grossly overprescribed. But they definitely work for "major depression" (which has a clinical meaning behind it). Just another anecdotal data point.